ABSORB
0
lbs of
carbon
through seaweed farming
Sway Polybags
Protect products throughout the supply chain, from factory to delivery.
✓ Durable, flexible, lightweight
✓ Luxurious look and feel
✓ Made from seaweed, plants, and compostable polymers
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Made with Seaweed
An abundant marine crop that replenishes ecosystems
Designed for Compost
Breaks down cleanly in home and industrial compost
Excellent Performance
Protects products through global supply chains
Super Scalable
Produced via legacy plastic manufacturing equipment
Replace LDPE with a compostable, seaweed-based alternative
Strong, flexible, and lightweight, Sway Polybags protect products at every step of the supply chain. Easy to adopt, no ripping or tearing, and versatile across industries.
Though it performs like plastic, this material lasts only as long as it’s needed. After use, it returns to nature through home or industrial composting.
Plus, every bag includes a regenerative ingredient: seaweed! This abundant, fast-growing crop purifies oceans, builds biodiversity, and supports thriving coastal livelihoods.
What’s the impact of seaweed in a Sway bag?
Seaweed is Sway’s superhero ingredient, and for good reason. Even a little goes a long way! Toggle to learn how seaweed helps regenerate ecosystems.
75,000 BAGS
REMOVE
0
lbs of excess
nutrients
including nitrogen and phosphorous
REMEDIATE
0
acres
of habitat
boosting biodiversity
* Calculations based off an average size Sway bag. Inquire with team to understand your order’s impact.
Adopted by leading fashion and outdoor brands
Learn how seaweed-based materials are meeting the demands of global supply chains while delivering on performance, efficiency, and circularity.
FAQ
Look & Feel
• Thickness: 1.5-2mil
• Color: Cream
• Clarity: Translucent (6-7% opacity)
• Texture: Soft, premium, flexible, lightweight
• Customization: Stock and custom design available
• Color: Cream
• Clarity: Translucent (6-7% opacity)
• Texture: Soft, premium, flexible, lightweight
• Customization: Stock and custom design available
Performance
• Heat Sealable
• Printable
• Durability: High*
• Tear Strength: High*
• Oxygen barrier: Medium*
• Grease barrier: High*
• Printable
• Durability: High*
• Tear Strength: High*
• Oxygen barrier: Medium*
• Grease barrier: High*
• Shelf life: 1+ year when stored in cool, dry conditions
*As compared with competitive compostable films. TDS available upon request.
*As compared with competitive compostable films. TDS available upon request.
How It's Made
STEP #1: FORMULATION
Think of Sway like an ingredient brand. At our San Francisco Bay Area HQ, we develop breakthrough formulations through continuous prototyping, rigorous testing, and lab-scale production trials. Our team is constantly innovating!
Think of Sway like an ingredient brand. At our San Francisco Bay Area HQ, we develop breakthrough formulations through continuous prototyping, rigorous testing, and lab-scale production trials. Our team is constantly innovating!
STEP #2: MANUFACTURING
We partner with established manufacturers who scale Sway production using standard plastic processing equipment. These partners compound and extrude our formulations into high-performance pellets and flexible films.
STEP #3: DISTRIBUTION
Our network of packaging partners convert and customize rolls of Sway film into finished bags for brands across industries — from fashion and outdoors, to home goods and personal care, to tech and electronics, and beyond.
Formulation
This material (TPSea Flexâ„¢) is a mixture of seaweed, plants, and compostable ingredients. It is majority biobased, combining Sway's 100% biobased pellet technology (TPSeaâ„¢) with certified home compostable polymers.
End of Life
Sway packaging is designed for home and industrial compost, breaking down cleanly without microplastics or toxic residues. If compost is not available, please dispose of it in the trash. This packaging is not recyclable.
TPSea Flexâ„¢, the material used to make this bag, is constantly evolving. Sway certifies commercial-ready materials through the global gold-standard certification, TUV Austria. Formal certification is a time- and resource-intensive process, taking approximately a year to complete. This is why you may see some bags labeled as "certification pending."
TPSea Flexâ„¢ 1.0 has achieved TUV Home & Industrial Compost certification. TPSea Flexâ„¢ 1.1 and beyond are formulated entirely from certified compostable ingredients, with formal certification underway. Please inquire with our team for the latest certification status.
Sway packaging is available through leading packaging distributors
Ready to explore Sway for your brand? Our partners EcoEnclose and Atlantic Packaging are ready to guide you through every step of logistics, ensuring our materials work perfectly in your operations.
