Circular Economy Podcast

Circular Economy Podcast


Latest Episodes

100 Catherine Weetman – never too old to be bold
March 18, 2023

Catherine Weetman shares a bit of her backstory, including why she ditched her corporate career to help businesses get clear on how going circular is better for people, planet AND profit. Todays epi

99 Ben Jeffreys – clean, low-carbon, circular cooking for all
March 04, 2023

Ben Jeffreys, co-founder of ATEC, is a multi award-winning social entrepreneur making better things happen. Right now, hes focused on decarbonising cooking , which is a leading cause of illness and

98 Barry O’Kane – Software as a circular enabler
February 18, 2023

Its episode 98, and Catherine Weetman is talking to Barry OKane about software, one of the key enablers for circular economy solutions. Barry OKane founded HappyPorch, a software engineering speci

97 Alice Mah – unpicking plastics propaganda
February 04, 2023

ITS EPISODE 97, and today well be talking about plastics, a familiar circular economy topic, from someone with a someone with a less familiar background Alice Mah is Professor of Sociology at the U

96 Nick Oettinger – keeping mattresses in circulation
January 21, 2023

Nick Oettinger is Founder and CEO of The Furniture Recycling Group (TFR Group) in the UK. Nick has 12 years experience in recycling and waste management. He was previously Managing Director of a spec

95 Simone Andersson – social value from circular e-waste solutions
January 07, 2023

Simone Andersson is Chief Commercial Officer at WEEE Centre, a Kenyan social enterprise thats been expanding safe e-waste management and circular solutions across East Africa, since 2012. Simones ba

94 David Peck – navigating the risk of Critical Raw Materials
December 17, 2022

David Peck, Associate Professor at TU Delft, explains why we need to know more about critical raw materials - what they are used in, and how we might navigate the future challenges they present. David

93 Guglielmo Mazza – helping communities refuse packaging waste
December 03, 2022

Guglielmo Mazz is an environmental engineer and social entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of ReFuse, a social enterprise based in Beirut [Lebanon] that offers community-based solid waste manage

92 Elmar Stroomer – circular textile solutions in Africa
November 19, 2022

Elmar Stroomer is the founder of Africa Collect Textiles (ACT). Africa Collect Textiles does exactly that collecting used textiles across Africa, for reuse, recycling and upcycling. Elmar Stroomer

91 Michael Smith – Investing in regenerative startups
November 05, 2022

Catherine is talking to Michael Smith, General Partner of Regeneration.VC, an investment fund set up earlier in 2022 that is investing in solutions addressing the climate emergency. The Regeneration.