A Liverpool company that creates plant based and 100% biodegradable and compostable packaging is to appear on Dragons’ Den this week.
The episode on Thursday, February 17, will feature Green Bell Packaging, which runs its operations from its Albert Dock HQ and was established in 2018.
Viewers will see founder M Vahid Nagori and associate director Thibault Denis seek investment from Dragons Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Sara Davies, Touker Suleyman and Steven Bartlett.
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M Vahid said: "We were delighted when we got the call to ask us to go on the show. Our aim is to revolutionise the packaging industry, all with the environment in mind, so to be given a platform on national television to showcase our work was just fantastic.
"We are passionate about raising awareness of some of the misleading information used in the sustainable packaging industry, with many sustainable products requiring industrial facilities to break down. This is where Green Bell Packaging differ.
"Protecting the planet is a key ethos of the business and a pillar from which it was built and founded. Plastic waste is among one of the biggest contributors to the deterioration of our land and marine life, with 79% of it ending up in the ocean or in landfills.
"Although there has been an emphasis on recycling in recent years, we believe that this alone is not enough."
Operations head Prashant Sali added: "It’s a really exciting time for us as a business. The company is expanding rapidly and in the last 12 months we have experienced a noticeable growth in our sales.
"After introducing the first completely plant-based mailing bag to the UK market during lockdown in 2020, we have enjoyed further success with our most innovative product to date, the BioBag.
"Although it looks and feels like a regular plastic bag, the BioBag is made using a 100% plastic-free polymer compound, manufactured from renewable natural materials and vegetable oil derivatives making it earth-friendly.
"Successfully tested for zero plastic content by the Low Carbon Eco Innovatory of Liverpool John Moores University, the unique composition of the BioBag offers an alternative to mass produced single-use plastics and will degrade naturally, with no industrial process required, and is the leading 100% plastic free packaging solution on the market globally in terms of its environmental impact."
