Comparative LCA of seaweed-based packaging materials
B'ZEOS is a green tech company that is unlocking the power of seaweed to develop seaweed based packaging. They wanted to know how their product design performed against competitors and gain valuable insights on how choice of raw materials affected environmental impact from raw material extraction to end of life disposal.
The client
B’ZEOS Green Tech – Norway
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Our role
We helped B’ZEOS compare the environmental impact of their seaweed packaging solution by analyzing the cradle to grave impact of their product and compare it with other biobased or fossil fuel based solutions on the market. Project completed October 2024.
The study constituted a prospective LCA of a packaging solution currently under development by the company, produced from seaweed extracts. This was then compared, on a cradle-to-grave basis, to equivalent products based on other petrochemical and bio-based materials available on the market. The results allowed B’ZEOS to not only benchmark the environmental performance of their product against potential competitors, but also to gain insights as to how to improve this performance regarding aspects such as product design, choice of raw materials and implications in terms of product disposal at the end of its useful life.