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. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: How To Make Bricks From Plastic Trash | World Wide Waste | Insider Business How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs | World Wide Waste | Insider Business How Used Hotel Soap Gets Recycled Into Brand New Bars | World Wide Waste | Insider Business ------------------------------------------------------ #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: Insider Business on Facebook: h