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[@amanewithjesus]

Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords

[@sunnyuutinn]

LOL -------far east has been using rice, seaweed and many other things as wrappers for centuries ! LOL

[@sunnyuutinn]

LESS HUMAN ( especially from the 3rd world EVER DEPENDENT people ) WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN ANTHING ELSE !

[@TheOmnivampireGod]

I shared this to my community tab so more people will see it Save the oceans from toxic plastic

[@NativeBharatiye]

​@@amanewithjesus that's why u need to spam , to prove his worth lol

[@m.k.1543]

This product may be a bit more expensive to purchase, but the fact that it is edible, compostable, and truly biodegradable means the true cost of this product is very minute compared to the true cost of traditional plastic which is way to high in the long run. I cant wait for this product to be offered publicly. This is awesome!!

[@Kr-Lidartech]

Yes we can even take to space. And in space we dont have to worry about eating cause we have weed. Wouldnt it be better if spaceman could smoke it.

[@Yxfttst]

To anyone who thinks logically yes. But to companies that are trying to maximize their profits, the extra few cents times the millions of products unfortunately become a dealbreaker. Sadly the only way we’ll see a switch is by finding something cheaper

[@WhereWhatWhenWhy]

I dont get how it can more expensive? Seaweed grows so fast. Don't make sense. Then wonder why the world gonna keep using plastics

[@Nitishk58]

@@Yxfttst it might get cheap if it gets cultivated in large scale tho.

[@CBett]

goverments should subsidise these kind of products

[@zimcenzocassano9981]

Plastic made from seaweed and it’s edible? This is, by far, one of the magnificent achievements. Kudos to the whole team!

[@alifelessrock48]

@@Anonymous24713 "Do you eat your burger with or without the skin?"

[@user-oz5xb9ed3w]

nobody would eat packaging that’s been handled and sitting out with who knows what

[@dianalove539]

@29. The point is not to be able to eat it, but the fact that it will replace the plastics that turn into micro plastics, which are inedible, that find it’s way into our waters and food.

[@alifelessrock48]

contaminants? sounds like extra flavor to me!

[@silverfang1158]

Not everyone eats seaweed

[@bruhmoment5145]

The Indian government should fund this asap and intervene at a very minute level and let these guys do their best. This is amazing.

[@LGAussie]

I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@pixelgameing]

That's not going to happen because they are busy in something else 😂😂😂😂

[@emotionalIntelligence2078]

It's already funded.

[@Praisethelord1444]

If it's from India any other country will do it better and cleaner

[@SohamGreens]

Hats off to Neha and Team When the world is busy in making weapons, destroying environment in name of ease of living products, This is called a sustainable real innovation. Keep doing good work

[@drshin9893]

How could you possibly know if something that literally no one is using at even a percentage of a percentage at scale will work? You can’t even know if demand can be close to satisfied… to replace your evil plastic. The plastic isn’t the problem it’s the mentality of humans which also is a scaling issue.

[@josephbach1]

Too many people on the planet maybe you can do us a favor. I mean for the environment right?

[@bclemente95]

Yea weapons that keep you safe moron.

[@Jenvlogs404]

Don’t let foreign or any companies try to take local seaweed at all costs, the mangroves around the coasts are protecting the most condensed populations and most ancient sites from natural disaster. The plastic issues has many options and will go on for years.

[@kevintran6487]

@@chillkaro911 Is your name Indian? I'm not even Chinese, but your race is one to talk, there is a billion of you guys. So why don't you cull your own numbers before talking about another race.

[@volcanyki]

I seriously cannot wait for this to become public for consumers this is such a big game changer for every one. Fantastic work to Neha and their team!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@oldhongkong565]

This is probably sodium alginate which is widely used to make jelly for decades, you can already buy it in supermarket anytime

[@Hoppp4848]

Bioplastic was originally invented in the form of celluloid around 1850, this is not news nor is it a simple question of just dropping it in the market chain. The question is, as it always is; who pays? "The big oil companies should pay, they're the ones polluting." - Well big oil still have to earn money, how do they do that? They raise prices. Meaning they'll get outcompeted by conventional plastic manufacturers. They either have to rely on food producers marketing their bioplast in the packaging making up the lost money, or the governments have to ban conventional plastics in some sort. "The government should pay, they're the ones that are worried." - Who pays for the government? The people. In the end, we, as consumers either have to pay more or use conventional plastics. Also, bioplastics have been used for many years already. In the UK, KitKat packaging have been biodegradable since 2010

[@matildo4ka7]

​@@Hoppp4848 the answer is simple mass produce seaweed to make it cheaper. Even royal family gave prize to Notpla, but this is the saddest part. Once greedy western "civilizations" will "lead" the way, it means we will be doomed. Only way for this to survive is to stay in the hands of India, Chile, China, Africa, etc., but not the west.

