Plastic. Climate. Future.

By Mat Wielopolski & John Sewell

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Plastic. Climate. Future. enables engagement among industry members, climate activists, innovators, and the rest of world (the general public) to ultimately achieve positive changes related to plastic and the climate.

In their podcast, Mat & John host guests from these groups of stakeholders and talk about their views, activities and opinions to foster trustful communication and learn from each other.

Check out more at www.plasticclimatefuture.com


Episode Date
Is Plastic Recycling in Europe Really Broken?
Apr 16, 2026
Can Design Thinking Change the Future of Plastics?
Mar 24, 2026
Electrifying the Future: Can Power Drive Circularity?
Mar 03, 2026
Are Enzymes the Missing Link in Plastics Circularity?
Feb 19, 2026
The Packaging Puzzle: Will Digital Twins Bring Us Closer to Circularity?
Jan 21, 2026
YEAR-END WRAP UP (2025)
Jan 07, 2026
Is This the Most Unexpected Sustainable Material Yet?
Nov 11, 2025
The Lignin Solution: From Forestry Waste to Plastic Innovation
Oct 16, 2025
Is This the Future of Sustainable Food Packaging?
Sep 23, 2025
Conference Countdown: Why CRE Forum 2025 Matters Now
Sep 03, 2025
Circular by Design: What It Takes to Rethink Plastics
Aug 20, 2025
Policy Meets Practice: Scaling Circularity Through Regulation
Jul 24, 2025
Voices of the Ocean: Turning Trash and Data into Action
Jun 26, 2025
Serious Fun: The People Behind Plastic Progress with Antero Ahvenainen
Jun 03, 2025
Bio-Based and Beyond: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Chemistry with BASF
May 13, 2025
Transforming Waste into Wonders: WildPlastic's Mission with Christian Sigmund
Apr 17, 2025
Can You Reimagine Performance Through Circularity in Sportswear? with Christian Goldhahn from On Running
Jan 28, 2025
The Tight Knot of Sustainability in Fashion with Nicolò Giusti from Tommy Hilfiger
Dec 17, 2024
Carbon Cuts at the Core: BASF’s vision for a Greener Chemistry Future Ivana Krkljuš from BASF
Dec 10, 2024
Shaping the Future of Carbon with Michael Carus and Lara Dammer from Nova Institute
Dec 03, 2024
Into the Mycelium (R)Evolution with Timo Van Vooren and Steff Van Loy from Citribel
Nov 14, 2024
Sustainable Threads: The Journey of Plastic Waste to Eco-Friendly Textiles - with Emil Pettersen from Reparell
Nov 06, 2024
Scuba Diving into the Circular Economy - with Karel Golta from Indeed Innovation
Oct 29, 2024
Rethinking Plastic Waste - with Eric Appelman from Aduro Clean Technologies
Oct 22, 2024
Sustainability of plastics - a journey with Jeff Wooster
Oct 10, 2024
The in’s and out’s of the packaging revolution - with Cory Connors from Orora Packaging Solutions
Sep 17, 2024
Unwasting for a Change - with Akshay Gunteti from Green Worms
Aug 15, 2024
Waste Management: Everywhere, Everyone - with Joel Tasche from CleanHub
Jul 30, 2024
Making Sustainability Stick - with Sjoerd Dijkstra from Henkel Adhesive Technologies
Jul 16, 2024
Turning Waste into “Like a Virgin” plastics! - with Outi Teräs from Neste
Jul 03, 2024
From Plastic Waste to Concrete Solutions - with Ben Norton, Simon Teede, and Rainer von Urff Kaufeld from Ele Collection
Jun 12, 2024
The Impact of Small Everyday Acts - with Hunter Lovins
Jun 06, 2024
Ready to close the loop on swimwear? - with Inga Hinkel from Seasick Swim
May 27, 2024
Turning the Tide - with Emma Samson from Searious Business
May 09, 2024
Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Marcel Lubben from Brightlands Venture Partners
May 02, 2024
Measuring the Health Impact of Plastics - with Marcus Gover & Manuel Brunner from the Minderoo Foundation
Apr 19, 2024
A world where climate change is no longer a problem - with Adam Herriott from WRAP
Apr 11, 2024
Turning Waste into Opportunity - with Victor Préaux from Waste Free Oceans
Mar 13, 2024
Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Verena Keller from UVEX
Feb 29, 2024
Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Christian Krüger from BASF
Feb 15, 2024
Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with René Bethmann from Vaude
Jan 30, 2024
Plastic. Climate. Future. Podcast feat. Circularise with Thomas Philipon from Total Energies Corbion
Jan 17, 2024
Plastics belong into a Cycle - with Fridolin Pflüger from HolyPoly
Dec 19, 2023
The creative mind behind the Run for the Oceans - with Chris Thaller from Anything But Ordinary
