Latest Recycle Earth Sciences Podcast Episodes
Zero Waste Coffee with Crema Nashville
Zero Waste Trash Talk - May 21, 2021 14:50 - 51 minutesNashville's Crema Coffee business model is how we wish all businesses would operate. In our interview with Rachel Lehman we find out that Crema was one of the first Zero Waste businesses in Nashville and how they keep innovating to reduce waste and make the coffee world a better place. In addi...
Chat With Chattanooga Zero Waste
Zero Waste Trash Talk - March 13, 2021 17:41 - 53 minutesWould you sneak a plastic bag monster costume into your State's Legislature and wear it to meet with lawmakers? This is just one of the interesting things we found out in this inspirational interview with Sadie and Zach, the organizers behind Zero Waste Chattanooga. We discuss their Zero Waste...
How to Stay Environmentally Motivated During A Pandemic
Zero Waste Trash Talk - February 04, 2021 20:21 - 15 minutesWith world wide Covid-19 deaths in the millions, political upheaval, social unrest and a tumultuous economy, continuing the conversation about sustainability sometimes feels like some kind of privileged guilty pleasure. Michael and Maris discuss the struggles of the past year and the importance ...
Episode 17: Tennessee Environmental Council 50th Anniversary
Zero Waste Trash Talk - December 08, 2020 17:33 - 1 hourDo you feel like you're the only one recycling, composting your food scraps and getting dirty looks from cashiers for bringing your own bags? Finding and supporting your local environmental organizations can be a great way to stay connected and leverage your environmental actions. ZWTT is activ...
Episode 16: Zero Waste Gift Giving
Zero Waste Trash Talk - November 22, 2020 19:23 - 44 minutesHave you thought about sustainable gift giving? How do you personalize a gift experience when sending an electronic gift card? Why do we even give gifts? Maris and Michael have a conversation about how to approach gift giving as Zero Waste practitioners.
Episode 15: How We Do Zero Waste
Zero Waste Trash Talk - November 09, 2020 15:28 - 1 hourHow do you "pull a Maris"? Is there a waiter in East Nashville with a zero waste chopstick injury from Jess? How does Michael offset air conditioning for furry Akitas? Life is full of trade offs for what's good for us, the environment and our pocketbooks. Zero Waste isn't just trying to fit ...
Episode 14: The Bloody Truth about Tampons & Pads
Zero Waste Trash Talk - October 25, 2020 15:27 - 1 hourHey Ladies! Did you know that tampons and pads that we have been told to use our whole lives are actually toxic to our bodies? Maybe this isn’t news to you, but really these foreign objects we’re putting into our bodies are NOT good for us! and they are just going to be thrown AWAY - which we al...
Episode 13: Back To School Composting, Gardening and Food Donation Programs
Zero Waste Trash Talk - October 05, 2020 22:19 - 1 hourKaren McIntyre from Nashville's Westmead Elementary is much more than a librarian. She's helped start a compost program, a school garden, recycling drives and a way for students to donate uneaten food from the lunchroom. She shares her successes and the lessons learned along the way to making ...
Episode 12: The Environmental Impact of Renting Your Items
Zero Waste Trash Talk - September 20, 2020 16:46 - 48 minutesThere are a lot of items that sit in our closets, attics or basements that only get used a couple of times a year. Do you know how many resources it took to produce, ship and sell all that stuff so that it can just sit around unused? Ruckify is a new peer-to-peer rental marketplace that makes i...
Why You Need a Bidet
Zero Waste Trash Talk - September 06, 2020 15:45 - 42 minutesIn this episode, Michael talks about his experience with his new bidet and about how the process works down to the nitty gritty detail. We also hear from a couple of listeners who gave us audio testimonials about why they love their bidets. Save some fricken trees by using a bidet and/or toil...
Episode 10: Nashville Metro Zero Waste Master Plan
Zero Waste Trash Talk - August 23, 2020 13:53 - 57 minutesDoes your city have a Zero Waste Plan? If it does, is it being implemented and/or championed by your elected officials? The Chairman of the Nashville Solid Waste Board, John Sherman, gives us some background on how and why Nashville has a Zero Waste Master Plan and what we need to do to suppo...
