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

MFS #17 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Certificates for Recycling, Hanna Ljungkvist Nordin

Jun 3rd, 2019 57m 24s

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, plastic

MFS #16 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Plastics Specialist - Allan Verner Rasmussen

Jun 3rd, 2019 1h 2m

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.

MFS #15 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Recycling Fishing Nets - Hans Axel Kristensen

Jun 3rd, 2019 39m 5s

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 n

MFS#14 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Neutron Scattering - Andrew Jackson

May 29th, 2019 1h 1m

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.

MFS#13 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Policy - Tobias Nielsen

May 29th, 2019 1h 10m

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

MFS#12 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Chemist - Niklas Warlin

May 29th, 2019 48m 37s

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 departmen

MFS#11 - Green Transportation Studies - Joel Franklin

May 24th, 2019 1h 12m

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

MFS #10 - A Bigger Picture of Waste - Åsa Stenmarck

May 20th, 2019 1h 10m

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 r

MFS #9 - Plastic Pollution - Patricia Villarubia Gómez

May 15th, 2019 1h 22m

Ever find a balloon in your fish dinner? This guest did. Patricia Villarrubia 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

MFS #8 - The Materials Library - Björn Florman

May 3rd, 2019 1h 4m

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

MFS #7 - Christopher Carrick

Apr 18th, 2019 1h 3m

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

MFS #6 - Designing Products for End of Life - Taina Flink

Apr 15th, 2019 1h 14m

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

MFS#5 Sidd Kumaraswamy

Apr 3rd, 2019 1h 17m

Sidd Kumaraswamy is a materials engineer who specializes 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.

MFS#4 Gustav Stenbeck

Mar 29th, 2019 1h 1m

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.

MFS #3 - Amit Paul

Mar 8th, 2019 1h 1m

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 c

MFS #2 - David Sandquist

Mar 8th, 2019 1h 6m

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.

MFS #2 - Richard Blume

Mar 8th, 2019 1h 4m

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.