Chemistry with a purpose

by Kemira

This is Chemistry with a purpose, the podcast featuring engaging conversations with brilliant innovators who share their insights on the science that affects the lives of people around the world every day. Through captivating discussions, our hosts Virpi Tognetty, an innovation expert from Kemira, and Jackie Guscott MacAllen, a science communications expert, explore a wide range of topics from climate change and sustainability to recycling and the circular economy. The podcast delves into the most pressing issues of our time and highlights how chemistry plays a vital role in improving our lives. With its informative and thought-provoking content, Chemistry with a purpose offers listeners an engaging and entertaining way to learn about the impact of chemistry on our world.

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Recovering phosphorous from the EU’s wastewater: capturing value from waste

Phosphorus is a critical nutrient used as agricultural fertilizer. Through human digestion, it is returned to the water cycle through wastewater. In the first episode of

Apr 10 2023
22 min

Turning captured carbon into essential chemical building blocks

In this episode, we talk to Michael Carus one of Europe's leading experts in the area of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU). Energy-intensive industries are facing incr

Apr 10 2023
19 min

Textile recycling: an opportunity for innovative chemistry

Today’s fashion industry is faced with a great challenge – textile waste. Fast fashion and accelerated trend cycles have led to mounting clothing waste and few solutions

Apr 10 2023
17 min

Bio-based innovation: making circular polymers from sugar

Christian Lenges is an innovation expert at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), one of Kemira’s collaboration partners in the quest to develop fully bio-based polym

Apr 10 2023
17 min

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