Creating a Circular Economy: A collaboration for chemical recycling of plastics

Wood and its partners are delivering some of the world’s most challenging problems - in this case enabling technologies to deliver a circular economy for plastics. 
·         The increase in the global demand for plastics vs the world’s current plastic-waste problem·         What needs to be done to divert plastic-waste away from the environment and to achieve a circular economy, with a focus on emerging technologies.·         The recent Memorandum of Understanding signing between OMV and Wood regarding the licensing of OMV’s proprietary technology, ReOil. But how will this collaboration and ReOil help create a circular economy?This episode is brought to you from our live podcast studio at ADIPEC 2022, where we are hosting live podcasts from the heart of the conference exhibition, travelling deep into the minds of industry experts and influencers to gain valuable insights and perspectives on challenging issues and the opportunities facing the energy sector.
This is episode seven out of the 11-episode series.The episode features:·         Dr. Stefan Pirker, Head of Technology and Innovation Management, Chemical Recycling with OMV, based in Austria·         Richard Spires, Wood’s Technology Development Director, based in Reading, UKTo connect with our guests and explore related insights, subscribe to The Wood Podcast at www.woodplc.com/podcast.