Science and Entrepreneurship
In this episode, entrepreneurs David Roubach and Felix Bobbink discuss their sustainability innovations in the plastics industry, revolutionizing plastics at consumer and industrial levels.
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In this episode, entrepreneurs David Roubach and Felix Bobbink discuss their sustainability innovations in the plastics industry, revolutionizing plastics at consumer and industrial levels. Dow Global Business Development Director emphasizes the need for large businesses to pivot and become disruptive, while UC Berkeley professor Dr. Ting Xu highlights the role of science and research in innovation.
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 8, 2024 / DOW
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode, entrepreneurs David Roubach and Felix Bobbink share their sustainability innovations within the plastics industry and how they are revolutionizing plastics at both consumer and industrial levels. Dow Global Business Development Director Christophe Marché highlights the need for large businesses to pivot and become disruptive, and University of California, Berkeley professor Dr. Ting Xu shares how at the core of all this disruptive innovation is science and research.
EPISODE NOTES
From compostable fashion developed in the Middle East to simplifying waste into feedstock in Switzerland to reduce fossil fuels in plastics, entrepreneurs David Roubach and Felix Bobbink share their journey of being disrupters in an industry grappling with waste management. But as Dow Global Business Director Christophe Marché explains, scaling disruptive solutions will require incumbent industry leaders to take risks, invest in disrupters and pivot their business models. University of California, Berkeley professor Dr. Ting Xu shares how it will also require the industry to look into the research and science behind scalable solutions.
SHOW CONTRIBUTORS
Host: Maithreyi Seetharaman
Show Producer: Lisa Desai
Sound Production: PhiLipp Schweidler, Department of Noise
Communications Advisor: Jonny West-Symes, Teneo
Artwork: Dow Creative Element

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