SEAWEED FOAM

Today we face a huge problem of synthetic material waste, because disposable or short term products are made from durable materials. Currently, the leading materials for degradable foam packaging are derived from corn starch. Producing disposable packaging from food materials is uneconomic and even unethical, because more than enough food is produced worldwide to feed the whole population, but around 811 million people are still starving.

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SEAWEED FOAM is the newly established Lithuanian start-up which uses the special seaweed processing method and creates a bio-foam material that can be used for a new type of home-compostable packaging products. 

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The SEAWEED FOAM material is created to function as a secondary packaging, cushioning or packing peanuts, but it can be used for backpack and helmet paddings or to replace other synthetic styrofoam products. 

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This packaging aims to at least to reduce environmental pollution with solid waste - the material is completely organic, because it is made of only seaweed and water. The extraction of the resources required for the production of the packaging does not compete with inhabited and cultivated land areas, which are very important for growing food resources. The primary material for bio-foam packaging is derived only from renewable marine resources and seaweed waste in coastal regions.

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Created by Austeja Platukyte