STEPS-eCircular joint Programme meeting October 2018

Lowering the climate impact of plastic materials was the main theme of the panel debate held at Lund University on the 11th of October. In front of an audience of over 100 people, leading researchers from EIT Climate-KIC Flagship program eCircular, STEPS researchers and companies’ representatives from Perstorp, GPS and Electrolux discussed reduced consumption, recycling, bioplastics and policies to facilitate the transition towards a more sustainable plastic system. The joint programme meeting continued on October 12th, eCircular and STEPS presented the research programmes, showed interesting study cases and discussed possible synergies.