Name: Microplastics in Everyday Products: Building a Better Tea Brand
Start: 2026-03-23T13:00:00-0400
End: 2026-03-23T14:00:00-0400

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Microplastics in Everyday Products: Building a Better Tea Brand

Monday March 23, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Room 612, Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub

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Rooted Organics is a microplastic free tea brand created in response to research showing that many conventional tea bags release up to 11.6 billion microplastics per cup. By redesigning the tea bag itself, the company designed a fully plastic free, stitched cotton tea bags to offer a cleaner, more transparent alternative in the consumer packaged goods space.

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Lauren Collins

Founder/CEO, Rooted Organics

Lauren Collins is a senior Finance major at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business and the founder of Rooted Organics, a microplastic free tea brand launched in February 2026. After learning that many conventional tea bags release billions of microplastics per cup, she built Rooted... Read More →

Monday March 23, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Room 612, Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub

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Lauren Collins

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Penn State Startup Week 2026

Lauren Collins

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