1 March 202428 February 2024 Sway Unveils First Scalable Seaweed-Based Plastic Packaging Alternative, Following Close of $5M Seed Round The California-based startup creating seaweed-based, home compostable replacements for plastic packaging, has revealed a breakthrough technology that will enable seaweed to replace flexible plastics at scale
6 November 20232 November 2023 Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Accelerator Backing Seaweed to Replace Oil-Based Films Convened by Lonely Whale, the program aims to accelerate scaling and market adoption of seaweed-based alternatives to thin-film plastics made from fossil fuels
2 November 202330 October 2023 Sway Awarded Competitive Grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to Advance Seaweed Packaging Technology R&D funding accelerates the development of the next generation of Sway's commercially viable, home compostable polymeric materials predominantly derived from seaweed
14 April 202311 April 2023 Material Insights: How can the US implement a shift to bioplastics? President Joe Biden's plan to replace plastic with bio-based alternatives is discussed in an interview with Julia Marsh, CEO and co-founder of Sway Innovation Co., in Plastic News
4 April 202330 March 2023 TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize Winners Revealed at Green Carpet Fashion Awards Prize was awarded to three Winners of global competition sourcing and scaling biologically based and degradable alternatives to traditional thin-film plastic made from fossil fuels
8 April 20224 April 2022 Why seaweed is a natural fit for replacing certain plastics Five out of eight finalists for a million-dollar sustainability prize floated algae as an alternative for plastic film
7 April 20221 April 2022 TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize Announces Finalists for Thin-Film Plastic Alternatives Competition The only global competition focused exclusively on creating scalable and biologically degradable alternatives to thin-film plastic polybags
