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    Plastics Unwrapped

    Plastics Unwrapped

    Plastics Unwrapped

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    Length:
    17 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Plastics Unwrapped is a podcast series supported by Dow, on the hunt for solutions to some of the biggest questions facing the plastics industry.​
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    Join host and journalist Maithreyi Seetharaman on her quest for thought-provoking ideas on how to make plastics truly circular. This is a space where the world's leading thinkers and doers from the worlds of technology, policy-making, civil society, academia and business have honest and difficult conversations about the future of sustainability and plastics.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 17 episodes

    Title

    Turning the Tide in Asia-Pacific

    The Asia Pacific region tends to dominate the rankings and headlines in coverage surrou...

    37 minutes
    		Feb 20, 2024

    Science and Entrepreneurship

    From compostable fashion developed in the Middle East to simplifying waste into feedsto...

    38 minutes
    		Feb 13, 2024

    Recycling and Beyond Part 2

    In Recycling and Beyond Part 2, Haley Lowry, Global Sustainability Director at Dow, and...

    25 minutes
    		Feb 06, 2024

    Recycling and Beyond Part 1

    In Recycling and Beyond Part 1, we explore the challenges of collecting and sorting pla...

    30 minutes
    		Jan 30, 2024

    Design Thinking Plastics Part 2

    In part two of our design thinking discussion, we delve into how design can impact a co...

    26 minutes
    		Jan 23, 2024

    Design Thinking Plastics Part 1

    In part one of Design Thinking Plastics, we explore the history of how designers helped...

    25 minutes
    		Jan 16, 2024

    Decarbonization and circularity – why they must go hand-in-hand

    A sustainable future requires the creation of a circular economy for plastic, and we mu...

    29 minutes
    		Feb 13, 2023

    Is plastic the new coal?

    While the industry agrees that there’s a need to decarbonize plastics, is a comparison ...

    37 minutes
    		Oct 26, 2022

    Working with Africa’s Informal Waste Sector

    This episode explores the challenges faced by Africa’s informal waste sector, with a fo...

    34 minutes
    		May 25, 2022

    Tackling the Plastic Waste Challenge Through Design

    This episode explores the role of design in enabling a circular economy for plastics, b...

    31 minutes
    		May 11, 2022