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What will future materials be made from?

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This week: Neste’s Lars Börger, Covestro’s Lynette Chung, Unilever’s Marika Lindstrom and Werner Bosmans from the European Commission debate with Toby Webb the developing practical solutions to the challenge of new materials and what they are made from and, specifically, the innovations that they hope to see in 2021. To listen to the full extended discussion, click here. 

Plus: why we need a pandemic-level reduction in GHG every two years; $8tn of investment pledged to go net-zero; eBay’s certified refurbished circular economy solution; and, Burger King UK eliminates more single use plastics, in the news digest. 

Host: Ian Welsh 

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