Episode #3. Plastics; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Talking Plastics

Talking Plastics, ValueBiomat

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In the Talking Plastics podcast, we will discuss the present and future of plastics, and how we can tackle the environmental issues related to the production and consumption of plastics. We will discuss topical issues with experts from the academia, industry and public sector to dig beneath the surface of the issues with plastics we are facing today.Find us at valuebiomat.fi and at talkingplasticspodcast@gmail.com

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Episode #3. Plastics; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Talking Plastics

28 minutes 29 seconds

3 years ago

Episode #3. Plastics; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

In this episode, we discuss the plastics life cycle from a polymer perspective.

An easily convincing and effective narrative can be shaped around plastics. The feedstock is fossil fuel based, the production is polluting, and after use, plastics end up on the landfill, are incinerated, or end up in nature. This leads to an easy conclusion that everything about plastics is bad. Is this true? Is it only bad and ugly? Certainly, all these steps have concerns. But polymer scientists are working on making these steps sustainable. Different feedstocks and new recycling techniques for example. And, there are also good things about plastics. We even touch on the energy transition, because as it turns out, it’s all connected.

We discuss these topics with Prof. JUKKA SEPPÄLÄ. Jukka is professor Polymer Technology at Aalto University and has decades of experience in both industry and academia in working with the synthesis and characterization of novel (bio)polymers.

The episode is hosted by BAS VAN BOCHOVE, a postdoctoral researcher from the polymer technology group of the School of Chemical Engineering at Aalto University. Bas has worked with polymerizations of novel biopolymers and contributed to the ValueBioMat project.

References we used for this episode:

1. www.renewable-carbon.eu/graphics, nova-institute.eu, 2021.

2. Rosenboom, et al. Nature Reviews. 2022 (7) 117-137.

3. Vogt et al. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 4325-4346.

4. Andrady et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Jul 27; 364(1526): 1977–1984.

5. Häussler et al. Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials. Nature 2021 (590) 423-427.

Talking Plastics podcast is brought to you by Valuebiomat, to be found as @valuebiomat on twitter, valuebiomat on youtube, and on valuebiomat.fi. Valuebiomat is funded by the Strategic research Council (SRC) established within the Academy of Finland. You can find the Talking Podcast in Twitter as @TalkingPlastics, and contact us at TalkingPlasticsPodcast@gmail.com.

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