Plastic. Climate. Future.

Plastic. Climate. Future.

By Mat Wielopolski & John SewellBusinessEntrepreneurshipScienceTechnologyChemistry
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Plastic. Climate. Future. episodes

  • Is 'Bioplastics' a really bad term? - with Alex Thielen from the Bioplastics Magazine

    Listen to our exciting discussion with Alex Thielen from Bioplastics Magazine, and learn what they do to support the circular economy value chain!
    In this podcast, we also discussed opinions and perspectives about bioplastics, and challenges in conveying important information into nice stories

    Find out more about Bioplastics Magazine at https://www.bioplasticsmagazine.com/en/

    And check out their Bioplastic Basics Book HERE: https://www.bioplasticsmagazine.com/en/books/bioplastics.php

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    54 min
  • Democratizing Renewable Materials - with Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot

    Don't miss out on our conversation with Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot!
    Checkerspot aims to encourage the use of more sustainably sourced raw materials in creating products. They use microorganisms to produce these alternative materials and are committed to practical applications that are relevant to the bioeconomy sector; such as by also focusing to improve the final product's performance.

    Find out more about Checkerspot at https://checkerspot.com/

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    50 min
  • How Data Models Advance the Uptake of Sustainable Material Alternatives - with Roy Brooks from CirQulor

    Follow our discussion with Roy Brooks from CirQulor!
    CirQulor focuses on providing a platform of utilities and services covering all aspects of the alternative materials supply chain. They aim to integrating people, resources and systems for a post plastic world.

    Find out more about CirQulor at https://cirqulor.com/

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    53 min
  • Science as a Cornerstone on the Mission to a World Free of Plastic Pollution - with Marcus Eriksen from 5Gyres

    Join our discussion with Marcus Eriksen from The 5 Gyres Institute!

    5Gyres uses education and community-based science to drive and inform local, scalable reuse models. By engaging key stakeholders in identifying the sources and potential solutions of problematic plastics in their own communities, we can work together to drive more equitable solutions.

    In this podcast, Marcus told us about the birth of 5 Gyres and how he started studying the sources of plastic pollution on expedition journeys to collect scientific data, publish reports and journals, and collaborate with companies to create change and advocate. We discussed the power of policy and enforcement to achieve systemic change, and how they get involved in it.

    Check out more about The 5 Gyres Institute at https://www.5gyres.org/

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    47 min
  • Biopolymers: How to scale them up? - with Brad Rodgers from Danimer Scientific

    "If we have biodegradable and naturally-sourced plastics, why are we still struggling with plastic waste?”


    Join our discussion with Brad Rodgers, the Vice President of Danimer Scientific.

    Danimer Scientific is a biotechnology company that works towards transitioning fossil-based plastics to biopolymers, particularly, specializing in PHA-based materials. Biopolymers, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), are naturally-sourced and biodegradable plastic materials. It's one of the solutions to tackle our plastic waste problem, but also has bottlenecks in the development process, and when it comes to changing the mainstream attitudes of consumers.

    Although that's the case, we discussed in this episode that currently, more and more large companies have put in investments and efforts to upscale the technologies to bring innovation to mass production.

    Check out more about Danimer Scientific at https://danimerscientific.com/

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    44 min
  • A Key Puzzle Piece to a Circular Future - with Mesbah and Phil from Circularise

    On our first 2023 episode, we invited 2 experts, Mesbah Sabur and Phil Brown from Circularise. We had an inspiring discussion about supply chain, product traceability, transparency and collaboration between companies. Importantly, we dived deep into the talk about industrial challenges, and how Circularise helps to solve this problem through its blockchain technology.

    Check out more about Circularise at https://www.circularise.com/

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Into the Plastic. Climate. Future 2023 - with Sam (Depoly), Kidus (Kubik), and Andrea (Net0Insights)

    Literally one day before Christmas, we came together as the entire team, meaning Saskia, John and Mat, to give some quick thoughts about the best and most interesting episodes of 2022. We also prepared our wishlist of topics and guests for next year and...

    Yes, we actually managed to get three of our former guests from previous episodes to conclude this year with us. Kidus Asfaw told us how Kubik will continue being driven by purpose to tackle plastic waste, create new opportunities for women and provide new building materials in Africa. Samantha Anderson gave us insights about the scale-up and innovation of Depoly to drive circularity with a sustainable chemical recycling technology for PET. And Andrea Canepa, took a look into the crystal ball predicting the growth direction for climate tech start-ups based on his exclusive knowledge from Net Zero Insights.

    Check out more about our guests at www.depoly.co, www.buildkubik.com and www.netzeroinsights.com

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    41 min
  • Using the power of plants to make plastics future-proof - with Jason from Evoco

     Jason Robinson is a chemical engineer, born innovator and technology lover, who has been involved in the climate-tech field ever since his early career. He is also the CEO of Evoco, a cleantech innovation company based in Canada, that produces plant-based chemistry to replace petrol-based chemistry. The company's mission focuses on closing the carbon cycle in the most natural way, not only by using materials from plants, but also ensuring them to be compostable.

    In this podcast, you will also learn more about the opportunities of using plants to create materials, and the important aspects to consider within product sustainability.

    Find out more about Evoco at https://evocoltd.com/

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    44 min
  • The Plastic Soup Surfer - Driving systemic change through surfing with Merijn Tinga

    Merijn Tinga - also known as the "Plastic Soup Surfer", is a biologist, former teacher, surfer and activist from the Netherlands. He turned his passion for surfing into a strong voice for a more sustainable future with plastics. To make his point he started building surfboards from plastic waste and surfed them throughout the many trips that lead him to drive systemic change.

    Find out more about The Plastic Soup Surfer at https://www.plasticsoupsurfer.org/

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    39 min

About Plastic. Climate. Future.

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Plastic. Climate. Future. enables engagement among industry members, climate activists, innovators, and the rest of world (the general public) to ultimately achieve positive changes related to plastic and the climate.