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1. 1
VTT solutions
for the plastics
challenge
Antti Vasara
President & CEO, VTT
@ahavasara
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2. We can stop the exponential growth
of plastics use
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3. Others 14%
Electrical and Electronic
Equipment 8%
Agriculture 5%
Automotive 5%
Construction and Demolition 5%
Non Packaging Household 4%
Packaging
59%
Half of plastics waste is derived
from packaging
EU PLASTIC WASTE GENERATION IN 2015
Food packaging
covers 2/3 of
all packaging
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4. Lifecycle effects of plastic packaging
can be cut in half
by the end of next decade.
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5. How to reach the target?
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RECYCLE REPLACE REDESIGN

6. 6
PLASTIC
WASTE
NEW
PLASTIC
PRODUCTS
Pyrolytic
liquefaction
Polymerization
New oil
Recycling plastic waste
into virgin plastic
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7. VTT’s has created a better plastic.
It looks like plastic and outperforms it.
It is made of nature’s own raw material
– cellulose.
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8. AWARDS
Winner of Circular Materials Challenge 2018, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Winner of EcoPack Challenge 2018, Packaging Innovation & Marks&Spencer
Winner of Biobased Packaging category of Sustainaility Awards 2018
Oxygen, gas
& grease
barrier
3 layer barrier film structure
Thermoplastic cellulose
Thermoplastic cellulose
Nanocellulose film
Moisture
& water vapour
barrier
Novel material solution
for food packaging
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RECYCLABLE
100% BIOBASED

9. Reshape the future with us!