Britain's Prince William talks to Co-founders Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, left, and Pierre Paslier as he visits Earthshot Prize winner and sustainable packaging start-up, Notpla, to see how the business has scaled up its production since winning the Prize last November in London, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The London-based start-up won the 2022 Earthshot Prize in the 'Build a Waste-Free World' category, with its plastic-free consumer packaging products made from seaweed and plants. Among their innovations, they replace plastic-lined takeaway boxes, two billion of which are used every year in Europe, and other disposable plastic items such as cutlery.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Kin Cheung/Pool via REUTERS 

The indoor food waste smart composter from Panasonic is on display the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Paola Godoy, who works as a garbage recycler, handles empty bottles of milk in a sack filled with plastic meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

A garbage recycler, carries cardboard meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Garbage recyclers push their carts filled with plastic and cardboard as they arrive to the meeting point where they load their carts to a truck carrying it for recycling, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Paola Godoy, who works as a garbage recycler, handles empty bottles of milk in a sack filled with plastic meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Garbage recyclers load their garbage carts to a truck carrying it for recycling, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Alejandro, who works as a garbage recycler, carries a sack filled with plastic and cardboard to recycle, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Antonella and Natalia, who work as garbage recyclers, have a laugh as they work with plastic and cardboard meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Garbage recyclers load their garbage carts to a truck carrying it for recycling, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

A garbage recycler walks between sacks filled with plastic and cardboard meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Garbage recyclers work with plastic waste meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Adrian Soto, who works as a garbage recycler, laughs with his colleagues as they arrive to the meeting point where they load their garbage carts to a truck carrying it for recycling, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Florencia Sosa, a garbage recycler, works with a sack filled with plastic meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Adrian Soto, who works as a garbage recycler, waits for his colleagues to arrive to the meeting point where they load their garbage carts to a truck carrying it for recycling, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Antonella, who works as a garbage recycler, eats her breakfast as she works with a sack filled with plastic and cardboard meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Alejandro, who works as a garbage recycler, carries a sack filled with plastic and cardboard to recycle, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Alejandro, who works as a garbage recycler, carries a sack filled with plastic to recycle, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Garbage recyclers work with a sack filled with plastic and cardboard meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a change in consumer buying patterns following inflation, as the economic crisis grips, in Lomas de Zamora, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

General view of Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Golf clubs are pictured at Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

General view of Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

A customer is pictured at Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Entrance to Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, is seen in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Customers are seen at Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

General view of Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Customer walks at Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

General view of Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

A stuff transports used merchandise for sale at Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Dishes are pictured at Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

General view of Berlin's waste management arm BSR (Berliner Stadtreinigung) second-hand store "Nochmall", which reads once again, which is selling goods that consumers have tossed as trash but that may be someone else's treasure, in Berlin, Germany, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Swans are seen with a submerged bike in a river in Witney, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Witney, Britain, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A swan is seen with a submerged bike in a river in Witney, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Witney, Britain, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh 

Empty beds are seen, during the inauguration of a 200 beds temporary health facility to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kabul, Afghanistan April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani 

A pigeon is seen in the empty main street Khreshchatyk in central Kiev, Ukraine April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Discarded disposable gloves are seen on a pavement in London as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

Seagulls are seen eating rubbish on the side of a road in Tenby as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Tenby, Wales, Britain, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden 

Seagulls are seen eating rubbish on the side of a road in Tenby as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Tenby, Wales, Britain, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden 

A seagull is seen eating rubbish on the side of a road in Tenby as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Tenby, Wales, Britain, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden 

A sign which reads 'happy birthday to me, anything helps!!', is see on the ground by the side of a empty street as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in New Orleans, Louisiana U.S., April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

People put out bulk trash in front of their houses to be collected as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, April 1, 2020. Picture taken April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski 

A man searches through a garbage bin, during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sidon, southern Lebanon April 1, 2020. Picture taken April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A discarded latex glove sits next to a trash can at Union Station, usually a busy commuter hub near the U.S. Capitol but nearly empty as many people stay home in response the coronavirus outbreak, in Washington, U.S. March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Birds fly near garbage collected from an area which used to be a landfill and will be diverted into a green park, in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

Plant saplings are seen in an area which used to be a landfill and will be diverted into a garden in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

A garbage picker collects recyclable materials among garbage collected from an area which used to be a landfill and will be diverted into a green park, in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

Garbage is seen collected from an area which used to be a landfill and will be diverted into a green park, in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

A truck pours sand on stagnant water pools to drain the potential breeding sites of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, known to spread the dengue fever, in Hodeidah, Yemen January 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad 

Plastic jerry cans are seen at Takwa bay in Lagos, Nigeria January 23, 2020. Picture taken January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja 

Haptic touch modules removed from iPhones by Daisy, an iPhone recycling robot, are seen at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Components taken from iPhones, like camera modules, are sorted into large bins for further processing after Daisy deconstructs them at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Components taken from iPhones, like these speaker modules, are sorted for further processing after Daisy deconstructs them at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Haptic touch modules removed from iPhones by Daisy, an iPhone recycling robot, are seen at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

The remnants of various iPhone models are left to be hand-sorted at the last step for iPhone recycling robot, Daisy, which first removes key components like the screen and battery at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Camera modules removed from iPhones by Daisy, an iPhone recycling robot, are seen at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Components taken from iPhones, like these haptic touch modules, are sorted into large bins for further processing after Daisy deconstructs them at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Camera modules and speaker modules removed from iPhones by Daisy, an iPhone recycling robot, are seen at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Components taken from iPhones, like these camera modules, are sorted for further processing after Daisy deconstructs them at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

The remnants of various iPhone models are left to be hand-sorted at the last step for the iPhone recycling robot, Daisy, which first removes key components like the screen and battery at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge 

Pieces of shredded aluminum iPhone cases are seen after traditional e-waste recycling testing at an Apple recycling facility in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. Picture taken August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Spencer Selvidge