The Microplastics Challenge
Into the Textile Industry
TÜV Rheinland organised a webinar on microplastics, in which world renowned speakers shared their professional views on the impacts of microplastics on environment, and the on-going research and innovation for better design and mitigation. Thanks to the permission from TUV, this webinar can now be accessed on Matters Academy.
Through this sharing, we hope you will become more aware of the challenge that microplastics poses on the world, and have a better understanding on microplastics pollution in the textile industry, including the current situation of plastic pollution, on-going research & innovation, regional scaling research, and the weaving of eco-system.
EnglishThrough this sharing, we hope you will become more aware of the challenge that microplastics poses on the world, and have a better understanding on microplastics pollution in the textile industry, including the current situation of plastic pollution, on-going research & innovation, regional scaling research, and the weaving of eco-system.
Agenda
Session 1 Textiles & Microplastics > Status-quo
Session 2 What's in Our Environment?
Session 3 On-going research & Innovation for better design and mitigation
Session 4 Scaling Research regionally
Session 5 Weaving the Eco-system together
TÜV Rheinland
TÜV Rheinland stands for safety and quality in virtually all areas of business and life. Founded almost 150 years ago, the company is one of the world’s leading testing service providers with more than 20,600 employees and annual revenues of around 2 billion euros. TÜV Rheinland’s highly qualified experts test technical systems and products around the world, support innovations in technology and business, train people in numerous professions and certify management systems according to international standards. In doing so, the independent experts generate trust in products as well as processes across global value-adding chains and the flow of commodities. Since 2006, TÜV Rheinland has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact to promote sustainability and combat corruption.
Meet the panel
Mr. Gundolf Klaehn
Head of Environment
GIZ
GIZ
Ms. Emily Choi
Senior Manger
Invest HK
Invest HK
Dr. Li Yao (Gloria)
Director of Project Development
HKRITA
HKRITA
Dr. Cindy Lam
Lecturer
HKUST
HKUST
Dr. Frank LAM
Assistant Professor
HKUST
HKUST
Mr. Rakesh Vazirani
Head of Sustainability Services
Consumer Products
TÜV Rheinland
Consumer Products
TÜV Rheinland