Company: Matter
Founder: Adam Root
Website: https://matter.industries/
Business: Matter is an innovation company pioneering technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling of microplastics.
About Adam and Matter
Today, 60% of all textiles are made from plastic fibres, which get washed into our waterways, damaging the environment, ending up in our food chain and our bodies with detrimental effects. In the UK alone there’s 24 million homes, each producing on average a gram of microplastic every single wash. That works out to approximately 14-16 tonnes a day of plastic going down the drain and into our ocean.
Matter is an innovation company pioneering technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling of microplastics. Being a leader in microfiltration with full circle sustainability and longevity at the heart of the business, Matter’s development and growth is focused on cradle-to-cradle solutions. Our mission is to stop microplastic pollution at source.
Four years later, Matter has 19 employees and counting. We operate out of a warehouse in Bristol with an open plan office and R&D facility. We are being backed by Investors including: Sky Ocean Ventures, Geneco, Katapult Ocean, British Design Fund, Elemental Excelerator and Builders Vision.
We have developed an innovative filtration product – Gulp – that captures up to 90% of microplastics produced by washing machines. Gulp is the first highly efficient microplastic filter that can be retrofitted to washing machines creating zero additional waste for the entire life cycle.
As well as producing a product for existing washing machines, we are also engaged with multinational domestic appliance manufacturers to integrate the technology into washing machines to meet legislative requirements in France from 2025 and being developed internationally.
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