[@Hoppp4848]

@@matildo4ka7 Who will invest the many many billions of dollars to start mass-producing at a scale similar to conventional plastics? The royals gave them £1.000.000, a decent amount for an operation their scale but nowhere near enough for mass-production and if you want mass adoption you need mass production (it even rhymes 👌) for mass production you need mass amounts of cash and mass amount of cashflow. Where to get the both of them? From these dumb vestern capitalists. We'll have to work with them, no matter what. I think you're trying to blame someone when there's noone to actually blame. It's just an unfortunate matter of plastics being stupid cheap to produce.

[@ihatemaxitsmeimmax8268]

unless they can make it cheaper than plastic, it probably won’t see widespread use

[@tybronx2446]

They won 2nd place! That's so awesome! Congratulations to them, they're doing amazing work

[@popsiccllee3380]

Who won the first place?

[@melflormacayaon87]

@@popsiccllee3380 its in the description box

[@Topfacts400]

@@popsiccllee3380 Sway came first 😊

[@kathykat1555]

But this video was made first you can see the clips from this video in the sway.

[@LGAussie]

I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@qonecsion4118]

Who cares about who wins the prizes, hats off to all the companies fighting for change! Y’all are the real hero’s of humanity and the world ❤

[@sweetie539]

Yes.

[@biazacha]

Who wins have bigger chances of receive ample financing and actually get to the final consumer, so in a practical sense it does matter.

[@qonecsion4118]

@@biazacha I see your point, and I agree! I was more concerned about the motive behind the competition. It’s a good thing that various laboratories are coming up with solutions to fight the plastic consumption around the world. To that, I applaud them for trying, regardless who ends up taking the prize.

[@joeking3282]

Agree. Hope the one that wins though is best for the environment. I.e no side effects or unknown impacts. Though it will probably be down to cost effectiveness. Cheapest labour

[@lubnabozkurt2832]

Not really fighting for change to be honest. It’s fighting for money and a slice of the new trend

[@xanatax1844]

I LOVE how you can put food in it, then just throw the whole packet into boiling water, and eat the packaging. This is the way to revolutionize MREs & single-serving meals! 🥳🎉

[@xanatax1844]

between this & rice-paper … “eat the packaging!” is an awesome idea, just needs the right type of recipes. “cut the packaging up into strips & treat it like noodles” seems like one place to start. 🥰

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Its cool, but knowing how dirty store backroom and shelves are, I probably wouldn't want to eat it. But it would be great to allow it to naturally decompose.

[@IunaIia]

Since it dissolves easily in water, I don't think it will last long term for MREs once it gets in contact with humidity.

[@xanatax1844]

@@gaveintothedarkness … It seems perfect when a food is packaged in thin plastic, protected by a cardboard box. (still a pretty big category!) I would open the box, *wash* the bio-plastic, then cook as directed, including eating the bio-plastic. which becomes noodles, or whatev? 💯 would WASH it, very agreed on that! 😊👍

[@xanatax1844]

the other way to sell bio-plastic with food, is like Breakfast Cerial bag-in-a-box. I doubt the bag would ever taste good in cerial, but you could put it in a soup later, if you really wanted to find a way to eat it. … ppl who don’t like eating it can easily compost, but I’m trying to think of places it *might* actually work. 🤣

[@janninmarie8385]

We always hear amazing creations like this but often never gets put out for public use for some reason. I really do hope this gets mass produced worldwide.

[@allseeingirene]

Its usually because of monopolies or industries. None of them want to be overtaken, so they work hard into destroying any Innovation

[@charleskurniawan2950]

Because Food manufacturer doesnt want to cut profit or raise price just to change the packaging material.

[@cryingalone7572]

Yeah let's let every Indian person start to grow this so we can use it world wide

[@kalashydra9016]

it seems extremeli limited in use because it disolves in contact with water (and propably other fluids) so normal plastic is far superior to this because the seaweed plastic just has almost none of the advantages normal plastic has so its unlikeli to make big impact

[@jahnvisharma7446]

Its a give or take....either biodegradable but limited use or versatile and polluting..😪....or ....it literally revolves around the basic concept of what a biodegradable of.... material.....endless loop😪

[@joshuarichard5399]

I'm glad that "Insider Business" wanted to bring this innovation by Neha and team equal to the rest of the international researchers. I geneuinley think India is the future of Pure innovation with long term benefits and offcourse with minimum budget.

[@ogadlogadl490]

I recall watching a video a many years ago about mushrooms being able to be molded into disposable containers, I was very excited and happy to see we could potentially use them for Togo boxes and single use utensils. Nothing ever came of it. I hope and pray for our future generations that we can change our single use plastic problem. Wonder how many years till something like this is main stream though.

