Emil Pettersen - Transforming waste into industrial value

Location
Göterborg/Kristiansand

Founder of Reparell and Reparell Innovation Speaker. Circular Economy Strategist. Material Logic Disruptor. Executive Board Member, Global Sustainable Fashion Week.

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🌐 Website & Company

Reparell Proof of Concept Store
Good business is sustainable business
Reparell Innovation AB
It’s not recycling, it’s material logic

📰 Media & Interviews

Green Glamour Magazine
From Featured voice: turning trash into tomorrow’s treasures
The Climate Hub at Climate Week NYC 2025
What if sustainable fashion wasn't just about good intentions, but proven with data?
PRESSEMITTEILUNG Reparell I Everwave
Umwandlung von Müll aus Flüssen zu Textilien
Debate NRK Dagsnytt 18 (NO)
Tid 42:20 Plastskam
SVT Feature Reparell Innovation (SE)
Unik metod ska göra kläder av lågkvalitativt plastskräp
SVT: Feature - Liseberg Fire
Portugisiska sömmerskor skulle sytt kläder till Lisebergs Oceana – står nu utan arbete
Feature: ImpactLoop (SE)
Rensade fisk för att hålla bolaget vid liv – nu köper Liseberg hans cirkulära kläder
Feature. Liseberg Fire , Impactloop
Tappade storaffär efter branden på Liseberg – nu får sömmerskorna oväntat uppdrageist jobbdress
Veckans inspiratör
BasedOnPeople
Interview - YarnsAndFibers (YnFx)
Creating cotton-free sustainable workwear from ocean waste
Feature Finansavisen (NO)
Kortreist jobbdress
Feature Göteborgsposten
Han skapar kostymer till näringslivets toppar – av petflaskor
Feature Dagens Industri
Hockeylandslagets nya kostymer – rena skräpet

📰 Op-Eds:

Teknisk Ukeblad (NO)
Vi trenger en ny råvarelogikk – ikke mer symbolpolitikk
Global South Policy Review
The Global South isn’t just cleaning up the world’s mess. It’s ready to manufacture the solution.
E+E Leader - Rethinking Recycling
How Localized Plastic Upcycling Can Secure Raw Materials for Industry
Op-Ed: VG/Min Mote
Fremtiden er ikke plastfri
Op-Ed: Fædrelandsvennen
Fremtiden tilhører materialprodusentene
Op-Ed: Environment+EnergyLeader
The Real Threat to EU Recycling: A Broken Value Chain
Op-Ed: Environment EnergyLeader
Transforming Waste into Industrial Value

🎧 Podcast Appearances

Plastic Climate Future,
Sustainable Threads: The Journey of Plastic Waste
BayInCo podcast – Emil Pettersen in focus
Who is this Norwegian eco-warrior?

📅 Talks & Appearances

Result Conference: Climate Leading Process Industr
End of Waste – from Plastic Waste to Raw Material
26 November - Tillskärarakademin i Göteborg
Design with Recycling – from Fashion to Raw Material Logic
#CircularMonday – ClimateHero & UN COP30 (2025)
17. November Panelist: Circular Fashion & Local Production Logic
From waste streams to value chains. Berlin, Nov 13
Turning degraded plastic into industrial raw material, not promises.
Klimatlöftet – Västsvenska Handelskammaren (2025)
Speaker: Klimatlöfte 15 – Resource Efficiency from Theory to Industrial Practice
#NotInOurRivers – World Rivers Day 2025
Everwave’s global campaign #NotInOurRivers
Climate Hub at Climate Week NYC, Sept 25
From Buzzwords to Proof - with Robert Sabelström , CEO Climate hero
Tygverket, Stockholm Sept 2025
Att skapa framtidens material – med gårdagens misstag
Textile Days Stockholm
June 10. - 11 Stockholm Fashion District
5. June, Embassy of Sweden in Germany (Berlin)
#BeatPlasticPollution – Wege aus dem Plastikdilemma
June 12. Budapest, Hungary
From Trash to Trade: Scaling Circular Materials

Partners

ClimateHero Partnership – Circular Action & Verifi
Strategic collaboration to accelerate measurable circularity
We Don’t Have Time - Speaker Profile
app.wedonthavetime.org/profile/emil_pettersen
Chalmers Industriteknik
End of Waste – från plastavfall till råvara
Klimatledande Processindustri
End of Waste - från plastavfall till råvara
Textile at RISE
Plast blir textil – projekt med RISE, Reparell & Chalmers
everwave gmbh
stopping plastic before it reaches the oceans
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