Circular Economy Podcast

Circular Economy Podcast


Latest Episodes

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

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

166 Circularity Gap Report 2025: insights
September 13, 2025

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
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 ne

163 Patrik Frisk of Reju: regenerating polyester textiles
August 02, 2025

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
July 19, 2025

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
July 05, 2025

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
June 24, 2025

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
June 07, 2025

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