[@verifeli]

Simple, it's because plastic and oil capitalists shut them down.

[@bharati9322s]

Hey! Mushrooms are currently being used to make single use utensils & packaging boxes.

[@The_KingDoge]

​@@bharati9322s only by very select companies.

[@janninmarie8385]

Exactly. So many amazing creations just disappear and never put out there.

[@TheShadowalker2]

Because Big Businessman don't want them to disrupt plastic industry

[@mariacrane4511]

Congratulations to zerocircle for winning second place! It's an incredible achievement, and they should be very proud of the work they do.

[@svishal1225]

2nd prize in what?

[@LGAussie]

Should have been done ages ago. I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@apemancommeth8087]

This is what we need more of! Stop the gloom and doom, give people hope! I’m not saying not to warn people of problems we face, I’m saying explaining the problem and challenging people to find solutions is better than making them feel we’re doomed! Great job to all who are involved!

[@Charlie-gf4mv]

I agree, I think this is amazing!! However we do need that doom and gloom mentality when it comes to some things, if we keep waiting for a green concrete alternative and nothing turns up it will be far too late!

[@michaelweber1921]

Same, we should innovate instead of doing what rich white people (Thunberg) say and go live in the stone age. All fine when you have a land to live on and money to spend.

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

There`s not much gloom and doom in this industry/community/however you want to call it, apart from the media and politics ofc, because panic sells. 90% of people involved in climate, sustainability and all that jazz, are all about giving hope, finding solutions to the problems we face pretty much every day. btw. you know cyberpunk, right? There is a whole genre of sci-fi called solarpunk, which is "a literary and artistic movement that envisions and works toward actualizing a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community, rejecting "climate doomerism""

[@walterlaten7662]

Yes give people hope whit baubles this is worth billions what are they giving a million 1.2 that's nothing geus these Indians are real Indians they love themselves some useless baubles

[@walterlaten7662]

@@Brianz99 etc etc etc do u mean Russia China and turkey and Syria crisis we are doomed that's just a fact a lot of don't wanna see that but we hit a point we're if we keep up this greed in needing things we will have used up our resources whitin the next 10 years consuming only is getting bigger and resources are not getting added not the ones truly important

[@ehmzed]

Here in Italy a lot of clear plastic-like packagings for products sold in the supermarket are made of corn and are labelled to be thrown either into the paper or the organic waste bin. The more alternatives the better!

[@SultrySecrets]

Wow, that sounds so cool! In my country, we just charge customers for plastic bags. Which is kinda pointless as it's just some cents.

[@BeeryGamer]

Very true although it would even be better if we could get rid of one time use packaging altogether

[@ehmzed]

@@SultrySecrets here too, but even those plastic bags have all been compostable by law for some years now. Yeah it's just a few cents but charging for something that was previously free should be enough to incentivize people to use them less

[@jinks3669]

Wow a lot of people have guilt about polluting but she actually decided to do something about it. Such an impressive team.

[@LGAussie]

I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@jakemoeller7850]

Many years ago I read an article about making "plastic" from corn starch. The idea never materialized, but I hope that this moves forward in a big way. Edible packaging would be a wonderful innovation.

[@sebastiento9695]

I'm pretty sure there is plastic made of starch already :) they degrade quite fast and is normalised in some countries now

[@gloriousloki4064]

I dont think the rich plastic companies will ever let this happen

[@ehmzed]

Here in Italy a lot of clear plastic-like packagings for products sold in the supermarket are made of corn and are labelled to be thrown either into the paper or the organic waste bin.

[@matildo4ka7]

The problem with corn starch is that we use it for food consumption. I don't know many dishes in India that have seaweed in it. For China and Japan it's going to be a different problem as they consume seaweed and use it in many dishes. So for India it can be a very good solution as this material won't compete as a food source. In a country with the highest population in the world it's crucial. They cannot afford to use farm land to produce plastic, but coastline is a different story and because India is a peninsula it's actually a PERFECT solution for them. As they will keep their people fed and won't pollute my favorite Indian ocean with plastic.

[@nicolemist2473]

My dogs poop bags are made from cornstarch

[@linecarobrodnik1074]

A great material! It can't replace all uses of plastic as it's dissolvable in water, but maybe one of the other plastic alternatives can. At the same time that also makes it more practical than plastic for some uses, as for the teabags or the wrapping of noodles shown in the video. I hope to find it in our stores soon!

