Circular Economy Podcast

Circular Economy Podcast


Latest Episodes

110 Katie Beverley: designing a circular economy
August 05, 2023

Are we designing a circular economy or just designing circular products and materials? Today were catching up with Dr. Katie Beverley. Katie is a Senior Research Officer at PDR International Centr

109 Janina Nieper – Connecting new designs to leftover materials
July 22, 2023

Janina Nieper is an Architect and Designer, working at Furnify, a design agency in the Netherlands. Janina Nieper is passionate about concepts that promote the well-being of our planet and its inhabit

108 Sian Sutherland – fixing plastics can fix so much else…
July 08, 2023

In the 2nd part of the conversation with Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet and PlasticFree.com, Sian tells Catherine Weetman why, instead of seeing a miserable picture of the future, we

107 Sian Sutherland – plastic is last century’s material – what’s next?
June 24, 2023

Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet, tells Catherine Weetman why there are compelling reasons to design plastic out of our lives, and how and PlasticFree.com helps us do that... Plastic i

106 Yael Shemer of Tulu – everyday essentials on-demand
June 10, 2023

In episode 106, we hear from another disruptive start up, helping people get more, from less - shrinking the footprint of production and consumption by improving the utilization of under-used object

105 Gene Homicki – getting more from less with MyTurn
May 27, 2023

Were going to hear about some amazing software that helps with the 2nd of the 3 key circular strategies I advise people to use getting more, from less. Finding ways to get more use out of under-utit

104 Richard Burnett – Diversity and packaging innovation
May 13, 2023

Innovation and diversification is key to the success of James Cropper, a 6th generation family business, based in the English Lake District. Richard Burnett is Head of Technology and Innovation at Jam

103 Algramo – Refill the future
April 29, 2023

Reusable packaging startup Algramo is going from strength to strength, and we hear from Brian Bauer and Chris Baker on why customers in Chile, the US and the UK are buying into this. Algramos founder

102 Jo Spolton - making second-hand our first choice
April 15, 2023

Jo Spolton is the founder of Rumage, a brilliant online platform that makes it super-easy for people to find and buy - exactly what theyre looking for across a wide range of secondhand marketplaces

101 Circular is better for people, planet and profit!
April 01, 2023

Episode 101 seems like a good time to update my what is the circular economy summary from Episode 1, back in 2019. In that first episode, I outlined the 5 components in my CE Framework, one of the