Can Design Thinking Change the Future of Plastics?

What if the future of plastics doesn’t start in a lab, but in a design studio?In this episode of Plastic. Climate. Future., we speak with Beat Karrer, founder of FluidSolids, who took an unconventional path from industrial design into material innovation — developing high-performance materials made entirely from waste streams.From corn cobs to coffee waste, his work challenges a fundamental assumption: that plastics must come from fossil resources.We explore:How waste streams can become high-performance material feedstockWhy design thinking is a powerful (and often overlooked) driver of material innovationWhat it takes to scale new materials — from pilot to industrial productionWhy circularity depends on systems, not just materialsA refreshing and grounded perspective on what it really takes to rethink plastics, not just replace them.🎧 Listen now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!