manfred.rink@t-online.de
Manfred Rink
Programme Consultant
Sabine Arras
Former Communications Lead Climate-KIC Germany and EnCO2re
Reading the World Economic Forum’s report “The New Plastics Economy” is a must for people involved in the plastics business.
In a very comprehensive way the complex and various aspects of the circular economy are shown. It becomes obvious what bundle of efforts is required to make a difference. While the focus of the report is the plastic packaging industry most of the insights are relevant for other plastic industry segments as well – and beyond plastics industry.
The program EnCO2re – enabling CO2 re-use – is one part of the required efforts mentioned in the report. It ties in with e.g. “GHG-Based Feedstocks” or the “Decoupling plastics from fossil feedstocks”. The report claims to initiate – not conclude – a deeper exploration of the New Plastics Economy. EnCO2re is playing an important role in that exciting journey.
The report was co-created by World Economic Forum, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company.
EnCO2re is an innovation and market development programme for CO2 re-use. Our vision is a balanced and prosperous market for re-used CO2, beginning with a focus on polymers and chemical intermediates. Our ambition is large-scale CO2 re-use through the establishment of a CO2 value chain.
EnCO2re is a flagship programme from Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private partnership addressing climate change. Climate-KIC is supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union.
