The Future of Plastic Waste

Why do we fixate on plastic as the main waste issue of our time? Is all plastic bad? Have we got Bags For Life and paper straws totally wrong?Anna Ploszajski - materials scientist and storyteller - assembles her first edition of Create The Future with:Dr Alicia Chrysostomou, polymer consultant and author of Plastics: Just A Load Of Rubbish?Dr Kat Knauer, polymer scientist and CTO of the BOTTLE Consortium, who are focused on developing new chemical upcycling strategies for today's plastics and redesigning tomorrow's plastics to be recyclable-by-design.New episodes - conversations about how to rebuild the world better - every other Friday.Find podcast transcripts on our website.Follow @QEPrize on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Engineering is for everyone and impacts all our lives. At this crucial moment for humanity, it couldn’t be more relevant to listen to engineers, thinkers, and designers as they debate how our future could - and should - look.Hosts Roma Agrawal MBE, George Imafidon MBE, and Guru Madhavan facilitate deep conversations about how we might restructure and rebuild the world we live in, from space travel to smart cities to a circular economy.New episodes every other Friday.Follow @QEPrize on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more. Transcripts available here.The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering - the world’s leading award for engineers - champions groundbreaking invention and bold innovation which benefits humanity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.