interesting, but it is interesting if it serves a global approach for society to reduce and then better sort and recycle what we have sorted seaweed is one possible alternative to plastic according to the world economic forum, it says seaweeds becoming more popular and could be a game changer dissolvable seaweed packaging has been used in europe five years ago, london marathon runners were given edible capsules called ohio. >> instead of bottled water. the concept didn't take off as fast as the company hoped. they've pivoted to add other products like these dissolvable capsules that are a bit sturdier to replace source packets. so whether it's biodegradable packaging or zapping away to sort recycled materials experts are revolutionizing the way we use plastic and working to reduce the carbon footprint lenny jocasta, cnn well, it is spring in the northern hemisphere in