Advanced Recycling

from Plastics Unwrapped · host Iain Gulland, Carsten Larsen, Sirt Mellema

In this episode, Carsten Larsen, Dow’s Commercial Director for Recycling in EMEA & APAC is joined by Iain Gulland, CEO of Zero Waste Scotland, and Sirt Mellema, CEO of Fuenix Ecogy Group, to discuss ‘game-changing’ advanced recycling technology. Advanced recycling takes hard-to-recycle, mixed plastic waste and breaks it down into its basic chemical elements – allowing waste to become infinitely recyclable. The panel look at what this technology means for both industry and consumers.Key discussion points include:What is advanced or feedstock recycling ?How to recycle plastics that were previously unrecyclable.Advanced recycling in a circular economy.

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What is Advanced Recycling? How does it work? And what does this game-changing technology mean for our industry and consumers? Carsten Larsen, Iain Gulland and Sirt Mellema join us in this episode to discuss Advanced Recycling as a solution for reducing plastic waste.

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