Kate Krader for Bloomberg News:
It’s rare to get good news from the sea. Water temperatures are rising, fish stocks are being depleted, and the fish we eat are increasingly full of microplastics. But the oceans do hold one positive portent: seaweed. It’s regenerative—it can grow about a foot a day—and carbon- and nitrogen-sequestering. Research suggests that, per acre, it can absorb more than 20 times as much carbon dioxide as a forest.
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“We are eyes on the blue green economy,” says Chelsea Briganti, chief executive officer of utensil maker Loliware. “Seaweed represents an opportunity, everywhere you look.”
That would be incredible if seaweed could cure our plastic problem. And this list is filled with possibilities. Hot sauce, sea grapes, one-use ketchup packets, sauerkraut, and this is just the beginning.