Building The New Plastics Economy - The Macro View

This episode of the Circularity Capital podcast will explore the opportunities, challenges and practical implications of building a new circular plastics economy, drawing from industry experts and practitioners. The podcast will comprise four elements with insight from a range of thought leaders in this space.

In this first of our four-part series Jamie Butterworth speaks with Gerald Naber, Program Manager of The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new plastics economy initiative to understand what is driving the need for a new plastics economy and how the circular economy can provide a framework for rethinking in this regard.

Highlights:

• “Plastics is a victim of its own success”
  
  
• “We got addicted to using plastics”
  
  
• Rethinking reuse of plastic products in, for example, packaging and take away coffee cups
  
  
• How do we ensure there is enough infrastructure to recycle?
  
  
• “Is plastic packaging even needed in the first place”
  

Time Stamp: [2.50]   Gerald Naber and his role at EMF [3.55]   Why we need a new type of plastics economy [6.31]   Linear vs Circular to rethink a new plastics economy [10.57] Idea of technical nutrients and bio nutrients within the economy and role they play in the new plastics economy [13.21] Companies using innovations to move away from plastics – how much opportunity this provides [15.55] Role of EMF

Useful Links:

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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