With the theme of this year’s World Environment Day being hashtag#beatplasticpollution, we’re proud to announce that TDi Sustainability is working with the Natural Polymers Group (NPG) — a coalition of mission-driven businesses, scientists and policy influencers exploring nature-based approaches to plastic alternatives.

The Natural Polymers Group’s diverse stakeholders share a common vision: to promote nature-based non-plastic substitutes for the global plastic pollution problem.  All members of the NPG use materials sourced from nature, with no chemical modification. These materials break down naturally, leaving nothing harmful behind, offering biodegradable and compostable alternatives to conventional plastics. By championing natural polymers, the NPG is fostering a sustainable shift in materials innovation, creating hope for a future where circular economy principles can thrive and plastic pollution is eliminated.

The NPG’s members include Notpla, traceless materials, Xampla, MarinaTex, PlantSea, Zerocircle, and LOLIWARE Inc.

As the NPG’s secretariat and facilitator, TDi steers discussions on reaching the group’s advocacy goals within the waste hierarchy and broader circular economy frameworks. TDi brings its experience as a convenor of cross-sector initiatives and as a technical director to ensure that NPG remains a collaborative, non-competitive space for dialogue and shared progress.

How TDi is supporting NPG:

• TDi is the convenor and facilitator of the NPG, supporting them in reaching their advocacy, outreach and public awareness goals.
• We act as is the technical director of the group, bringing together knowledge partners, material scientists and policy experts to develop the standards and guidelines.
• TDi is a part of the NPG’s permanent Secretariat, and our CEO Assheton Stewart Carter is serving as its Chair.

Organisations working in or exploring the natural polymers with no chemical modification space, are welcome to engage with the group. You can learn more on the NPG website.