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Karl-H. Foerster

Executive Director, PlasticsEurope

Karl-H. Foerster has been working in the chemical and plastics industry for more than 30 years.

He was appointed Executive Director of PlasticsEurope in October 2013. Mr Foerster was former CEO of Neochimiki Group, Athens, Greece. Before joining Neochimiki, Foerster served as Vice President at PolymerLatex. During his 20 years at BASF SE he held various executive management positions, focusing on the company’s global expansion and the restructuring of its European polymer business. He has been working in 10 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Karl-H. Foerster is speaking at the following WCEF2018 session:

Tue 23 October at 11:00 : Circular Economy for Plastics

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability solutions

Our daily lives, decision-making practices and business can fit within the earth’s carrying capacity. It pays to seize sustainable solutions right now, as they can help us stop overconsumption and biodiversity loss and mitigate climate change.

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