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Ponda secures 2.35 million pounds to scale wetland-grown BioPuff insulation

UK biomaterials company Ponda has secured a 2.35 million pound grant to lead a major wetland farming project aimed at scaling production of its BioPuff plant-based insulation for fashion and outdoor products. Backed by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the 30-month project will establish a 30-hectare site for...

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Imperial College London and Ponda turn branded merchandise into a testbed for regenerative materials

Branded merchandise may be ubiquitous, but much of it is produced from fossil-based materials and often discarded after limited use. A new collaboration between Imperial College London and Bristol-based biomaterials company Ponda aims to offer an alternative by introducing plant-based insulation into university-branded apparel. The partnership...

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Ponda co-founder Julian Ellis-Brown talks wetland regeneration, BioPuff growth and fashion industry adoption

As fashion continues to search for lower-impact material alternatives, scaling innovations beyond niche applications remains a significant challenge. For UK startup Ponda, the answer lies not only in developing a new insulation material, but in rethinking the agricultural systems behind them. Founded around the concept of paludiculture, Ponda...