Dr Luke Haverhals: Making plastics out of plants

‘Plastic has long been the fossil fuel industry’s ‘plan B’’ says Luke Haverhals, co-founder of NFW, a start-up dedicated to creating materials with plants, not oil. Plastic has a stranglehold over our lives, but it’s not good for us, and it also keeps the fossil fuel industry in business. Luke is proposing a solution to this - creating four different materials that can be used to make anything from clothes to shoes to furniture, that can return to the earth at the end of their life. Is this the solution to the plastic crisis?

Guest

Dr Luke Haverhals, CEO of Natural Fiber Welding

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World In Data @_HannahRitchie

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Produced by Rachel Balmer

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