Circular Economy Podcast

Latest Episodes
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
#158 Steve Wilson of Compostify: bioplastics that enrich the planet
Compostify makes truly home-compostable plant pots and other bioplastic solutions designed to nourish the earth. Its products naturally break down without leaving harmful residues, and Compostify says
157 Liz Bui of Yulex: safer, sustainable materials
Liz Bui takes us behind the scenes at Yulex, a material science company thats replacing extremely useful, but problematic petroleum-based products with natural rubber alternatives. Liz Bui is Chief
156 Marcus Feldthus: the Post-Growth Guide
We zoom out to the economy part of the circular economy, to talk about the Post Growth concept, with Marcus Feldthus. Together with Oscar Haumann, Marcus founded the Post Growth Guide back in 2023, a
155 Martin Tomitsch and Steve Baty: Life-centred design
Martin Tomitsch and Steve Baty have written a brilliant book called Designing Tomorrow: strategic design tactics to change your practice, organization and planetary impact, published earlier this year
154 Loic Le Fouest of Clarasys: designing circular customer experiences
Loic Le Fouest is a leading expert in Customer Experience (CX) with a strong track record of driving customer-centric transformation across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. As the head
153 Anette Timmer of DESSO: the beauty of circularity
We hear insights from Anette Timmer of DESSO by Tarkett, a leading carpet brand that was an early adopter of circular economy principles. Anette Timmer began her journey with DESSO almost 18 years ag
152 Markus Terho: the Lifestyle Test
Markus Terho tells us about the Lifestyle Test, a web-based app for anyone whos concerned about global warming and wants to be a part of the solution by adopting a positive and sustainable lifestyle.
151 Clarissa Morawski of Reloop Platform: practical policies for circular packaging
Clarissa Morawski, CEO of Reloop Platform works with governments, industry stakeholders and NGOs to develop policies for a packaging circular economy. Clarissa brings nearly 30 years of technical, ana
150 Catherine Weetman: Creating conditions for circularity
Ive been reflecting on whats come up over the last series, in episodes 141 to 149. How do we create the conditions for our ideas to spread? Do we fully understand the systems that circular products