About the company 

BERKM Inc. works on reducing plastic pollution, CO2 emissions, and beverage & food waste. The company does this via natural clay-based additive technology that enables the use of 20% less plastic per packaging, extends product shelf-life 6X, saves 26B lbs/year in CO2 emissions, and aids recycling.

About the solution

The solution is a natural clay-based additive that gets mixed with PET plastic and forms a nanocomposite. The Nanocomposite has significantly improved material properties compared to pure PET (the beachhead market is PET). The technology can be applied to a broad range of polymers.