If we don’t find a solution, the plastic-fish-ratio in the oceans will have risen from 1:5 to 1:1 in the next 30 years. The great garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean, today, covers four times the size of Germany. So, chemical engineer Max Volhard is working on a solution: He is inventing biodegradable plastic that will decompose after contact with salt water. In his talk, he explains how. Max-Fabian Volhard is a PhD candidate at the department of Chemical Engineering at Muenster Technical University. Max is 32 years old, was born in Detmold and has been living in Münsterland for 8 years. He studied Chemistry and has a combined degree from the FH Münster/WWU Münster. He is a chemical engineer with a specialisation in materials and is working on the photochemical decomposition of plastics.
For the last ten years, he has been a volunteer at the ‘Technischen Hilfswerk’, where he is the group leader for a water damage/pump squad. The group has helped with the flooding across Germany. He likes to play badmington and ride his bicycle. For TEDxMünster, he will talk about his groundbreaking work on plastic and how this could solve our environmental problem with plastic in the ocean. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