[@Hoppp4848]

Yeah, teabags are a seriously prime opportunity for this kind of stuff. Remember though: Bioplastics are not new, not at all. Celluloid was invented around 1850. Nestlé's KitCats have been bioplast since 2010

[@prashant-ul2sn]

Disolves in boiling water, I think in normal water it should be fine for may days if not months. Not sure

[@Hoppp4848]

@@prashant-ul2sn it's probably still get way weaker over time with air humidity

[@matildo4ka7]

​@@Hoppp4848 as a film it won't. And you don't know the full recipe anyways to make this assumption. Good future this product has even as just an additive to other materials. Google Notpla products like Takeaway boxes.

[@godofnothing520]

@@prashant-ul2sn No, it really dissolves in just water. Bought a whole pack of degradable plastic, and it does the job, but when my hand is sweaty/wet, the handle is really gonna tear apart. Even if you wash the plastic, it will dissolve. Don't even ask if it's raining the plastic just dissolve.

[@ASMRSOUNDQUEEN]

I don't mind paying higher price for plastics knowing I am reducing my carbon footprint! Wish then luck❤🎉

[@silverfang1158]

If it’s expensive it won’t go well overseas

[@VitaKet]

I hope you mean you don't mind paying higher price for plastic *alternatives* ...

[@ASMRSOUNDQUEEN]

@@VitaKet yesssss

[@Azertyyys]

@@ASMRSOUNDQUEEN i will pay for double the amount of plastics so your efforts are in vain

[@ZindagiAikGhazal]

Do you use toilet paper?

[@HammerOn-bu7gx]

It will be interesting to see the economics at industrial scale. There is obviously a lot of hand touch in the current process as it's still at the laboratory stage. Also, it appears to be energy intensive. It would be nice to see a comparison to petroleum based plastics at industrial scale. Part of that analysis should include 'post use' economics. I wish this company and others like it success.

[@samre3006]

Part of the current solutions with plastic does not account for recycling, cost on the ecology, health impacts etc. All of this should be part of the price that goes with plastic. In order to make a fair comparison.

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@samre3006 Oil companies and plastic manufacturers need to be taxed or fined for ecological damage before they will consider alternatives for their cheap to manufacture products.

[@kalash2791]

If big recycling corporations don’t put road blocks from it scaling up

[@Hoppp4848]

@@thebigpicture2032 Some governments and organizations are calling for "extended producer responsibility" (EPR) policies, which would require companies to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their products, including the end-of-life disposal and cleanup costs. EPR policies are already in place for certain types of products, such as electronic waste in most vesten countries. Also they're fined for cleanup costs of oil spills (At least in US waters)

[@matildo4ka7]

​@@Hoppp4848 ERP in packaging I was able to find only in Japan and Slovakia. In Japan it's been in place since the late 90s. In the US it (packaging ERP) is not in place, but there are some companies like TerraCycle that work with some manufacturers. Another problem with biodegradable plastic is that it's NOT RECYCLABLE. I bet oil companies will use it as an argument. I can imagine their advertisement: "Our packaging brings 1000 recycled pairs of jeans to poor families". This kind of rhetoric biodegradable product manufacturers won't be able to use. The circular economy that the West is trying to sell now is against biodegradable plastics by default as you cannot REUSE them. Another reason why ERP won't work especially in the US is the laziness of the consumers. Banning is the only answer. And it is not going to happen. CNBC this week is bragging about the US to be a top energy supplier (questionable) in the World. Seaweed is not going to be on the agenda for dems or republicans for the next 20 years as they are too obsessed with oil and gas money FOR NOW :(

[@madhumithakeer8449]

We should support this team!!!! While everyone was saying to avoid plastic only on their words! Zerocircle Neha and team have established it!!!! Many companies have to invest and support a good team like this who are concerned for the global health... Soon your sea weed plastics should be used everywhere in India! Hats off team!!🤝🤝❤️

[@neetdiaries25]

A year back i saw neha's venture in some youtube video and was so faccinated by it. Shared on all of my socials and whenever i had a talk with people i did mention about it and wanting this news to go viral so that many could support it. Finally its getting the attention it is needed! Hope this venture be successful so that we all can eliminate atleast a small percent of today's living curse ‘plastic’!

[@NiX_aKi]

This company is worth investing in. I hope the Indian government will give its full support so they can show the world and be the leader in this industry.

[@Vichu.]

Yea I hope our government look at its potential

[@AjumSheiCaydaresh13579]

As if it's going to happen. The government isn't like you think it is.

[@Vichu.]

@@AjumSheiCaydaresh13579 I can understand what you are thinking but if these people at least have the environment to do these experiment and have a high tech company set up there and also be prominent 8 to compete for this environmentally friendly plastic race, I think it's not like the government ignores it outright but they should indeed look at it more which I hope they will. For that, zerocircle should go mainstream and they are at their baby stage now.

