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Plastics Unwrapped

Maithreyi Seetharaman

Plastics Unwrapped is a podcast series supported by Dow, on the hunt for solutions to some of the biggest questions facing the plastics industry.​
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Join host and journalist Maithreyi Seetharaman on her quest for thought-provoking ideas on how to make plastics truly circular. This is a space where the world's leading thinkers and doers from the worlds of technology, policy-making, civil society, academia and business have honest and difficult conversations about the future of sustainability and plastics.

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  • 24 episodes
  • Updated Jun 18, 2025

Episodes24

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  • May 3, 2021 · 27 min

    Advanced Recycling

    What is Advanced Recycling? How does it work? And what does this game-changing technology mean for our industry and consumers? Carsten Larsen, Iain Gulland and Sirt Mellema join us in this episode to discuss Advanced Recycling as a solution for reducing plastic waste.

  • Jan 22, 2021 · 24 min

    Designing for Recycling

    Discussing the big issues around recycling plastics. This episode explores key questions, such as why is recycling plastics so difficult? And what can the industry do to help?

  • Jan 22, 2021 · 15 min

    Bioplastics

    Dive deeper into the world of bioplastics. In this episode we discuss market growth for renewable feedstocks and how this fits with the industry’s plans to reduce carbon emissions.

  • Jan 22, 2021 · 31 min

    Emotion vs Science

    Dive into how we can balance the emotional response we feel when seeing waste, with a logical, scientific approach when it comes to choosing materials.