SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS LIVE with Karen Laird, Sustainable Plastics Editor

There is no bigger issue today in plastics than sustainability. Laird has the perspective necessary to understand the fundamental changes required to achieve a circular economy for plastics. She has covered the plastics industry for decades, including as founding editor of Sustainable Plastics since 2020. 

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Join us on February 7 at 10:00 AM EST/ 4:00 PM CET for a Sustainable Plastics Livestream sponsored by Trinseo!

In our February Sustainable Plastics Live, Karen Laird and Don Loepp will discuss new bans on some single-use plastic products; ways that plastics companies in emerging markets are achieving sustainability; and the latest in biobased additives.

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The European Commission’s long-awaited new plastics packaging and waste regulations will have a major impact in the industry. In our Sustainable Plastics Live, Karen Laird breaks down the proposal including impacts on recyclers, biodegradable resins, chemical recycling and consumers.

Sustainability was a major theme at K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany. In our November Sustainable Plastics Live, Karen Laird and Don Loepp discuss how the show highlighted the industry’s progress toward being more circular, including advances in materials and equipment.