{"id":79355,"date":"2023-04-28T08:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T06:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=79355"},"modified":"2023-04-27T17:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T15:25:22","slug":"podcast-fkur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/podcast-fkur\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa7 Podcast: FKuR - \u201eNature is actually the best recycler\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"79355\" class=\"elementor elementor-79355\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a4a104 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-parallax-effect-no exad-background-color-change-no exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8a4a104\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6897ce0 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6897ce0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e8d14 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69e8d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In the latest podcast, we talk to Carmen Michels from FKuR. She has been researching bio-based and biodegradable plastics for 30 years.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f956c1 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f956c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the way to a more sustainable use of resources and alternatives to fossil raw materials, bioplastics are playing an increasingly important role in the world of packaging. However, not all questions and challenges have been solved yet, as a look at the topic of recycling shows. FKuR has been researching bio-based and biodegradable plastics for 30 years. For the latest episode of packaging people, the podcast from packaging journal and interpack, we spoke to Carmen Michels, authorised signatory at FKuR.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78aa125 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"78aa125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script class=\"podigee-podcast-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.podigee-cdn.net\/podcast-player\/javascripts\/podigee-podcast-player.js\" data-configuration=\"https:\/\/packaging-people.podigee.io\/7-fkur\/embed?context=external\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ca00e exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04ca00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Episode 7: \u201eNature is actually the best recycler\u201c<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46a9c0 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46a9c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carmen Michels' career path led her from FKuR to Fraunhofer UMSICHT and back again. Bioplastics have therefore been a topic that she has been working on for a long time and she is familiar with the associated opportunities and challenges. One of these challenges is the issue of recycling:<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1051852683\"><div id=\"packa-1678796982\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ab4ae elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"b2ab4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tAs always in life, there is no single answer. We first need to differentiate between the types of bioplastics we are talking about. If we are talking about bio-based drop-in solutions, then they can be seamlessly integrated into existing recycling streams. We are talking about polyethylene, which is obtained from renewable raw materials. This is chemically identical and can be integrated into the recycling cycle just like any other material. When we talk about compostable plastics, we have to make it very clear that they are not originally intended to be mechanically recycled. Instead, these products should be channelled into the organic recycling loop\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Podcast guest Carmen Michels<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46132c6 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46132c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-79359\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-813x457.jpg 813w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1-120x67.jpg 120w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Carmen-Michels-2-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d373f6 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d373f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The materials that FKuR works with come largely from nature and are renewable raw materials. The company offers a wide range of granulates and compounds made from bioplastics. The model is nature and the cycles that can be found there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba2290 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"eba2290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tNature is actually the best recycler, so we started looking at biodegradable plastics. And this is of course very helpful when it comes to packaging, because even in nature there is packaging, if we imagine a banana, for example. It is also packaged, it is biodegradable and packaged with a renewable raw material. A banana is informative, it looks nice, but the skin also protects. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Podcast guest Carmen Michels<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-exad-particle-enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61f825f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-parallax-effect-no exad-background-color-change-no exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"61f825f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>packaging people<\/strong>, the podcast from packaging journal and interpack will be published from August onwards <strong>once a month<\/strong>. It can be accessed via all known podcast portals, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/podcast\/id1636322486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6thM2dFWaO2mHq9D5cVUOR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.de\/podcasts\/670d2c18-edcb-4185-b2eb-80bf904edce9\/packaging-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/show\/3915807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deezer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/subscribe-by-rss-feed?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9wYWNrYWdpbmctcGVvcGxlLnBvZGlnZWUuaW8vZmVlZC9tcDM%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> and subscribed to. It is also available on the online pages of <a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/podcast\/\">packaging journal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpack.de\/de\/TIGHTLY_PACKED_Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interpack<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"packa-2418793473\" class=\"packa-inhalt\"><!--noptimize--><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2686439340972671\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2686439340972671\" data-ad-slot=\"6171251825\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><!--\/noptimize--><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the latest podcast, we talk to Carmen Michels from FKuR. 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