{"podcast":{"title":"Seaweed People","slug":"seaweed-people-6800686","podcast_index_feed_id":6800686,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/seaweed-people","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68/1706174566183-4a7f9ca6b5d5803beeef4c05040085e7.jpeg","author":"Jess Hamilton","episode_count":23,"summary":"A podcast about seaweed and people. It's for you if you're interested in what seaweed is, how it works in ecosystems, growing it for food or climate solutions, regenerating coastlines and the intersection of science, art and culture. Seaweed People is independent - support the show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople . Follow on socials @seaweed.people 🌱🪸 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T04:17:09.974763+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686"},"episode":{"title":"Compostable seaweed plastic with Sway (Alyssa Pace)","slug":"compostable-seaweed-plastic-with-sway-alyssa-pace","published_at":"2026-03-26T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/compostable-seaweed-plastic-with-sway-alyssa-pace","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686","url":"https://shows.acast.com/seaweed-people/episodes/seaweed-plastic-with-sway-alyssa-pace","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68/e/69c2761562f6c66afe041227/media.mp3","summary":"This one’s for anyone who doesn’t want to consume 12kg of plastic, who likes the idea of the ocean as hero not victim, who’s into zines and radical imagination and composting. We're talking seaweed bioplastic! ♻️🦋 Sway is a material innovation company scaling compostable solutions for plastic made with seaweed. Their products match the performance of conventional plastics and plug into existing infrastructure - but unlike conventional plastics, Sway’s materials are made from regenerative seaweed and can be composted after use. Alyssa Pace, Sway’s Head of Marketing and Comms, is here to tell us all about it.   You can find Sway at swaythefuture.com on or socials @swaythefuture , and Alyssa on LinkedIn . You can find and contact me @seaweed.people or jessica-hamilton.com . Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.   Links to other stuff in this ep: Leah Thomas (Greengirl Leah - Intersectional environmentalism) Four wings of movement collaboration (the butterfly) - Christine Tyler Hill Leah Penniman - Soul Fire Farm Creating a New Sargassum Value Chain in Puerto Rico | Newlab Regenerative organic certification SeaTrees Native Conservancy Sway - Impact & guiding principles  Macro Oceans  Sway x Umaro Foods - extracting proteins from seaweed and turning them to foods Seaweed Stories film (Rewild/Lonely Whale) HOPE! documentary (Javier Peña) This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This one’s for anyone who doesn’t want to consume 12kg of plastic, who likes the idea of the ocean as hero not victim, who’s into zines and radical imagin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2290,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seaweed-people-6800686/episodes/compostable-seaweed-plastic-with-sway-alyssa-pace/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/compostable-seaweed-plastic-with-sway-alyssa-pace.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}