Circular Economy Podcast

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168 Matt Paneitz of Long Way Home: Hero School – transforming trash into useful buildings
Long Way Homes Hero School in Guatemala is a community-rooted educational initiative that transforms local trash into useful buildings. Matthew Paneitz first visited San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, as
167 HaPPE Earth: circular, compostable PPE systems
Lisa and Mary ORiordan are co-founders of HaPPE Earth, a circular business providing compostable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with an end-to-end waste management system that creates a nutrient
166 Circularity Gap Report 2025: insights
Matthew Fraser of Circle Economy and David Rakowski of Deloitte unpack key insights from the 2025 Circularity Gap Report. The Circularity Gap Report aims to provide a comprehensive 'report card' for t
165 Christina Schwarzkopf of Prolong: seamless solutions for circular aftercare and aftersales
Christina Schwarzkopf is co-founder of Prolong, a business-to-business white-label software solution enabling fashion brands and retailers to offer and manage circular aftercare and aftersales service
164 Louis De Jaeger: our futures depend on healthy soils
Healthy soils provide the foundation for life on our planet, and yet most agriculture degrades soil. Nurturing soil should be at the top of all our priority lists, and Louis De Jaegerauthor of the ne
163 Patrik Frisk of Reju: regenerating polyester textiles
We dig into the complexities of textile recycling with Patrik Frisk, who is working to create a circular economy for textile-to-textile polyester regeneration. Patrik is the CEO of Reju, a recent star
162 Rachel Bronstein and Barry Waddilove: Skills for Planet from the Design Council
In episode 162 we discuss design skills and why its crucial that design for circularity goes beyond the design of the product itself, to cover the materials, the customer experience, the supply chain
161 Dan Vukelich of AMDR: medical device reprocessing
Dan Vukelich, President of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, has spent 25 years campaigning and working to encourage reuse and remanufacturing of single use medical devices, first in t
160 Systems and system value
One of recurring themes in the new edition of A Circular Economy Handbook (to be published in November 2025) is the importance of systems thinking and systems design. Ive been reading Seth Godins bo
159 Kyle Wiens of iFixit: the rewards of repairability
Kyle Wiens is the co-founder of iFixit, the international repair community known for open-source repair manuals and product teardown. Kyle is also one of my circular economy heroes! Since it started b