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Reducing the Carbon Footprint for Plastics

Reducing the Carbon Footprint for Plastics

Update: 2021-09-13
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This episode delves into the need to reduce CO2 emissions in the plastics industry and how Dow is working towards producing circular plastics with a lower CO2 footprint. Marco Ten Bruggencate is joined by Howard Chase and Erika Sánchez Garrido, from Dow, and Kaj Embren, a sustainable development expert. They discuss why the decade between 2020 to 2030 is crucial in terms climate protection and how ‘The Greta effect’ has caused public consciousness around CO2 levels to grow, sparking a rise in demand for industry action. 

Key discussion points include: 

  1. Dow's partnership with Shell to transform furnaces and electrify energy (07:04-07:30 )
  2. How The EU Green deal is encouraging and enabling innovation (10:36-11:02 )
  3. The need for education to meet the low carbon economy goals (27:4428:11 )

Host: Maithreyi Seetharaman
Show Producer: Lisa Desai 
Sound Production: PhiLipp Schweidler, Department of Noise
Communications Advisor: Jonny West-Symes, Teneo
Artwork: Dow Creative Element

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Reducing the Carbon Footprint for Plastics

Reducing the Carbon Footprint for Plastics

Erika Sánchez Garrido, Kaj Embren, Howard Chase, Marco Ten Bruggencate, Judy Hicks

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