Meet the Person Who Invented Plastic that Dissolves in Water

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Everyone’s heard the warnings: The world produces 450 billion tons of plastic waste every year. It’s polluting our oceans and landfills, and it’s even invading our bodies. But what if we didn’t just recycle or “reduce” plastic use? What if we could make plastic disappear entirely?

That’s the idea behind Timeplast. And investors have just a few days left—until July 31—to back the company.

Developed by chemical engineer and former PepsiCo executive, Manuel

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