Dec 14, 2023
The Man Who Harnesses the Wind with Plastic Waste - Bram Peirs from From Waste to Wind
Nov 28, 2023
Exploring the Minds of Tomorrow's Industry Leaders - Live from the International School in Circular Economy Project Management
Oct 31, 2023
Bridging the gap between science and society - A conversation with Amira Fernandéz from AIMPLAS
Sep 26, 2023
From Ingredient Branding to the Regenerative Economy - Tomas Vucurevic from Braind
Sep 12, 2023
The power of passion for sustainable polymer innovations - Daniel Guntschnig from Polyola
Aug 30, 2023
PHA and Waste as a building block for bio-based solutions - Álvaro Castellanos Caro from Biodriven Technologies
Aug 01, 2023
Live from the Hotspot of BioEconomy - Plastic. Climate. Future. @ World Bio Markets (Vol 2)
Jul 19, 2023
Live from the Hotspot of BioEconomy - Plastic. Climate. Future. @ World Bio Markets (Vol 1)
Jul 02, 2023
Rethinking Innovation - with John Bessant
May 28, 2023
Is 'Bioplastics' a really bad term? - with Alex Thielen from the Bioplastics Magazine
May 16, 2023
Democratizing Renewable Materials - with Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot
Apr 26, 2023
How Data Models Advance the Uptake of Sustainable Material Alternatives - with Roy Brooks from CirQulor
Mar 28, 2023
Leveraging Bioeconomy in the Global Sustainability Agenda - with Paul MacDonald from World Bio Markets
Mar 14, 2023
Science as a Cornerstone on the Mission to a World Free of Plastic Pollution - with Marcus Eriksen from 5Gyres
Feb 28, 2023
Biopolymers: How to scale them up? - with Brad Rodgers from Danimer Scientific
Feb 13, 2023
A Key Puzzle Piece to a Circular Future - with Mesbah and Phil from Circularise
Jan 22, 2023
Into the Plastic. Climate. Future 2023 - with Sam (Depoly), Kidus (Kubik), and Andrea (Net0Insights)
Jan 04, 2023
Using the power of plants to make plastics future-proof - with Jason from Evoco
Dec 10, 2022
The Plastic Soup Surfer - Driving systemic change through surfing with Merijn Tinga
Nov 28, 2022
A Special Episode: Highlights of the CRE Annual Conference 2022
Nov 15, 2022
How can we transform the plastic value chain? With Virginia Janssens from Plastics Europe
Nov 06, 2022
Rethink - Recycling: Chemical recycling made simple and sustainable with Sam from DePoly
Oct 16, 2022
An African start-up transforming plastic waste into building materials - with Kidus from KUBIK
Oct 01, 2022
Launching an algae plastic start-up from the kitchen - with Jessica Farda from Noriware
Sep 10, 2022
From Passion to Mission for the Jordanian Marine Life - with Beisan AlSharif from Project Sea
Aug 28, 2022
Mimicking Nature: Sustainable honeycombs and sandwich materials - with Wouter Winant from EconCore.
Aug 11, 2022
How to design polymers and composites for a circular future? - with Philip Taynton from Mallinda.
Jul 31, 2022
How Data Drives The Circular Economy with Andrea Canepa from Net Zero Insights
Jul 10, 2022
Using Enzymes to Biodegrade Plastics with Andrii from Enzymity
Jun 24, 2022
Breaking The Recycling Confusion Problem with Evan Gwynne Davies from Scrapp
Jun 04, 2022
A project with a Purpose to Clean Up The Planet with Jordi from R*Concept and Good Karma
May 23, 2022
A Journey to Enable Circularity with Jan Hommen from TOMRA
May 12, 2022
Closing the recycling loop using Reverse Logistics with Marcelo Cairolli
Apr 24, 2022
Upcycling Plastic Waste: How is it Possible? - with Jasper Munier from Clariter
Apr 10, 2022
From Marine Litter to Valuable Goods - with Cyrielle Feumetio from Waste Free Ocean
Mar 27, 2022
Correctly valuing materials and why it is time for the Circular Era - with Nick Gonios from Circulist
Mar 06, 2022
From scary climate movies to the development of a plastic accounting protocol with Dominic Santschi from Ampliphi
Feb 20, 2022
A world made of biopolymers and the holy grail of biodegradability - with Jörg Dörrstein from Biofibre
Feb 06, 2022
Japanese water goddess, sports-bras and producer responsibility - with Claudia Glass from Swijin
Jan 23, 2022
Rethinking Climate and why communication between consumers and industry matters - with Asia Guerreschi
Jan 09, 2022
Demystifying 2021 and above ground hydrocarbon - The Xmas Edition from John & Mat
Dec 28, 2021
Peaceful activism based on science - with Lola Segers the Belgian Youth for Climate Voice
Dec 12, 2021
The Birth of Plastic Climate Future - An attempt to introduce...
Dec 10, 2021