CBS Mornings - Earthshot Prize winner's mission to replace single-use plastic with seaweed, 10122022

They've been dubbed the "Oscars of the Earth": the Earthshot Prizes, which recognize and reward innovative projects addressing climate change and other serious environmental problems. Correspondent Ramy Inocencio shows us one of the winners, whose mission is to replace single-use plastic with seaweed, to solve a truly ocean-sized problem

Ellen MacArthur Foundation - Using seaweed for zero-waste packaging, 28072022

Reducing waste and pollution is a key factor in restoring nature and biodiversity. Flora Blathwayt from Notpla demonstrates how their seaweed packaging products are suitable solutions for removing everyday plastic waste from circulation

Just have a Think - How to capture 2 billion tonnes of CO2 AND fix our oceans, 31072022

Carbon Dioxide removal from our atmosphere is now an unavoidable and essential aspect of our climate mitigation challenge in the 21st Century. We've left it so late that just reducing our emissions is no longer enough. Now a UK based company called Brilliant Planet has perfected a method that, at full scale, can drawdown 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere every year while also restoring alkalinity levels to our ocean ecosystems

Undecided - Why Seaweed Could Be The Future Of Plastic, 28062022

Plastic has been the staple of our manufacturing industry over the last 60 years. It was made to last … and it did. But what if I told you that the solution to the plastic crisis could be rooted in something green and simple like seaweed? Much like mycelium and algae, could seaweed be the plastic of the future? Oh, and it's edible too. Let’s see if we can come to a decision on this.

Ellen McArthur Foundation - The Circular Economy - The products that design out waste, 15052022

When a product is thrown away, it has to go somewhere — there is no away. Designing out waste is key to reducing what is sent to landfill or incinerated. These innovative products are using design to reduce the threats to biodiversity.