Last week, Sway was invited to share our seaweed packaging solutions at the World Surf League #USOpenOfSurfing, one of the largest global surf competitions! As we know from our collaboration with Florence Marine X, the brand of Surf Olympian John John Florence, ocean health and the issue of plastic pollution are near and dear to the surfing community, who witness both firsthand. Together with Sustainable Ocean Alliance and rePurpose Global, Sway picked up pounds of plastic big and small from the coastline with The Surfrider Foundation, created oyster habitat from discarded restaurant shells with Orange County Coastkeeper, and learned about sea creatures with marine biologists. We even got to hang with the Florence brand, sharing our seaweed packaging collaboration together. It was incredibly special to witness people of all ages, from all around the world, coming together for this special event and taking action for cleaner seas. Huge thanks to World Surf League and #OneOcean for using their platform to uplift the people, products, and practices creating a thriving future for our oceans!
Sway
Climate Technology Product Manufacturing
San Francisco, CA 14,720 followers
Materials that replenish the planet, from sea to soil.
About us
Sway is a cleantech startup scaling seaweed-based, rapidly compostable replacements for plastic, beginning with flexible packaging. Our patented products match the vital performance attributes of conventional plastics and are designed to plug into existing infrastructure, enabling scale and competitive pricing. Unlike plastic, however, our materials are made from an abundant, regenerative resource and decompose into healthy soil after use. In 2023, Sway won first place in the TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize. In 2021, Sway also won the Beyond the Bag Challenge sponsored by Closed Loop Partners and a consortium of major retailers. Sway’s solutions have garnered recognition from Vogue, Condé Nast, Forbes, Business Insider, and Fast Company. As a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, and 1% for the Planet, Sway is working holistically to scale their product for a thriving, equitable future. Sway is headquartered in the California Bay Area. To learn more, visit swaythefuture.com.
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http://www.swaythefuture.com
External link for Sway
- Industry
- Climate Technology Product Manufacturing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2020
- Specialties
- Biodiversity, Clean Energy, Bio Materials, Design, Aquaculture, Regeneration, Circular Systems, Biodegradable, Packaging, and Graphic Design
Locations
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San Francisco, CA 94105, US
Employees at Sway
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Jon Schwartz
Accomplished Operations Finance Leader | Scaling Purpose-Driven Ventures | Combating Climate Change | Advancing Social Justice
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Kiel "Atlas" Berry
Investor | Climate Tech | 2x TEDx Speaker | Vegan Triathlete
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Julia Marsh
Co-Founder & CEO at Sway – next gen packaging made from seaweed
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Olivia Fleming
Partner, The Helm
Updates
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Regenerative feedstocks present viable pathways to a cleaner, biologically circular future by actively nurturing ecosystems. The great thing is? The technologies are already here. We just have to scale 'em. At Circularity 24, Sway co-founder & CEO Julia Marsh shares the landscape of biomaterials that make us ask, "What if?" — and paints a picture for how we can responsibly scale them. Featured in this video: 🦐 Cruz Foam ☕ Kaffeeform 🥥 CocoPallet International B.V. 🌞 Shellworks 🫛 Xampla 🌊 And of course, Sway! Thank you Trellis Group (formerly Greenbiz) and Jon Smieja for hosting us!! #biomaterial #circularity #materialinnovation #seaweed #chitin #coffeewaste #coconutwaste #microbes #microalgae #peaprotein #bamboo #regenerative #circulareconomy
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The stoke is real 🏄🏻 Sway is heading south for the #USOpenofSurfing in Huntington Beach, CA with World Surf League, #WSLOneOcean, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, rePurpose Global, Seabird Ventures, Florence Marine X, Lexus, YETI, Shiseido, and so many more! WHERE TO FIND US: 🌊 Thurs & Fri | At SOA's booth in the Partner Village (Northwest end by the Pier!) 🌊 Thurs | Cleaning Coastlines with The Surfrider Foundation (join us by registering here: https://lnkd.in/gH2NiiWV) 🌊 Fri | Restoring Oyster Habitat with Orange County Coastkeeper See you there! 🌞
THIS WEEK! Sustainable Ocean Alliance is heading to Huntington Beach to partake in ocean restoration projects in parallel with the #USOpenofSurfing to cultivate real-time ocean action 🏄 Will you be attending the largest surfing competition in the world? Connect with us in person all day long August 7-9 by visiting our pop-up in the Partner Village, just south of Huntington Beach Pier! We will be joined by members of our network Sway and rePurpose Global where you can learn more about their ocean-positive solutions changing the world (and even interact with their innovative products!). We hope to 'sea' you there 🌊 #JoinTheAlliance
