
The Future Of Plastics
01/09/24 • 28 min
Mark Lavach, the Senior Principal Engineer and Manager of Polymer, Separations, and Systems Sciences for Arkema and Julia Farber, the Senior Strategic Manager of Circular Economy & Standards for Eastman, sit down with host Dave Walsh to talk about the future of plastics. From compostable to biodegradable, they discuss the latest material developments and the standards that are helping these advancements in plastics. Later, JP Ervin discusses the fascinating world of sensory evaluation and the ways in which it is being used to improve the products in our lives.
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Mark Lavach, the Senior Principal Engineer and Manager of Polymer, Separations, and Systems Sciences for Arkema and Julia Farber, the Senior Strategic Manager of Circular Economy & Standards for Eastman, sit down with host Dave Walsh to talk about the future of plastics. From compostable to biodegradable, they discuss the latest material developments and the standards that are helping these advancements in plastics. Later, JP Ervin discusses the fascinating world of sensory evaluation and the ways in which it is being used to improve the products in our lives.
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- YouTube @ASTMIntl
- LinkedIn @ASTM International
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Standards Impact - The Future Of Plastics
Transcript
Dave Walsh (00:20):
Welcome to Standards Impact, the official podcast of A SCM International. I'm Dave Walsh, Editor-in-Chief of Assc, m's. Flagship Publication Standardization News. And today [00:00:30] I'm joined by Mark Lavach, a senior principal engineer and manager of polymer separ
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