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Takeaways:
- Finalists of the Plastic Innovation Prize have made bioplastic or plastic film alternatives out of seaweed, kelp, or another algae.
- Zerocircle, based in Guragaon, India, turns local seaweed into dissolvable, ocean-safe packaging.
- Algae can replace plastics because it can be broken down to its carbons and sugars and then chemically shaped into building blocks.
Click here to view the original web page at: Why seaweed is a natural fit for replacing certain plastics