[@happylucky7354]

Investors only care about profits and the base cost of this is higher. Would need some philanthrophists

[@_Mohit_Joshi]

If I'm not wrong, they have already secured a ton of subsidies, since the Central Government here is very much pro-startup

[@AnonYMous-pv3py]

This is fantastic, this type of innovation needs to be supported and implemented as an industry standard!

[@elizabethkierere5806]

the way they did all this without even knowing the competition existed......that's special. it shows they weren't just in it for the prize money. hope they won!!!

[@indusarma6023]

Wow, what an innovation! India has been taking many amazing initiatives to save the nature. These crusaders must be recognized n their work supported. Keep rocking India. Jai Hind!

[@saichaitanya764]

not india but it is a group of nature concerned companies doing this first idea was by foreigners they just took inspiration from it thats it

[@TanikaAbsent]

India has alot of useful inventions but this is on another level✨

[@christianz-jg2bh]

India is also a big part of the pollution problem

[@abhijeetkumar2204]

​@@christianz-jg2bh This is complete hypocritical statement from western. Have you checked which are those country who has emitted more Green House gases since hundreds of years. Its your western so called developed country. And india is still at lowest in emission since 100s of years. You made development by killing environment and looting ours wealth. Now this hypocritical statement by not only you but entire west. Also check present days GHG emissions per capita if you are not illiterate because I see most western people has low iq to understand things by own and rely on their propaganda news. God bless you 😊

[@mayankbadola23]

​@@christianz-jg2bh really?

[@CW-rx2js]

​@@christianz-jg2bhhypocritical western countries! You people already polluted the world for the last 400 years during your growth cycle. And now that you're developed, you are lecturing India and China😂😂

[@vishnuprakash2581]

​@@christianz-jg2bhnot nearly as USA they make huge percentage of waste and dumb it into Africa such evils.

[@moonlithappiness]

I wish this becomes the main source of plastic! More companies get on board!Good job to everyone who discovered and work so hard for this 👏

[@LGAussie]

Should have been done ages ago. I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@user-nz9dw7fv8s]

Wishing success to all those individuals/companies trying to phase out plastic.

[@andreacordero7816]

We've been using bio plastics in the Philippines for a long time now (since 2015). It's made out of cassava but would love to use this seaweed plastics too. I hope it should replace plastics worldwide. I hope states all over the world would start making laws that advocate the use of biodegradable plastics. In my city, non-bio plastics are not allowed. ☺️

[@Rahul_ke]

Mmm

[@Raivuu_00]

i dont know you guys are using bio plastics over there :0.maybe someday later we an use it too!

[@AC-hj9tv]

Philippines mentioned 😊

[@LGAussie]

I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@kawings]

this type of seaweed are plenty available in Malaysia. It is often called as sea's bird's nest and it is stay true to the description. The nutritional quality of this seaweed is huge as it is very rich in collagen where it used as a supplement for body joints and skin while 100 times cheaper than bird's nest.

[@astaridjatmiko8187]

Let them all win the competition. They're heroes and i think the plastic production should be applied in Indonesia because of the number of people living there.

[@Makeitwithmanny]

Shuuutttt uppp not everyone gets a participation trophy in the real world.

[@BigTrees]

@@Makeitwithmanny 🍪 have a cookie Manny, I hope it makes your day a bit better :)

[@mountchoco8174]

@@Makeitwithmanny yeah as if winning is the point here

[@ravenxrgaming4672]

@@BigTrees can I have a cookie 🥺

[@wizard_dynamo]

​@@ravenxrgaming4672 🍪🍪 have 2 : )

[@Hermititis]

3:49 thank you for also covering unintended consequences. Whenever a plastic alternative is proposed, my internal pessimist wonders what could potentially go wrong - though I wouldn't say that means alternatives aren't still worth pursuing. We definitely need to move away from single use plastics, but we need to be prepared with our solutions, so we aren't caught unawares and wind up trading one problem for another.

[@Hermititis]

8:17 glad to see wildlife effects are considered as part of the contest. I hope they are looking past immediate things like toxicity. Eg. When those 6-pack rings made of brewer's yeast were in a viral video years ago, I wondered thing like: if some made it into the environment, would birds consider them an easy meal and fill up on them, thereby (1) dispersing less seeds (2) getting nutritional deficiencies, or could they lead to algae blooms if they made it unto waterways.

[@matildo4ka7]

​@@Hermititis we need seaweed. It's beneficial for coastal wild life. If you check the data you will be terrified that seaweed degraded in the shorelines in 20th century due to pollution, warming, etc. Same as mangrove forests. It's a win-win, but mostly win for the oceans. And with global warming it's actually necessary. Of course, it shouldn't be invasive seaweed, etc. only native species in perfect circumstances. Without seaweed any coastline is just underwater desert.

