Mats Linder
Mats Linder
Freelance Consultant, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Talk MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
The New Plastics Economy – innovation to enable a circular economy for plastics
The New Plastics Economy is a collaborative, systemic approach to address the fundamental issues of the current plastics economy, starting with packaging. Innovation plays a major role to transition to a circular economy for plastics, and is a topic the initiative has worked hard on, for example by running the $2 million New Plastics Economy innovation prize. One of the key needs innovation is to address design failures to make sure plastics does not become waste in the first place. Such innovation, however, needs the support of a strong and dynamic ecosystem.
About Mats Linder
A chemist by training, Mats first heard about circular economy in 2013 and has since been passionate about understanding and advancing the concept. He joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in late 2014 and has led the innovation programme within New Plastics Economy initiative, which included setting up and running the 2017 Innovation Prize funded by Wendy Schmidt. Since his recent move to Stockholm, he now supports the EMF as a freelance consultant.
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