Signed, seaweed, delivered? DS Smith to explore seaweed as sustainable packaging material

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Europe's seaweed industry is expected to hit £8bn in next 10 years | DS Smith
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Europe's seaweed industry is expected to hit £8bn in next 10 years | DS Smith

Global packaging producer working with biotech companies to explore the use of seaweed fibre as alternative to wood and paper in packaging

Seaweed could soon be harvested to make packaging, with the fibre having been earmarked as a potential sustainable alternative to conventional wood and paper material by global packaging company DS Smith....

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