Can seaweed replace plastic? With Neha Jain

Can seaweed replace plastic? With Neha Jain

From Good Garbage with Ved Krishna by Pakka

February 3, 2026 · 1h 28m

About this episode

The episode explores how seaweed-based materials could transform sustainable packaging with insights from Neha Jain, CEO of Zerocircle.

Hello, hello! In this episode of the Good Garbage Podcast, host Ved Krishna sits down with Neha Jain, Founder & CEO of Zerocircle, to explore how seaweed-based materials could transform the future of sustainable packaging. Imagine a world where packaging doesn’t end up stranded on beaches, but instead safely dissolves back into nature. That’s the future Neha is working toward. Neha shares her journey from working at Google to building Zerocirlce, a company focused on developing natural polymer materials from seaweed as an alternative to plastic packaging. This conversation dives deep into material science, the challenges of scaling sustainable packaging solutions, and why true sustainability must work commercially, not just environmentally. Together, Ved and Neha discuss: - How seaweed is used to create home-compostable packaging materials - The science behind natural polymers and plastic alternatives - Why collaboration is critical in the sustainable materials ecosystem - What it takes to scale climate-positive solutions globally - Why “good garbage” means designing systems where waste doesn’t exist Zerocircle’s vision goes beyond packaging aiming to become a core material…

People in this episode

Host: Ved Krishna

Guest: Neha Jain

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Organizations: Zerocircle, Google

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