Building Information Modelling (BIM) Roadmap issued by BCA.

Despite these hurdles, there was agreement in the room that there was a vision across the industry and this was expressed as: -.■ All solvents bio-sourced and head-ache free (safe and compliant).

■ Use minimised.■ Recycling maximised.Maybe these could be summed up with the joint sentiment that an industry focused on health should not conspire to harm the long-term well-being of society..

So how do we accelerate?.The drivers for change in this arena need themselves to change, in reality and in dialogue.. With tough and uncertain trading conditions, drivers which do not put economics at the centre of things, risk becoming marginalised.

The aims of efficiency, intensification, recycling and waste reduction, if applied correctly, are directly shared with improving today’s economics.

In an arena where regulation and taxation will be aligned to carbon reduction, there is also a strategic necessity for long-term profitability.For the sake of our planet, we must believe that too.

As we evolve our perspectives to consider how to coexist with our planet and not just take from it, we can see that industrial plastics have the potential to help make strides in reducing the carbon footprints of what we build, live in and use.This is, after all, the spirit of Bryden Wood; to challenge what exists for the sake of progress.

Therefore, I hope that we will continue to design for – and use – carbon capture and its benefits for a long time to come.. Footnotes:.Kätelhön, Arne, et al, "Climate change mitigation potential of Carbon Capture and utilization in the chemical industry.".