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May 5
18m 21s

Weekly podcast – Why hasn’t packaging ci...

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This week: Eduardo Alvarez, a plastics and packaging expert at Dow, talks with Ian Welsh about waste-to-value challenges and the need to move at speed now to stay ahead of upcoming regulation. Cost is clearly a significant barrier, but there are potential solutions to the material problems. And, at the 2025 Sustainable Packaging Innovation Forum USA Ian spok ... Show More
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