Towards a Circular Economy for Plastics

Sander Defruyt leads the New Plastics Economy initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which aims to bring together key stakeholders across the globe to rethink and redesign the future of plastics. With a background in mechanical engineering, prior to working at the Foundation, Sander worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. During this time, he was part of the core team publishing the report: ‘Growth Within: a circular economy vision for a competitive Europe.