[@Hermititis]

@@matildo4ka7 , sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I think this is a bad solution! I'm just pointing out that I've never seen other plastic alternative videos bother to even mention potential unintended consequences, so I wanted to express appreciation for it being done here.

[@matildo4ka7]

@@Hermititis you are correct as everything is good but in measured quantities.

[@shradhapatnaik3197]

This is so awesome! They should show these in schools!

[@sennorpavel6978]

What a fantastic work. We humans constantly strive for a secure and healthy planet, but we never consider how to make the planet more livable in the long run. We don't spend as much money on research into how to improve the world as we did on armaments. These efforts offer us hope.

[@thepetiteotaku]

This is so moving to watch, absolutely incredible. Knowing that there are driven and talented people out there working on a replacement for plastic gives me hope.

[@Shift18]

Every little advancement in plastic replacements keeps alive what little spark of hope I have left for humanity's longevity

[@syedsadaqatshah1044]

As a researcher from Pakistan. Well-done India. Keep it up.

[@mechmeister2568]

Even if it took weeks to degrade, that would be a major improvement over oil based plastic. I hope this becomes a dominant alternative soon.

[@malumachado4561]

I wonder how much electricity is used to produce these small samples in the "manufacture" that is mentioned 🤔

[@Vishal-de6xb]

We need this plastic revolution all over India. Such a Amazing invention. 💯👌👌

[@RA-wp9cc]

So wonderful. Fills one with so much hope. Thank you Zerocircle, Tom Ford and Lonely Whale, and all the other companies trying to take a step in the right direction. Lets make it happen.

[@AnonYMous-pv3py]

@@Luzfahm if you are stereotyping Indian people as scammers then why shouldn't we stereotype you as the negative your country represents!

[@b-zar8912]

@@AnonYMous-pv3pydon’t bother interacting with trolls. They say shockingly horrible things on purpose to make others come down to their level

[@GoToMan]

@@Luzfahm Nah, he means as someone who does your country’s math. Good luck passing your APs.

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

No such thing as a 'citizen of [the] world'.

[@tej2990]

​@@WiggaMachiavelli you live on this planet you donut so you're technically the citizen of the world

[@jessieeyy908]

Love this !!!!!! This should be widely funded across the globe

[@archanavbhat7029]

This is such exciting news!!! thank you everyone at zerocircle for trying to solve one of the biggest waste problems!! 👏🏽👏🏽

[@AMSVlogs]

Just WOW! Well done India lots of love & appreciation from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@stylinnet2395]

Who's winning elections bro?

[@fightersingh3113]

Thank you my dear Indians you guys are real Heroes Bater than Bollywood . Thank you Doctors, Scientist, Engineer, and Researchers who working hard 🙏❤️ and thanks to me who thanking you 🙏😀 Love you guys ❤️

[@jrobbin24]

Awesome love India from the USA 🇺🇸

[@Kalankit5409]

Cringe

[@KC_G4S]

This is a fantastic step toward a more sustainable future. Unfortunately, it’s not the first time a biodegradable material has threatened the petroleum industry’s stranglehold on packaging materials. We can only hope that ZeroCircle and similar companies do not get bought out by big oil just for them to eat their competition…

[@LGAussie]

Should have been done ages ago. I’ve been telling ppl to do this 20 years ago, and that it will feed fish if thrown in ocean.

[@inmyownbubble8]

This makes my heart happy. What a smart idea to make environmental friendly packaging from seaweed. 💚💙

[@silverfang1158]

That’s only if people want to substitute it

[@lavenderblossomish9341]

Extremely proud of them, Extremely proud of our Indian scientists, they should be given Nobel peace prize for their noble yet genuine hard work.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@teamcybr8375]

They would win a Nobel prize in their scientific field, but other than that I agree!

[@jacob.5849]

Unfortunately they will only get a noble prize when this product is put into large scale use (and even then probably not). Noble prizes aren't just thrown around to whoever does hardwork

[@imalemon3841]

I dunno, the product might not sell enough to “replace” plastic, if the demand doesn’t go high up it’s basically useless

[@xyeB]

Few cents and a deal breaker?? Nah no way.

[@xyeB]

@@imalemon3841 no

[@sinch.b]

The fact that the product is 100% biodegradable and at a very fast rate, is a big plus for me. Doesn't matter if i can or cannot eat it!

[@plopiaplopia3736]

Lmao, most plastic used in packaging is already biodegradable (different organisms eat it yes) , but it's not done because it's not cost effective

[@frool76]

​@@plopiaplopia3736 It's also not done because is requires too much time. And the same might go for this. As far as is know the current organic waste composting processes take about six weeks due to special bacteria. If that cannot be done with this packaging, it cannot go into organic waste and has to be burned.

