Circular Economy Podcast

Circular Economy Podcast


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172 (Part 2) Tom Llewellyn of Shareable: how sharing and cooperative projects help us thrive
December 06, 2025

This is the 2nd part of my conversation with Tom Llewellyn of Shareable, an organization that collaborates with others to imagine, resource, network, and scale cooperative projects.We hear about Shareable’s How-To Guides, which cover a vast rang

172 Tom Llewellyn of Shareable: how sharing and cooperative projects help us thrive
December 06, 2025

We discuss the importance of sharing and its many benefits with Tom Llewellyn, the Executive Director of Shareable, which collaborates with others to imagine, resource, network, and scale cooperative projects.Tom helps communities devel

171 Dr. Patrick Schröder: circular economy policymaking – progress and barriers
November 22, 2025

Dr. Patrick Schrder, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, assesses the progress and barriers for circular economy policymaking. Patrick Schrder specializes in the circular economy, climate change, resource governance, and the Susta

170 Catherine Weetman: unpacking the new edition of A Circular Economy Handbook
November 08, 2025

Author Catherine Weetman unpacks the new edition of A Circular Economy Handbook: How to Build a More Resilient, Competitive and Sustainable Business, giving you a preview of the big changes and new in

169 Bailey Bestul: imaginative reuse of architectural components to create exciting and inspiring buildings
October 25, 2025

Bailey Bestul explains how imaginative reuse of architectural components can create exciting, unique and inspiring buildings. Bailey is a registered architect, researcher and author based in New York

168 Matt Paneitz of Long Way Home: Hero School – transforming trash into useful buildings
October 11, 2025

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 a Peace Corps volunteer in 2002, and was deeply affecte

167 HaPPE Earth: circular, compostable PPE systems
September 27, 2025

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 rich fertiliser using this PPE, combined with the clie

166 Circularity Gap Report 2025: insights
September 13, 2025

Matthew Fraser of Circle Economy and David Rakowski of Deloitte are two of the team behind the Circularity Gap Report, and we discuss some of the key insights from the 2025 report, published in early summer.The Circularity Gap Report aims

165 Christina Schwarzkopf of Prolong: seamless solutions for circular aftercare and aftersales
September 03, 2025

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
August 16, 2025

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 new book SOS: Save Our Soils, How regenerative farming c