Age of Plastic
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAn environmental podcast with tips on how to live plastic free! Host Andrea Fox tackles big ethical issues with her knowledgeable guests, all in the hope of overcoming the climate change overwhelm and battling the single-use plastic guilt.
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REISSUE Eco-friendly Advertising with RAZE...
April 13, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBOn this episode here from Shosh Shetty of Bagboard, a new eco-friendly advertising platform that is bringing brands and people together to help eliminate single-use plastic bags in London. The brand is now RAZE - find out more and sign up here; https://www.raze-app.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast Tell me you enjoy the Podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ag...
Reissue, with AUTHOR and activist Mikaela Loach...
April 06, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBIn honour of the release of her first book IT'S NOT THAT RADICAL: CLIMATE ACTION TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD here is a reissue of the episode with activist Mikaela Loach... Mikaela Loach is an Edinburgh based climate justice and anti-racism activist. She has written articles for Eco-age, you may have seen her featured in Elle magazine or seen her talking about climate change on BBC news recently. Mikaela along with her co-host Jo Becker host THE YIKES Podcast... delving into some really importan...
REISSUE, with Catch Rhys, sustainable jewellery brand...
March 29, 2023 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBToday a reissue... let’s talk GOLD.. and other precious metals. Catch Rhys Jones is the founder and creative director of jewellery brand Catch Rhys, ‘solid jewellery that doesn’t cost the earth.’ The brand is described as honestly priced, plus it’s plastic free with recycled paper and reusable packaging and use 85% recycled metals, hoping to be 100%. Find out why Catch prefers to call the brand RESPONSIBLE over SUSTAINABLE, why recycled materials aren’t on everyones radar, the weird space...
Reissue... with Lora Gene, Sustainable Fashion Brand
March 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBAnother reissue advert episode. Enjoy! Today I’m in discussion with Lora Nikolaev Gene, founder of contemporary British based label Lora Gene, who produce each garment through conscious sourcing and with care about the environment and the workers. This discussion is about pushing the conversation around fashion and sustainability forward, from action to words. Lora Gene https://loragene.com/ Lora Gene’s article in Live Frankly https://livefrankly.co.uk/fashion/lora-gene-enough-talk-le...
REISSUE, with Earthshot Prize winners NotPla...
February 22, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBToday's episode is another chance to hear from guest Pierre Paslier, from start up NOTPLA. With co-founder Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, he developed this material, Ooho - at Imperial College London. It's an edible flexible plastic replacement which biodegrades and disappears without harm to the environment in a few weeks, all made from seaweed! And in December 2022, they were awarded the Earthshot Prize. https://earthshotprize.org/winners-finalists/notpla/ Find out the reasons behind those name...
Getting Carbon to Nought (Naut) with The Carbonauts Graham Hill...
February 14, 2023 01:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBTodays guest wants to Create a simpler, wealthier, greener and happier planet. But how? Find out on today’s episode as I’m joined by Graham Hill, CEO of The Carbonauts, a company that teaches people how to reduce their carbon footprints in under six weeks while saving money and influencing others. Before The Carbonauts, he founded the ground-breaking website TreeHugger, with billions of page views. Discover more https://www.thecarbonauts.com/ Mr Graham Hill on Linkedin @wearethecarbona...
...with the legendary Chris Packham
January 31, 2023 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBActual Chris Packham! I was overjoyed to get some time to chew the fat with the author, presenter and long time naturalist. It was all to do with his support for the The National Lottery funded Flows to the Future project, and the artwork celebrating Flows to the Future's Milly Revill Hayward. GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast Support the podcast from ...
Round Up! And Restart!
January 31, 2023 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.2 MBOMG she's back again! Age of Plastic podcast is back with a little reminder of Series 10! Plus... listen to me chat to Chris Packham on the next episode - available right now. GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast Support the podcast from £3 a month https://www.patreon.com/ageofplastic https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/a...
Biodegradable backpacks with Young Woman Engineer of the Year Dr Ciara McGrath
October 05, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBToday Dr Ciara McGrath, IET's Young Woman Engineer of the Year discusses a brand new competition for the young science experts in your life, and reveals what the space industry are doing to curb their carbon footprint. https://www.engineer-a-better-world.org/get-involved/ https://www.biophilica.co.uk/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63048071 ECO LIFE HACK Scientist removes microplastics from ocean water with okra! https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/texas-researchers-use-ocra-to-remove-mi...
Carbon footprints and COP27 with GIKI
September 22, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBCarbon footprints, how to reduce them, and your costs. Plus Cop 27. That's what we get into with today's guests. Giki co-founders Jo and James Hand! https://giki.earth/ A free guide to getting involved in COP27 from Giki. https://giki.earth/the-ultimate-guide-to-cop27-and-how-you-can-cut-carbon/ ECO LIFE HACK https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/pakistan-floods-appeal/ GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox....
