BERKM Inc. works on reducing plastic pollution, CO2 emissions, and beverage & food waste. The company does this via natural clay-based additive technology that enables to use of 20% less plastic per packaging, extends product shelf-life 6X, and aids recycling. BERKM received $153k as payment for the pilots. At full scale, the total value of existing and pending pilots is $122M/year. BERKM raised close to $1M as a pre-seed round.