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Coverage about the state of plastics often feels bleak, but not here. WIRED's assessment of solutions is vibrant, entertaining, and filled with hope. Innovative methods for avoiding plastic waste are already in the market, and this article generously showcases them with a delightful segment centered around Sway's seaweed-based packaging! Some favorite quotes include: 🐺 "The environmental problem of 'single-use plastics' haunts the public imagination like a spectral wolf." 💫 "The members of Marsh’s lab group were like a team from the Marvel Universe." 🌊 "My teenage son was impressed. Before I could say I don’t think you’re supposed to do that, he ripped off a small chunk and chewed on it. “It tastes like seaweed,” he said." 🌞 "If you add up all these unplastic developments, you’ll find grounds for cautious optimism: We’ve got a path to a world less littered with deathless plastic waste." Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ggEZCtXq 🌊 Thank you to Clive Thompson and the whole WIRED team. We look forward to seeing this in print very soon! ft. EcoEnclose Saloni Doshi Sarah Hawkins Burton Snowboards Mitch Rovito Matthew Catarino Matthew Mayes Leland Maschmeyer Alyssa Pace Dennis Blanco Amanda Guan Joakim Engström Armina Mayya Mitra Ganewatta, Ph.D. Daniel Kava Jon Schwartz
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"The members of Julia Marsh's lab group were like a team from the Marvel Universe: There was Amanda Guan, who’d recently gotten her master’s degree, in a white lab coat, gray turtleneck, and plastic safety goggles that somehow managed to look hip; Joakim Engström, a boisterous Swedish polymer scientist with a bushy mustache and a wool hat; and Matthew Catarino, the Big Plastics escapee, reserved beneath his baseball cap." This one's a special feature for us. The WIRED team has seen Sway through the development of our technology portfolio, from Firstwave™ to TPSea™ to TPSea Flex™. It's been a true delight having Clive Thompson as an interviewer-turned-friend through calls, lab visits, and many emails over the last couple years — thank you for bringing our seaweed solutions to the surface through WIRED's lens. Read now: https://lnkd.in/gRtmG3gE 🧪🌊🌞
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Sway reposted this
In the latest edition of The Comma, our partner Lonely Whale speaks to Julia Marsh, founder of Sway – a company working on innovative, biodegradable packaging solutions made from seaweed. Not only is seaweed the perfect plastic alternative, with natural polymers that make it durable and flexible, it also boosts ocean health and benefits marine ecosystems. Read the interview with Julia here and watch Seaweed Stories (produced with Lonely Whale) for free on WaterBear.
Calling for a Seaweed Revolution
WaterBear Network on LinkedIn
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Sway reposted this
Julia Marsh. Jane Fonda. Marta Segura. Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier. These are just a few of the women who graced the stage at the Aspen Ideas Festival and Aspen Ideas: Health this summer to discuss their work around climate change. From conservation photography to heat resilience, these women are leading the way to a better climate future for us all. Get to know these four, along with three other extraordinary women, on the blog at the link below.
Meet 7 Women Leading the Way to a Brighter Climate Future
https://www.aspeninstitute.org
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Did you know that Sway was featured in Scholastic Magainze's Earth Month edition? As a team who grew up in the Scholastic Book Fair era, our team was absolutely giddy about this feature. Sway's communications are often inspired by the most recent packaging policies and scientific research on ocean health – and we choose to distill these findings in a way that’s easy to understand and compelling to consume. As our team likes to say, you shouldn’t need a material science degree to understand why seaweed packaging is cool. The movement for a regenerative materials future and a healthy ocean future needs everybody – 1st and 2nd graders included! Here's to the next generation, who will be building this future with us. We can't wait to hear fond memories years from now, from those who received this edition of Scholastic Magazine.
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Imagine a world where new replacements for plastic – inspired by nature, and designed to regenerate – are more than materials. Their sourcing stories, traceability, and end of life support a healthier planet. They enable circularity, the way nature intended. That’s a future to strive for, and the solutions are already within reach 🌱 Together with Lonely Whale, we wrote an article for Economist Impact answering the question, "What will it take to bring new biomaterials to market and accelerate their adoption among brands & corporations?" Read now → https://lnkd.in/g4YChfCx 🌏 #PlasticFreeJuly #plastic #seaweedplastic #seaweedpackaging #biomaterials #bioplastic #economistimpact #oceanhealth #materialinnovation #materialscience #innovation #biobased
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Florence brothers unboxing Sway-packaged board shorts John will be rocking on this Sports' biggest stage this summer in Tahiti 🌞 Says John John Florence, World Surf Champion and Florence Marine X founder: “Our collaboration with Sway has been an exciting opportunity to share what’s possible. Everyone I've shown from friends to people in the industry have been so stoked on it.” This 100% biobased seaweed packaging helps clean our seas, mitigate pollution, and divert petroleum. When its use is through, it can be composted either at home or through industrial facilities, circulating nutrients back into the soil 🌱 Learn more at florencemarinex.com/sway 🏄🏻