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Rodrigo García González

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Cofounder and Co-CEO at Notpla
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Notpla, a sustainable packaging startup that won the £1M Earthshot Prize. An inventor, designer, and architect with degrees from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, he is a pioneer in creating plastic-free, seaweed-based materials.

His personal passions align with his professional mission to eliminate plastic waste through disruptive innovation. He contributes to the design community as a visiting lecturer at several universities and was a gold medalist at the World Improvisation Championship in 2009, highlighting his creative and multidisciplinary approach.

He is the co-creator of Ooho, an edible packaging bubble made from seaweed designed to hold liquids, which has been used at the London Marathon.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Cofounder and Co-CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Sustainable Packaging
Co-founded Notpla with a mission to make packaging disappear, creating innovative, seaweed-based alternatives to single-use plastics that are naturally biodegradable.
Material Innovation
As a designer and inventor, he focuses on harnessing natural materials like seaweed to develop a portfolio of products, from edible liquid bubbles to coated takeaway containers.
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Career

Work history

7-2014
Cofounder and Co-CEO
Notpla
10-2021
Associate Lecturer
Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
11-2014
Visiting tutor Innovation Design Engineering
Royal College of Art
9-2018 - 9-2019
Senior Visiting Tutor
Royal College of Art
10-2020 - 10-2021
External Examiner - Design Enterprise and Innovation MSci
Aston University
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Education
2012 - 2014
Master of Arts (MA) Innovation Design Engineering
Royal College of Art
2012 - 2014
Master of Science (MSc) Innovation Design Engineering (IDE)
Imperial College London
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