Season 6 Episode 2 - Monika Stroeder, PhD - NOVA Chemicals

PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Monika Stroeder, PhD, Team Leader, Circular Products R&D at NOVA Chemicals. They review her role in developing new products, her move into technical services, packaging, sustainability and finally into research and development of circular products. They discuss working together with the industry in a value chain, downgauging, mono material packaging, incorporating recycled materials, mechanical and chemical recycling, the challenges for consumers in understanding recycling and reducing the carbon footprint. They delve into the development of new high-performance resin, the future of packaging for the food industry with changes in consumer shopping preferences, advanced recycling technologies, corporate diversity and NOVA Chemicals' 30-30-30 strategy.Watch the PlastChicks podcast on the SPE YouTube Channel.PlastChicks is sponsored by SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals. Look for new episodes the first Friday of every month.