Sustainable materials, such as banana fiber, agricultural waste and natural fiber composites, can replace plastics in many products, as this DLD Circular panel discussion shows.
The session, moderated by Marcus Behrendt, Managing Director of BMW i Ventures, brings together Efrat Friedland, Founder of materialscout; Christian Fischer, CEO of Bcomp; Vishaal Shah, Growth Director of envoPAP; and Hannes Schoenegger, co-founder and CEO of QWSTION.
Under the brand name Bananatex, the Swiss company QWSTION produces bags from banana fiber. “It took us three years and then we launched our first bags made from that fiber”, Schoenegger says. “As we want to make a positive impact, we announced that we share this with other companies.”
EnvoPAP, meanwhile, turns agricultural waste into paper and packaging. Bcomp makes natural fiber composites that help to decarbonize the world.
Watch the video to learn more about differences between sustainability and circularity; why circular materials are not necessarily more expensive if costs are calculated properly; and which barriers prevent more circular concepts from going mainstream.
