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June 30, 2021

Emma Watson backs startup developing novel solution to plastics crisis

She is the first Harry Potter star to make big moves into angel investing.


Maija Palmer

5 min read

British Actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson

Emma Watson, the Harry Potter star-turned-campaigner, is backing a wizard way to solve the world’s plastic crisis, backing a company with a novel way of making biodegradable plastics at the same price as fossil fuel-based materials.

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