Can Indian Seaweed Replace Plastic? | World Wide Waste | Insider Business
Thin-plastic food wrappers make up half the garbage floating in our oceans, but they’re difficult to recycle. One company has invented a way to replace these plastics with seaweed. Now, it stands as a finalist for Tom Ford’s Plastic Innovation Prize worth more than $1 million. EDITOR S NOTE: Zerocircle came in second place for the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize and was awarded $250,000. For more information, visit https://plasticprize.org/. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: How To Make Bricks From Plastic Trash | World Wide Waste | Insider Business https://youtu.be/kB-_BBMCq1g How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs | World Wide Waste | Insider Business https://youtu.be/hV_-yJ6NiP8 How Used Hotel Soap Gets Recycled Into Brand New Bars | World Wide Waste | Insider Business https://youtu.be/6qJV34pcOaw ------------------------------------------------------ #Seaweed #WorldWideWaste #InsiderBusiness Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.businessinsider.com Insider Business on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insiderbusiness Insider Business on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Business_Insider/5319643143 Insider Business on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessinsider Can Indian Seaweed Replace Plastic? | World Wide Waste | Insider Business
