Recycling unknown

Hello, plastic-free oceans!

English - November 05, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB
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Malin dives deep into the unknown of recycling, what barriers there are to the increase of it and how co-creation plays a role in overcoming the challenges with Lena Stig, Sustainable Plastic Use at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The talk is framed around these questions:

What is the current status on material recycling in Sweden? (00:55)What is the one thing we just don’t get, aiming for a circular plastics economy? (03:12)Do we have a material recycling gap? (05:07)Why is there a difference between being recyclable and being recycled? (06:25)What is needed to close the recycling gap? (07:14)To scale up the transformation towards a circular plastics economy, what do you see is essential to keep in mind? (08:47)

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Credits

Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri

Jingle: Frans Sjöberg