[@mondraymondo]

I love this! Having seaweed farmed in visually empty shallow seas must have given lots of benefit! From filtering the water, oxygenating, providing food and shelter for fish.. I am very excited to see this alternative plastic one day being widespread

[@pleasecallmesensei]

This is really cool!!! Kudos to all the brilliant scientists for saving the world!!!!!!😍

[@sudo2998]

Amazing! So proud that the idea is from India! 👏

[@frostynugs69]

this is amazing!!! this is where the world needs to be going

[@mollycblaeser]

This is incredible! The more solutions we find like this, the sooner we can help our planet!

[@RayMak]

Really excited about this

[@sunbearwithwrinklesonback]

I remember the time you were everywhere.

[@RedRiverMan]

Indian ingenuity never ceases!

[@abhishekghosh2686]

And this is the first time I'm hearing this 🤷🤦and I'm an Indian... Our media is so garbage for not covering such world changing event

[@januaryrose2989]

This will be absolutely LIFE changing. Seriously revolutionary. You are creating a more stable earth for the new generations to come. Your hard work will be paid off and recognized!

[@shrishtigusain5490]

These positive changes are very much needed for our environment ,a better world and our mother earth 🌎❤. Extremely proud of neha and the team.

[@sunla]

This makes me so happy to see. What a ray of hope 💖 Thank you to all the wonderful people that make this possible

[@mohdosama7423]

I love that, you take step against the plastic which we waste tons on daily basis, and it takes 20 to 500 years to decompose (depending on the material and structure). This is hazardous pollution, we all must understand the consequences of the plastic. As a human being we have to think about sea creature they suffer a lot because of us. We should support your initial step. ❤️

[@farazmax]

What a great alternative.......amazing......world needs this.

[@mohammedburaid1857]

Investing appropriately today can save you a whole lot of stress in the nearest future

[@williamskitchi]

I got Charlotte Junko Walsh recommendation on ABC News in August 2022 and started following her lead and made $25,650 in two weeks. I lost my job in March 2022 and right now I'm back on top again and always win with her guidance.

[@carlosjoao3904]

Same here, I earn $17,000 a week. God bless Mrs Charlotte, she has been a blessing to my family.

[@maxwellelliottphillip3085]

I'm a living testimony ☺️, all this are truth!!!

[@maxwellelliottphillip3085]

Life was hard for me until i started trading bitcoin with Mrs Charlotte and now i earn $ 19,450 per week

[@Mark-12]

@lindafortune4578 I'm grateful, I just sent her a message and she responded nicely..

[@firstutopia5553]

Always knew this was possible and the day has come! Thank you for your hard work and dedication!

[@cc3]

you'd need to put some sort of hydrophobic coating on it for it to be viable on food packaging but i'd be excited to see the results. I don't think anyone is truly aware of the damage plastics are doing to our health and the health of animals.

[@KamisKisses]

Big oil is probably trying to figure out how to keep them out of the system. I hope these guys can scale and be competitive in the international market.

[@BestBFam]

Exactly. Big oil is so vile.

[@Mady-lo6qb]

Big oil will simply make a subsidary and do it on a bigger scale. lol

[@parthsna]

Big oil likes money not oil. If you can make money off this, big oil will be investing too.

[@wooeidikd9412]

Plastic is actually pretty cheap but they sell it for more expensive. They'll probably lower their prices making it hard for seaweed plastic to compete :(

[@gabbar51ngh]

Big oil is doing nothing since none of them are scalable or economically efficient. The amount of labour and resources which goes into this makes it futile. I could see it being used elsewhere.

[@00Julian00]

This is great . Brilliant minds from all parts of the world working to improve the human condition! Cheers to the researching team!!

[@ygcg8696]

Will be a game changer once the products get cheaper! Matter of time! Well done Zero Circle ! 👏👌

[@pratiksha107]

We definitely need more such researchers! Fantastic work!

[@xypherath]

I’m very glad this is happening and I hope the oil industry can’t sabotage this in any way

[@sarthaksingh8863]

Those billionare companies can and will do

[@M.Jo2023]

I will support your company. I love the idea and will share this with my students- the future generation!

[@gc8088]

India never fails to Surprise the world

[@christianz-jg2bh]

They cause most of the pollution

[@bloddrinkeraka]

​@@christianz-jg2bh Exactly 😂

[@padcha8210]

I wish you and your team all the best, Neha! Such a lovely vibe, your company has! Especially the production of raw materials in the nature with locals without modern qualifications.

[@sundown404]

Fantastic work by Zerocircle. This is huge. Can't wait for this product to scale up and mass production. Amazing.

