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Dr Michael Biddle (born 10 January 1956, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a scientist, businessman and advocate of plastics recycling.

Career
After gaining a Ph.D in macromolecular science (polymer science and engineering) from Case Western Reserve University in 1987, Biddle worked for Dow Chemical, where he developed a pilot recycling project. When the lab was closed he started Michael Biddle & Associates (MB&A), a consulting company for plastics recycling.

In 1994 founded MBA Polymers with colleague Trip Allen to operate a facility MB&A helped start with the American Plastics Council. The company developed and patented Biddle's plastic recycling methods. Under Biddle's leadership, MBA Polymers opened plastics recycling facilties in China, Austria and the UK.

In 2014, Biddle stepped down as president of MBA Polymers, but remains a non-executive board member.

As well as MBA Polymers, Biddle holds board seats at Worldwatch as Director (2012-), EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) as Director (2012-) , and Waste Free Oceans Americas as Director and President (2013-)

Advocacy
Biddle has given many talks about making the use of plastic sustainable and reducing waste, the most notable for TED and The Big SHFT.

Awards

 * 2012: The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development "The Nobel Prize in Environment"
 * 2010: The Economist Award for Innovation in Energy and Environment
 * 2007: The inaugural Ascent Award for Entrepreneurship

Awards as MBA Polymers:


 * 2007: World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer Award
 * 2006: Tech Museum Tech Laureate Award for Environment
 * 2002: The inaugural Thomas Alva Edison Award for Innovation