The seaweed coating, designed for home composting bins, is considerably more expensive than the plastic coating now used on most takeout boxes made of paper. But Mr. Paslier is looking to the future.

Bay Area startup looks to replace plastic with seaweed Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit.

Earthshot Prize winner's mission to replace single-use plastic with seaweed Dubbed the "Oscars of the Earth," the Earthshot Prizes recognize and reward innovative projects addressing climate ...

Three winners of the $1.2 million Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize, named after the fashion designer, all use seaweed to design sustainable, biologically degradable alternatives to thin-film plastic.

Actually, entire houses can be built with the millions of tires that are tossed out every year. To build so-called Earthships, for example, whole tires are filled with dirt and covered with concrete ...

No, really, the brand holds the highest recycling rates in the industry—“higher than plastic and glass,” she says. Is seaweed packaging different from traditional sustainable beauty packaging?

Researchers have developed a novel solution for trapping carbon in concrete by blending a sustainable, easy-to-grow green ...

Seaweed and onion skins: British companies look to natural products to replace plastic The British government has imposed a far-reaching ban on single-use plastics, creating opportunity for ...

Stetson University researchers have discovered that a large proportion of sargassum seaweed washing ashore on Florida beaches consists of plastic pollutants.

The Câr-Y-Môr seaweed farm off the north Pembrokeshire coast (Image: Câr-Y-Môr) Look closely and you'll spot the smallest of clues: a cluster of coloured buoys strung out towards the headland.

Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit. A Bay Area startup has figured out a way to replace these plastics, with a plant that grows abundantly off the coast.