Materials from Sweden
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
MFS #18 - Hempster's Hemp-based Shake - Bettina Schutz
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 S...
MFS #17 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Certificates for Recycling, Hanna Ljungkvist Nordin
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Could a certificate system get companies to recycle products more? Hanna Ljungkvist Nordin from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, better k...
MFS #16 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Plastics Specialist - Allan Verner Rasmussen
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What are Legos made from? Allan Verner Rasmussen is a materials consultant with loads of experience in the plastics industry. He currently works for P...
MFS #15 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Recycling Fishing Nets - Hans Axel Kristensen
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
MFS#14 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Neutron Scattering - Andrew Jackson
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 cente...
MFS#13 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, Policy - Tobias Nielsen
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can government make plastic production sustainable? This podcast is the second of six we recorded from a trade fair called Plastteknik Nordic (Nor...
MFS#12 - From the Plastics Tradeshow, A Chemist - Niklas Warlin
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 techn...
MFS#11 - Green Transportation Studies - Joel Franklin
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cars, buses, trains, planes and… electric scooters? In this podcast we speak with Joel Franklin, a researcher from KTH, the prestigious engineering ...
MFS #10 - A Bigger Picture of Waste - Åsa Stenmarck
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Environ...
MFS #9 - Plastic Pollution - Patricia Villarrubia Gómez
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever find a balloon in your fish dinner? This guest did. Patricia Villarrubia Gómez is a plastic pollution expert at GRID-Arendal, a Norwegian founda...
MFS #8 - The Materials Library - Björn Florman
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
MFS #7 - Plastic from Trees - Christopher Carrick
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When we make paper products, there are heaps of a byproduct called lignin, which is typically burned. This pod's guest, Christopher Carrick, developed...
MFS #6 - Designing Products for End of Life - Taina Flink
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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, he...
MFS#5 Sidd Kumaraswamy
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
MFS#4 Gustav Stenbeck
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gustav Stenbeck currently works as the CEO of Mestro. He also gives lectures about sustainability. And he also acts as an angel investor, supporting s...
MFS #3 - Amit Paul
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amit Paul is the Managing Director of Paxymer, a Swedish company that produces flame retardants for plastics that are safer and more sustainable than ...
MFS #2 - David Sandquist
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Sandquist was recently hired as the Head of Research and Development for Trifilon. He comes from the prestigious VTT Research Centre in Finland....
MFS #1 - Richard Blume
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Blume is a Senior Sustainability Advisor for Sustain in Time, an advisory company in Stockholm that works with an array of organizations to de...
MFS #0 - An Introduction
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Materials from Sweden features free-form chats with experts about consumer products, what they're made of, and how sustainable they are.