An curved arrow pointing right. A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed. The company sources raw materials from seaweed farms, which can provide ...

Seaweed is an impressively versatile material, able to serve as everything from food to fertilizer, bioplastic packaging, animal feed, biofuel, and more. Nutritionally, according to the Harvard T ...

An Irish Seaweed Association has been set up to providing a voice for ocean farmers — and with more than 7,500km of coastline ...

Several trials later, her first bioplastic prototypes were born ... is producing a plastic alternative out of seaweed. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) “They were ugly,” she said, and only ...

In addition to traditional bioplastics, new materials derived from seaweed, algae, and cornstarch are entering the market. These polymers, though not chemically modified like conventional plastics ...

“is critical for expanding markets for seaweed materials in climate impact areas such as bioplastics, fibers and biostimulants.” The beaver research includes a collaboration with Washington ...

Several trials later, her first bioplastic prototypes were born ... Bay Area startup, Sway, is producing a plastic alternative out of seaweed. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) “They were ...