Red seaweed promises a green alternative to plastic Subject : Environment Context: National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, holds out hope that biopolymers from red seaweed( Kappaphycusalvarezii) incorporated with nanoparticles could substitute plastic in certain applications. Details: The whole seaweed  Kappaphycusalvarezii(containing carrageenan) was used in preparing the bio-nanocomposite film by blending with […]