SEAWEED FOAM
Home-compostable packaging from the sea
Today we face a huge problem of synthetic material waste, because disposable or short term products are made from durable materials. SEAWEED FOAM 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. After the SEAWEED FOAM packaging is consumed, the material can simply be home-composted or used as a fertilizer. Even if the packaging would be discarded as waste, due to natural processes and micro-organisms it would again become a part of nature, and would cause no harm to the environment.
Company/Institution
SEA FOAM
SEA 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
Our bio-foam packaging solutions are made only from seaweed & water, so after the product is consumed, the material can simply be home-composted or used as a fertiliser. Even if the packaging would be discarded as waste, due to natural processes and micro-organisms it will again become a part of nature, and will cause no harm to the environment or other forms of life at all
Country
Lithuania
Website
Designer(s)
Austeja Platukyte
I’m a creative researcher from Lithuania working in between the disciplines of material design and science, technology and craft. I’m a Ph.D. candidate of design & Biomaterials Design lecturer at Vilnius Academy of Arts, a pioneer of material design & Zero Waste philosophy in Lithuania, and a founder of the 1st sustainable materials collection in my country, called Biomaterials Library. I’m also a founder of the newly established Lithuanian startup SEAWEED FOAM, which uses the special seaweed processing method & creates a bio-foam materials for a new type of home-compostable packaging products