Materials from Sweden

Materials from Sweden features free-form chats with experts about consumer products, what they're made of, and how sustainable they are.

MFS #18 - Hempster's Hemp-based Shake - Bettina Schutz 06/14/2019

MFS #18 - Hempster's Hemp-based Shake - Bettina Schutz At Trifilon’s Stockholm office, about once a week, we get deliveries of delicious hemp-seed shakes made by Hempster, a startup based just outside of Stockholm. This podcast features Bettina Schutz, one of the founders of Hempster. She tells the story about how she and her partner started making tasty health drinks. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/10150391

MFS #17 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Certificates for Recycling, Hanna Ljungkvist Nordin 06/03/2019

MFS #17 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Certificates for Recycling, Hanna Ljungkvist Nordin Could a certificate system get companies to recycle products more? Hanna Ljungkvist Nordin from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, better known as IVL, gave a lecture about such a certificate system at the Plastteknik Nordic, plastics tradeshow. This is the 6th and final in the series from that tradeshow. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/10026506

MFS #16 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Plastics Specialist - Allan Verner Rasmussen 06/03/2019

MFS #16 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Plastics Specialist - Allan Verner Rasmussen What are Legos made from? Allan Verner Rasmussen is a materials consultant with loads of experience in the plastics industry. He currently works for Plastix and also has his own consultancy Altha Aps. In recent years he also worked for Lego. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/10025810

MFS #15 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Recycling Fishing Nets - Hans Axel Kristensen 06/03/2019

MFS #15 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Recycling Fishing Nets - Hans Axel Kristensen Tons of plastics are used to make fishing nets and ropes. In this episode we speak with Hans Axel Kristensen, the CEO of Plastix, a Danish recycling company that gathers up fishing nets and ropes from marinas around the world and gives them a new life. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/10025186

MFS#14 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Neutron Scattering - Andrew Jackson 05/29/2019

MFS#14 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Neutron Scattering - Andrew Jackson What is neutron scattering? In this podcast Andrew Jackson from the European Spallation Source tells us about a large project in Lund to build a center where researchers can shoot neutrons at materials in order to study them. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9968258

MFS#13 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Policy - Tobias Nielsen 05/29/2019

MFS#13 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Policy - Tobias Nielsen How can government make plastic production sustainable? This podcast is the second of six we recorded from a trade fair called Plastteknik Nordic (Nordic plastics technology). Tobias Nielsen is a postdoctoral fellow from Lund University in the political science department. He works on the STEPS-Mistra program. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9966830

MFS#12 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Chemist - Niklas Warlin 05/29/2019

MFS#12 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Chemist - Niklas Warlin Can you get plastics from sugar beets? This podcast is the first of six we recorded from a trade fair called Plastteknik Nordic (Nordic plastics technology). Niklas Warlin is a PhD student from Lund University working in the chemistry department on the STEPS-Mistra program. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9966179

MFS#11 - Green Transportation Studies - Joel Franklin 05/24/2019

MFS#11 - Green Transportation Studies - Joel Franklin Cars, buses, trains, planes and… electric scooters? In this podcast we speak with Joel Franklin, a researcher from KTH, the prestigious engineering institute in Stockholm, about his field of transportation studies and urban initiatives to green up transportation. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9907406

MFS #10 - A Bigger Picture of Waste - Åsa Stenmarck 05/20/2019

MFS #10 - A Bigger Picture of Waste - Åsa Stenmarck Few people know about waste in Sweden with the range and depth of knowledge of this podcast's guest. Åsa Stenmarck works for IVL, the Swedish Environmental Research Institute. Her realms of expertise include consumerism, waste management, and recycling. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9848882

MFS #9 - Plastic Pollution - Patricia Villarrubia Gómez 05/15/2019

MFS #9 - Plastic Pollution - Patricia Villarrubia Gómez Ever find a balloon in your fish dinner? This guest did. Patricia Villarubia Gómez is a plastic pollution expert at GRID-Arendal, a Norwegian foundation that works closely with the United Nations. She has also worked as a research assistant at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9790670

MFS #8 - The Materials Library - Björn Florman 05/03/2019

MFS #8 - The Materials Library - Björn Florman If you’re a product designer, and you need to know what materials are out there, you can always browse at a material library. This pod’s guest Björn Florman was one of the founders and is now the creative project manager for Materialbiblioteket, or The Materials Library, based in Stockholm. He has seen material aesthetic trends come and go. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9642791

MFS #7 - Plastic from Trees - Christopher Carrick 04/18/2019

MFS #7 - Plastic from Trees - Christopher Carrick When we make paper products, there are heaps of a byproduct called lignin, which is typically burned. This pod’s guest, Christopher Carrick, developed a way to make plastic from lignin and started a company RenCom to bring the technology to the market. That plastic would be derived from tree material and is likely biodegradable. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9442976

MFS #6 - Designing Products for End of Life - Taina Flink 04/15/2019

MFS #6 - Designing Products for End of Life - Taina Flink Ever throw something away, like an old vacuum, and think there’s no way the materials will get separated and reused? This pod’s guest, Taina Flink, helps companies think about designing products for their afterlife. She works for ÅF Pöyry as a “consultant in circular design.” She previously worked for Stena Recycling as a “design for recycling specialist.” /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9396509

MFS#5 Sidd Kumaraswamy 04/03/2019

MFS#5 Sidd Kumaraswamy Sidd Kumaraswamy is a materials engineer, specializing in composites. He currently works for Volvo cars and is working towards a PhD from KTH. Sidd worked for Trifilon a few years back before moving on to study at the Max Planck institute. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9255245

MFS#4 Gustav Stenbeck 03/29/2019

MFS#4 Gustav Stenbeck Gustav Stenbeck currently works as the CEO of Mestro. He also gives lectures about sustainability. And he also acts as an angel investor, supporting startups with sustainable business ideas. One of those is Trifilon. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/9191168

MFS #3 - Amit Paul 03/08/2019

MFS #3 - Amit Paul Amit Paul is the Managing Director of Paxymer, a Swedish company that produces flame retardants for plastics that are safer and more sustainable than other technologies. Amit knows about the history of flame retardants in Sweden and about the chemicals used in flame retardant technologies. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/8926292

MFS #2 - David Sandquist 03/08/2019

MFS #2 - David Sandquist David Sandquist was recently hired as the Head of Research and Development for Trifilon. He comes from the prestigious VTT Research Centre in Finland. David has expert knowledge about forestry and biocomposite technologies. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/8926250

MFS #1 - Richard Blume 03/08/2019

MFS #1 - Richard Blume Richard Blume is a Senior Sustainability Advisor for Sustain in Time, an advisory company in Stockholm that works with an array of organizations to develop more sustainable businesses. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/8926241

MFS #0 - An Introduction 03/08/2019

MFS #0 - An Introduction Materials from Sweden features free-form chats with experts about consumer products, what they're made of, and how sustainable they are. /episode/index/show/materialsfromsweden/id/8926214

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