[@austinbevis4266]

Here’s the major issue with this. While the majority of end consumers would love to see this in their products, they aren’t their target customer. Their target customer is going to be manufacturers and manufacturers want the cheapest possible material. This material is so labor intensive that there just no way it could compare in price to plastic. Therefore, we might not see this in mass anytime soon, if ever

[@basingh5255]

True

[@MeenPo786]

Have u heard of economies of scale?????

[@Stampedby__bonetti]

Hopefully there are more improvements in regards to making the production of this as cheap as possible, and also we need congress to pass laws that makes it mandatory to use non plastic bags, and in general non plastic items.

[@austinbevis4266]

@@MeenPo786 yes and that isn’t always enough. They would need to pass laws restricting the use of our current types of plastic

[@wisehead1830]

You can see they are very glad about the work that they do. Glad to see something positive. This encourages me to take better care of the environment.

[@iamshanif]

This is really appreciated, innovations like these are very much needed for reducing the pollution caused by plastic...it will be a game changing win if this product can be made cheaper and be released to the public to use💯 Brilliant innovation ✨👌

[@aamirsheikh2610]

This is amazing and great work from the company. I’m sure this will replace some packaging solutions. Cost for the solution is the biggest difference maker. Although we must understand plastics in the ocean is a human problem not just a plastic problem.

[@PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz]

I am so proud being an Indian bcs of these scientist. ❤️😍

[@Kalankit5409]

Lol proud Indians everywhere

[@BinnyBongBaron_AoE]

I can't wait for the cost-benefit analysis to be done on this 'seaweed plastic'. Remarkable.

[@proudbhartiya1993]

I hope this company becomes the 1st unicorn doing this and that they grow globally.

[@silverfang1158]

That depends how things go globally and if more people want anything to do with this

[@pollyjazz]

This is brilliant! I am very hopeful these kind of materials will become standard in the near future, however I do worry about exactly how much clean water is needed to make this happen? Availability of fresh clean water is now also a problem that needs solving.

[@saritaraghuwanshi7667]

that what i willing to support through out all this year hope you will read this you are making our country proud

[@ilirianbardhi7901]

Love what India is doing. Lots of respect from Albania

[@NirvanaFan5000]

I'm curious about its CO2 footprint as well. Farming seaweed helps pull co2 out of the ocean, which is great for local wildlife. (Though I don't know about the footprint of their development process compared with conventional plastics.) but I'm optimistic. this is great. and I'd gladly pay a bit extra for sustainable packaging materials

[@GoToMan]

The overall cost benefit analysis is that the social benefits outweigh the social costs I guess.

[@VermisTerrae]

The fact that this can be made with the same infrastructure that manufacturers use now is an actual game-changer. I haven't had hope for replacing plastics until now!

[@yesicadeluca111]

Happy about people working taking care of our planet and their natural conservation. Are seaweed friendly as well and wish you all the best in your growth 😊

[@sriprakhyapochiraju9498]

What a beautiful video! It's so inspiring to see the amount of research and the sourcing of every small component! Super cool vid!

[@kaylahliam6940]

Such a good idea This would be so useful for sandwich/fruit bags for my kids Kindy!! All the best in the process of making this accessable and affordable for people globally good luck.

[@earth2jennyl]

Yeeeaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! 🥰🎊 I am so excited about this!

[@anne-mariejane4595]

Wow, this is so impressive and what a game changer for the environment.

[@DimensionRIFT]

Absolutely amazing stuff. We definitely need more innovation like this. Thanks for sharing!

[@railsofsouthern]

Proud of the team, good for the earth and the future generations 🙏🙏

[@NehaChindaliya]

So glad to see this happening in India 🤩🤩

[@priyawadhwania7178]

Since Zerocircle is based in Pune, they could utilise the seaweed which is growing naturally on the surface of the river below Bund Garden bridge, there's a huge huge mass of it. It will help clean the water and serve as a raw material for research... I took this up as a project in my master's but couldn't continue due to lack of funds

[@captainnemo8072]

"Sea" Weed. Pune is at least 200 km from the sea.🤦‍♂

[@theplotdragon]

I really hope this becomes the new norm, this invention could solve the plastic crisis.

[@StephLa]

The sad thing is, if it is not cheap big companies won’t use it. Big corporations don’t care about the environment they care about the money in their pockets. I pray this works out!

[@shalininemo6869]

Agreed. Capitalism is killing the planet

[@Napolean-mt3ms]

I own a plastic bag manufacturing firm and i hope these people don't succeed. I see them as a competition to me.

[@mybaguettes5937]

@@Napolean-mt3ms how? They are changing the world though?

[@WINScienceco]

Thats awesome.. Thank you for putting this out.. I hope this helps in making it easy to reduce plastic needs

[@stevethea5250]

IT'S ALSO AWESOME LOCAL WORKERS HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF IN THIS NICHE