イノベーションに終わりはない | カミロ・フェロ | TEDxClevelandStateUniversity

プラスチック化学とサステナビリティを専門とする起業家カミロ・フェロが、有用な発明が後に長期的な問題を生む理由を、洗剤、冷媒、現代のプラスチックを例に考察します。発明の始まりを変えることで、その終わり方も変えられるのかが問いかけられます。Earth 2 Earthの創設者でRAWS Americasの社長でもあるフェロは、マイクロプラスチックを生じさせずに残留性のプラスチック廃棄物を取り除く技術について語ります。本講演は、地域の団体が独立して運営したTEDxイベントで行われました。

• 洗剤、冷媒、プラスチックがもたらした意図しない結果
• 発明の始まりを変えることで終わりも変えられるか
• マイクロプラスチックを生じさせない廃棄物除去技術

What happens when an invention’s greatest strength becomes its lasting problem? Drawing on his work in sustainability and plastic chemistry, Camilo Ferro explores how we can preserve the benefits of our inventions while addressing their unintended consequences. From detergents and refrigerants to today’s plastics, he asks whether we can change an invention’s ending by changing its beginning and why our responsibility to improve it never ends. Camilo A. Ferro is an entrepreneur and sustainability innovator with more than 15 years of experience developing solutions to plastic waste. He founded Earth 2 Earth, served as vice president of sustainability and innovation at Nature's Source and is president of RAWS Americas. In that role, he is helping bring to market a plastics technology designed to eliminate persistent plastic waste without creating microplastics. Throughout his career, Ferro has focused on advancing sustainability through innovation grounded in scientific research, transparency and practical implementation, with the goal of creating solutions that are both environmentally responsible and commercially viable. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx