Jan Jaap Folmer is the founder of Upp! UpCycling Platic, who wants to contribute to at least 100 zero waste cities in at least 10 countries by 2025. Upp! designs and builds Upp! Circular Plastic Factories or Upp! Mobile production units to process mixed plastic waste streams into durable and recyclable building materials.

In this episode, we dive into Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, plastic pollution, and the changes needed in our infrastructure to transition to a circular economy model.

Learn more about Upp! at: https://www.upcyclingplastic.com/en/

Questions we explore in this episode:

1. Why is plastic such a big problem?
2. Who should take responsibility, the producer, the consumer, the government?
3. What needs to change in the current infrastructure and who would be the main players in facilitating this change?

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Music Credits:

Chill Cole- Amber Lights

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