Episode 9: Gleaning to End Food Waste
Zero Waste Trash Talk - August 09, 2020 15:09 - 55 minutesGleaning is an ancient practice mentioned in the Old Testament and codified into law in some countries. Normally, over 1/3 of the food produced in the world is wasted but during the pandemic shutdown this was exacerbated as crops were being plowed under and milk dumped down drains as distributi...
Episode 8: What's a Food Co-op and How Do You Start One
Zero Waste Trash Talk - July 26, 2020 16:27 - 35 minutesWho wouldn't want a grocery store where they are part owners and can vote on the items being sold, where they come from and how they are packaged. Learn what a grocery co-op is and how to start one in our conversation with Ellery Richardson from Nashville Food Co-op. This is the first episod...
Episode 7: The Insanity of Plastic Recycling
Zero Waste Trash Talk - July 19, 2020 14:39 - 55 minutesIf plastic recycling is broken, why do we do it? It makes no sense financially or by any measure of success when it's a 90% failure rate. Even if it worked better, plastic can't be recycled more than 2-3 times before it falls apart so all we are doing is delaying the inevitable. We invited...
Episode 6: Industrial Composting
Zero Waste Trash Talk - July 10, 2020 14:23 - 1 hourIn this episode, Maris and Michael have a conversation with Clay Ezell from The Compost Company, an industrial composting facility, about how industrial composting differs from backyard composting and why Nashville is one of the few cities in the country who have a service like this that accepts...
Episode 5: Interview with Nashville Metro Public Works
Zero Waste Trash Talk - June 20, 2020 22:33 - 1 hourJenn Harrman, the Nashville Public Works Waste Reduction Program Manager, answers our questions about what's recyclable in Nashville and where does it go? Like many cities, Nashville has had to adapt to a changing markets for recyclables. The rules for what plastics can be recycled have change...
Episode 4: Dumping is not Donating
Zero Waste Trash Talk - June 13, 2020 13:59 - 1 hourWe touch base with Zero Waste Trash Talk family member Jess Johnson to discuss her experiences with donations as a home organizer. In addition to asking what each organization is accepting before just dumping items on them, she finds out what they do with the items they can't use. Then we h...
Down In The Dumps with The Story Of Plastic
Zero Waste Trash Talk - May 23, 2020 18:21 - 1 hourIn Episode 3 we talk about watching the new documentary The Story of Plastic on Amazon Prime and we interview our friend John Hawkins, a Nashville waste diversion specialist and musician, to get his take on the problems with recycling. We discuss if we should stop recycling since it's broken...
Episode 2: Filling Good with Megan from The Good Fill
Zero Waste Trash Talk - May 15, 2020 19:48 - 1 hourNashville's first zero waste, package free refill store owner, Megan Gill, talks to us about her zero waste journey. She moved back to the States from Costa Rica where she taught women who had been sex traffic victims how to become beauticians. Seeing how different consumerism is here in Ameri...
Episode 1: Nothing Goes Away
Zero Waste Trash Talk - May 08, 2020 15:02 - 39 minutesIn this first episode we talk about sustainability in Nashville and what we are doing to strengthen our community. It's a hyper local conversation with ideas that can be applied to communities all across the globe. We cover city composting options; new plastic recycling regulations and the pro...
Teaser Episode
Zero Waste Trash Talk - May 02, 2020 17:03 - 46 secondsIf you care about the planet and are the type of person who takes trash home with them to sort, you are the right audience for this podcast.
Going, Going, Gone: Which Species Did We Say Goodbye To This Decade and Which Were Discovered?
Litter.rarely - December 31, 2019 23:00 - 31 minutesHow many animals did we say goodbye to in the last decade and how many were discovered? We take a look at four discoveries and four extinctions from the last ten years.
Innovative recycling world wide, could the US do better?
Litter.rarely - December 16, 2019 02:00 - 53 minutesGermany, Switzerland, Wales and South Korea are four of several countries leading in recycling world wide. Each country has found innovative ways to make recycling a widespread practice throughout their countries. Some American cities are trying to follow their lead. Listen to find out which two...
U.K. Schools Urged to Add Nature Hour to School Day
Litter.rarely - December 03, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutesA study headed by U.K. organization Wildlife Trusts explores the effects of nature on students ages 8 and 9. In this podcast, we break down the study and analyze each part. You'll hear the point of view of an Environmental Scientist who spends a lot of time outdoors and a journalist with a love ...
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