Packaging Strategies: Home compostable seaweed polybag printed with Algae Ink

California-based material innovation company, Sway, created new seaweed packaging with regenerative, renewable, and home compostable ingredients, representing a huge step in the journey away from traditional plastics and towards circular solutions.

Bag designs are printed with Living Ink’s Algae Ink™ – a fossil-free alternative to traditional inks derived from petroleum – to emphasize the dynamic nature of seaweed.
— Packaging Strategies

Home-compostable Sway Polybag printed with Algae Ink.

With seaweed as its hero ingredient, this bag helps to divert petroleum and support healthy ecosystems and communities. And while it competes with plastic’s performance, it won’t last forever – returning to nature through home and industrial composting

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