Matt interviews Bahruz Mammadov, the CEO and co-Founder of Berkm, which aims to create change in the plastics industry at the manufacturing level.

74 billion pounds of plastic end up in the environment each year, largely because of our overdependence on single use plastics. While many programs tend to focus on consumers of plastic packaged goods, Bahruz and Berkm look to change the way that plastics are produced.

Their use of cutting edge chemistry can reduce the amount of plastic needed in manufacturing by between 8-20%.

They discuss how Berkm is using a clay additive in plastic production, Bahruz’s love for chemistry that led to the founding of Berkm, how Berkm can improve plastic recycling, and the single use plastic problem in general.

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