A chemist by training, Mats Linder leads the Innovation Programme within the New Plastics Economy initiative. This role involves identifying and mobilizing catalytic innovation that has the potential to enable a plastic system that works. In this role, Linder looks after the $2 million New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize, launched this year.
The linear economy, of which plastics packaging value chain is an iconic example, is ripe for disruption. Without a doubt, plastics bring many benefits, and the economy as we know it would not be able to work without them.
Without a doubt, plastics bring many benefits, and society as we know it would not be able to work without them. But it is becoming increasingly evident that the current, linear plastics system is broken.