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Plastic. Climate. Future. — 100 episodes

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The Unexpected Ways Plastics Change Lives

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What It Takes to Make Circularity Mainstream

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Looking at PVC with Fresh Eyes

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A CRISP Vision for the Future of Manufacturing

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When Recycling Starts with Design

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Beyond Sustainability: The Strategic Value of Circularity

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Scaling What Matters: From Innovation to Industry

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Turning Germany’s Industrial Strength into Action

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A Front-Row Perspective on the Plastics Industry

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The Invisible Chemistry Behind Safer Materials

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When Conventional Recycling Isn't Enough

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Building the Energy Infrastructure of Tomorrow

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Rethinking How We Innovate Materials

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Building Circularity at Industrial Scale

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The Next Chapter for Germany’s Plastics Industry

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The Plastic That Fades Away, and Ends Up Saving Coral Reefs

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Are Circular Plastics Ready for the Mainstream?

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Is Seaweed a New Hope for Sustainable Packaging?

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Is Plastic Recycling in Europe Really Broken?

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Can Design Thinking Change the Future of Plastics?

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Electrifying the Future: Can Power Drive Circularity?

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Are Enzymes the Missing Link in Plastics Circularity?

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The Packaging Puzzle: Will Digital Twins Bring Us Closer to Circularity?

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YEAR-END WRAP UP (2025)

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Is This the Most Unexpected Sustainable Material Yet?

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The Lignin Solution: From Forestry Waste to Plastic Innovation

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Is This the Future of Sustainable Food Packaging?

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Conference Countdown: Why CRE Forum 2025 Matters Now

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Circular by Design: What It Takes to Rethink Plastics

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Policy Meets Practice: Scaling Circularity Through Regulation

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Voices of the Ocean: Turning Trash and Data into Action

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Serious Fun: The People Behind Plastic Progress with Antero Ahvenainen

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Bio-Based and Beyond: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Chemistry with BASF

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Transforming Waste into Wonders: WildPlastic's Mission with Christian Sigmund

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Can You Reimagine Performance Through Circularity in Sportswear? with Christian Goldhahn from On Running

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The Tight Knot of Sustainability in Fashion with Nicolò Giusti from Tommy Hilfiger

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Carbon Cuts at the Core: BASF’s vision for a Greener Chemistry Future Ivana Krkljuš from BASF

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Shaping the Future of Carbon with Michael Carus and Lara Dammer from Nova Institute

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Into the Mycelium (R)Evolution with Timo Van Vooren and Steff Van Loy from Citribel

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Sustainable Threads: The Journey of Plastic Waste to Eco-Friendly Textiles - with Emil Pettersen from Reparell

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Scuba Diving into the Circular Economy - with Karel Golta from Indeed Innovation

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Rethinking Plastic Waste - with Eric Appelman from Aduro Clean Technologies

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Sustainability of plastics - a journey with Jeff Wooster

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The in’s and out’s of the packaging revolution - with Cory Connors from Orora Packaging Solutions

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Unwasting for a Change - with Akshay Gunteti from Green Worms

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Waste Management: Everywhere, Everyone - with Joel Tasche from CleanHub

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Making Sustainability Stick - with Sjoerd Dijkstra from Henkel Adhesive Technologies

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Turning Waste into “Like a Virgin” plastics! - with Outi Teräs from Neste

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From Plastic Waste to Concrete Solutions - with Ben Norton, Simon Teede, and Rainer von Urff Kaufeld from Ele Collection

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The Impact of Small Everyday Acts - with Hunter Lovins

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Ready to close the loop on swimwear? - with Inga Hinkel from Seasick Swim

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Turning the Tide - with Emma Samson from Searious Business

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Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Marcel Lubben from Brightlands Venture Partners

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Measuring the Health Impact of Plastics - with Marcus Gover & Manuel Brunner from the Minderoo Foundation

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A world where climate change is no longer a problem - with Adam Herriott from WRAP

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Turning Waste into Opportunity - with Victor Préaux from Waste Free Oceans

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Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Verena Keller from UVEX

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Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with René Bethmann from Vaude

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Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Thomas Philipon from Total Energies Corbion

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Plastics belong into a Cycle - with Fridolin Pflüger from HolyPoly

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The creative mind behind the Run for the Oceans - with Chris Thaller from Anything But Ordinary

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The Man Who Harnesses the Wind with Plastic Waste - Bram Peirs from From Waste to Wind

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Exploring the Minds of Tomorrow's Industry Leaders - Live from the International School in Circular Economy Project Management

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Bridging the gap between science and society - A conversation with Amira Fernandéz from AIMPLAS

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From Ingredient Branding to the Regenerative Economy - Tomas Vucurevic from Braind

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The power of passion for sustainable polymer innovations - Daniel Guntschnig from Polyola

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PHA and Waste as a building block for bio-based solutions - Álvaro Castellanos Caro from Biodriven Technologies

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Live from the Hotspot of BioEconomy - Plastic. Climate. Future. @ World Bio Markets (Vol 2)

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Live from the Hotspot of BioEconomy - Plastic. Climate. Future. @ World Bio Markets (Vol 1)

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Rethinking Innovation - with John Bessant

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

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Democratizing Renewable Materials - with Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot

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

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Leveraging Bioeconomy in the Global Sustainability Agenda - with Paul MacDonald from World Bio Markets

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

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

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

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Into the Plastic. Climate. Future 2023 - with Sam (Depoly), Kidus (Kubik), and Andrea (Net0Insights)

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

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

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A Special Episode: Highlights of the CRE Annual Conference 2022

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How can we transform the plastic value chain? With Virginia Janssens from Plastics Europe

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Rethink - Recycling: Chemical recycling made simple and sustainable with Sam from DePoly

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An African start-up transforming plastic waste into building materials - with Kidus from KUBIK

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Launching an algae plastic start-up from the kitchen - with Jessica Farda from Noriware

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From Passion to Mission for the Jordanian Marine Life - with Beisan AlSharif from Project Sea

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Mimicking Nature: Sustainable honeycombs and sandwich materials - with Wouter Winant from EconCore.

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How to design polymers and composites for a circular future? - with Philip Taynton from Mallinda.

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How Data Drives The Circular Economy with Andrea Canepa from Net Zero Insights

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Using Enzymes to Biodegrade Plastics with Andrii from Enzymity

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Breaking The Recycling Confusion Problem with Evan Gwynne Davies from Scrapp

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A project with a Purpose to Clean Up The Planet with Jordi from R*Concept and Good Karma

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A Journey to Enable Circularity with Jan Hommen from TOMRA

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Closing the recycling loop using Reverse Logistics with Marcelo Cairolli

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Upcycling Plastic Waste: How is it Possible? - with Jasper Munier from Clariter

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From Marine Litter to Valuable Goods - with Cyrielle Feumetio from Waste Free Ocean

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Correctly valuing materials and why it is time for the Circular Era - with Nick Gonios from Circulist

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From scary climate movies to the development of a plastic accounting protocol with Dominic Santschi from Ampliphi

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A world made of biopolymers and the holy grail of biodegradability - with Jörg Dörrstein from Biofibre

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Japanese water goddess, sports-bras and producer responsibility - with Claudia Glass from Swijin