The circle of it: This company makes a sustainable and plastic-free and compostable alternative to plastics.
TRaceless
Summary
Traceless envisions a world in which oil-based plastics are rendered unnecessary. The company utilizes agricultural waste to create innovative, patent-pending technology that leverages natural biopolymers. These novel materials can be used to replace most plastic applications and can be safely composted at the end of use. The company produces granulates which can be further processed into a wide range of end products.
Story
Co-founder Anne Lamp made a discovery during her time at Hamburg University: a process that enabled a material to be obtained from plant residues from the agricultural industry that functions as a natural plastic alternative. She found that the material had properties similar to plastic but that it was completely biodegradable. Lamp then met her co-founder Johanna Baare at an incubator program “Project Together,” who ensured her that this discovery could be a marketable business concept. Thus, Traceless was born.
Pic Credit: Startup City Hamburg (right) and Planet-A (top)
“Our base material can then be further processed by the plastics industry into films, coatings, solid materials or adhesives, thus replacing plastic in many different products. Especially for products that have a short useful life or where recycling is difficult, Traceless is a truly sustainable alternative. These can be disposable packaging in the food or non-food sector, single-use articles, products with high abrasion, as well as “hidden plastics” in adhesives and coatings. The applications are quite diverse.”
Anne Lamp in an interview
Founder(s)
Anne Lamp and Johanna Baare
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany
In business since
2020
Business type
for profit
Impact
According to their website, the production of Traceless materials was 83% less fossil fuel intensive as compared to the production of conventional plastic
Technology
creating a natural biopolymer that mimics plastic from agricultural waste
Material
agricultural waste
Website
The Circular People 
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