Can plastics ever become carbon negative? Dr. Vassilis Daioglou of the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency explains how integrated assessment models test possible futures for carbon-negative plastics and climate change. He and host Clark Marchese examine scenarios involving emissions pricing, higher recycling rates, and bio-based materials within a circular bioeconomy. Some modeled pathways can produce net-negative emissions, but only under specific assumptions and coordinated policy choices. This episode separates model results from real-world guarantees while exploring how climate policy could reshape plastic production.

Episode Guests: Dr. Vassilis Daioglou

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Hosted, produced, and edited by Clark Marchese 

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Theme music by Tadeo Cabellos 

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