With the ever growing levels of pollution on the rise over the last decade, plastic pollution has been one of the largest contributors. Specifically products made of polyethylene such as bandages, are often burned or thrown away and have a detrimental impact on the environment. In addition, these typical bandages have often proved to be ineffective and cause skin irritation as well as bacterial infection. Alginate dressings are not only bioderadble, but have shown to have adequate wound absorption properties. Although this material has low mechanical properties which deter its usage, this study explored the enhancement of these mechanical properties which was then used to make a bandage tested on brown planaria.