Episode 40
Sway: Turning the Tide on Plastic with Seaweed
In this episode of In With the New, Avril interviews Julia Marsh, CEO of Sway, a company creating sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions.
In this episode of In With the New, Avril interviews Julia Marsh, CEO of Sway, a company creating sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions.
27 minutes | Mar. 13, 2024
Julia Marsh, CEO of Sway, a company dedicated to creating sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions, chats with Avril about the benefits of seaweed and Sway’s recent funding success.
Julia and Avril discuss Sway’s scalability as a brand and the existing challenges. Given the longstanding presence of plastic in manufacturing and production processes, Julia shares how Sway has had to tap into these systems to facilitate the incorporation of seaweed into manufacturing and production. She highlights a recent shift in using seaweed in machines traditionally designed for plastic.
Listen in to learn more about Sway and its innovative approach to sustainable packaging.
1:35 How Sway aims to find sustainable solutions to plastic
3:45 The benefits of using seaweed as a sustainable alternative
10:15 Sway’s focus on flexible plastics
23:28 Discussion on leveraging plastic industry efficiencies
24:05 Exploration of utilizing seaweed as an alternative material
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