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Norbert Sparrow

Editor in chief of PlasticsToday since 2015, Norbert Sparrow has more than 20 years of editorial experience in business-to-business media. He studied journalism at the Centre Universitaire d'Etudes du Journalisme in Strasbourg, France, where he earned a master's degree.

Norbert’s Recent activity

upcycled PET product
A Sustainable Plastics Economy Is Feasible, Say Researchers
Mar 24, 2023
A dramatic increase in recycling and the use of carbon capture and alternative feedstocks in plastics production could result in “absolute sustainability,” according to a group of researchers from Switzerland, Germany...
stethoscope and gavel
This Medical Implant Did Nothing, Except Enrich a CEO
Mar 15, 2023
The implant — a piece of plastic that performed no medical function — was marketed as the “receiver” of a neurostimulation device. The CEO of the medical device firm has been indicted and faces a potential sentence of...
plastic shopping bags
Canada’s Plastics Ban Has Its Day in Court
Mar 10, 2023
Dow Chemical Canada, Nova Chemicals, and other industry players as well as two provinces argued in a federal Canadian court this week that the plastics ban is unconstitutional and based on scant scientific evidence.
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