Only 9% of plastic is currently recycled. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish.

No matter how much recycling rates improve we need to address the root cause. This means replacing our single use, throwaway culture – moving from disposable to recyclable packaging – Laure explained how.

Laure Cucuron, General Manager, TerraCycle Europe @TerraCycle

“Creating The Future from Weatherbys Private Bank” is a podcast series that captures each of the talks given at our Creating The Future conference. Each of the twelve speakers tackled some of the world’s most challenging and exciting issues: the future of democracy, how recent advances in neuroscience and technology are set to revolutionise medicine and healthcare and the ever more urgent need to address climate change.

For more information about Creating The Future and/or the presentation slides go to https://www.weatherbys.bank/CTF

Weatherbys is a business that has always looked forward and always innovated which is why nearly 250 years later the business continues to thrive. As with all parts of the group, Weatherbys Private Bank aims to combine and offer the very best of the old and the new. We have created this event because we are truly passionate about the issues that will affect all of us in the future. For more information about the Bank, please visit https://www.weatherbys.bank/private-bank/

DISCLAIMER

The views and opinions expressed by the speakers are those of the speakers alone and are not those of Weatherbys Bank Limited.

Credits:

Creating The Future host is Oli Barrett MBE @OliBarrett

Music by Sacha Puttnam https://sachaputtnam.com

Podcast produced by Stuart Wright stuartedwardwright(at)icloud.com