“Science graduate Marcos Ulloa, who did his Masters degree at Queen Mary University, aims to set up Britain’s first commercial land-based seaweed farm to mass produce the substance.
The 27-year-old from Canary Wharf has found a way to use dried or fresh seaweed as wrapping for food products and other uses instead of plastics.
‘The material can reduce the waste accumulated in landfills,’ he explains. ‘It would stop the amount of plastic that reaches the ocean in the most organic and professional way.’
His Sweed enterprise company has developed a new type of mouldable material which is also home-compostable and water-soluble. It can be used to replace plastics and other non-environmentally friendly products used in cosmetics, 3D printing and food wrapping industries.”
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