Getting Dirty in your garden... for the planet
September 14, 2022 20:00 - 13 minutes - 9.21 MBFrances Tophill (BBC GARDENERS WORLD) and Claire Hattersley (Weleda Biodynamic gardening expert) discuss how your gardening efforts could give the UK’s degraded soil a much-needed boost! Tree Sisters https://treesisters.org/ Weleda Save Earths Skin https://www.weleda.co.uk/save-earths-skin Microplastic from water discovery! https://twitter.com/FrRonconi/status/1490273313112965123?s=20&t=6W_UnDh0MZgdMOnj4H6SNw GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter....
Turn Down The Heat...
September 05, 2022 15:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBToday’s guest is Tim Forman, Senior Research Associate and Senior Teaching Associate at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, at the University of Cambridge. He’s authored New report from the University of Cambridge and Epson - the company making appliances probably best known for printer… on energy consumption from plug-in appliances - To meet the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Net Zero Scenario, which calls for appliance energy usage to fall to 60% of 2020 levels by 2...
Community Crowdfunding in Action...
August 24, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBHow do you convince the government to give you land at a bargain rate for a community project? Find out from the volunteer group hoping to transform an East London industrial site into community-owned natural swimming ponds and a biodiverse park. Support the Crowdfunder here; https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elwp And contact the ELWP group via [email protected] ECO LIFE HACK https://billi-london.com/ GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andre...
Composting, and coffee with GRIND
August 18, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB30,000 plastic and aluminium coffee pods are sent to landfill each minute. Today talking composting and coffee I'm joined by TV gardening guru Daisy Payne and Grind founder David Abrahamovitch to find out more! https://grind.co.uk/ Plus a look back at former coffee-loving guests, James Proter Blane & Sarah Lynn from Halo Coffee - worlds first compostable coffee capsule. https://halo.coffee/ And Vicky Poon from Alpaca Coffee talking about greenwashing tactics https://alpacacoffee.co.uk/ ...
100th EPISODE!... revisiting REN Skincare's Zero Waste Pledge...
August 05, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBBack in 2019 I spoke with then REN SKINCARE CEO Arnaud Meysselle. In 2018 the company had pledged to become Zero Waste by 2021, meaning 100% of all REN Clean Skincare packaging would be recycled, recyclable or reusable. And guess what they did it! To tell us about the trials and tribulations of being a Zero Waste beauty brand is REN Global Ambassador - with 20 years in the skincare industry and a glowing complexion - David Delport! Listen to the original episode with REN Skincare ‘How t...
How much plastic? Periods and plastic with DAME
July 27, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBDo we really realise how much plastic is involved with periods? Find out more with Celia Pool, Co-Founder of DAME, Award-winning effective period care free from single-use plastic. DAME Giveaway Terms & Conditions This giveaway features two deliveries of 34 DAME organic tampons, 68 tampons in total, with the average person using 8-10 tampons per period, according to an average from Statista · Each delivery costs £1, and a new subscriber will receive their first delivery within a...
Two Young Global Activists Saving the World from Plastic Waste
July 12, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBToday I am joined by two young activists and founders. From Tel Aviv, Sharona Shnayder who in 2020 founded Trash For Tuesdays to encourage people to take part in trash picking, conversing about the waste management issue, demanding better practices from big businesses. My second guest is Oluwaseyi Moejoh from Nigeria the Executive Director of U-recycle Initiative Africa - a youth-led organization committed to advancing a circular economy across Africa. Both are part of the Youth-Led Interg...
Game, set and doorstep recycling with Former British no. 1 tennis player Johanna Konta
June 30, 2022 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBFormer British no. 1 tennis player Johanna Konta is on the Age of Plastic Podcast today! Johanna is a keen environmentalist, is passionate about protecting our planet and is supporting the UK’s first ever doorstep ‘flexible plastic’ recycling service, collecting hard to recycle plastics from people’s front doors from ABEL & COLE. Abel & Cole Plastic Recycling https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/contentpage?altmenu=cucumber&folder=AboutUs&file=recycling-collection.htm Wimbledon https://news.sky...
Game, set and doorstep recycling with Former British no. 1 tennis player Johanna Konta
June 30, 2022 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBFormer British no. 1 tennis player Johanna Konta is on the Age of Plastic Podcast today! Johanna is a keen environmentalist, is passionate about protecting our planet and is supporting the UK’s first ever doorstep ‘flexible plastic’ recycling service, collecting hard to recycle plastics from people’s front doors from ABEL & COLE. Abel & Cole Plastic Recycling https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/contentpage?altmenu=cucumber&folder=AboutUs&file=recycling-collection.htm Wimbledon https://news.sky...
Round up of the Series!
April 20, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9 MBA round up of all this series guests! https://thebigplasticcount.com/ Thanks for listening! For the 100th episode soon I'd love to hear, who your favourite guests have been and the best tip you've learnt from the podcast!? Get in touch below for a shout out! GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast
Round up of the Series!
April 20, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9 MBA round up of all this series guests! https://thebigplasticcount.com/ Thanks for listening! For the 100th episode soon I'd love to hear, who your favourite guests have been and the best tip you've learnt from the podcast!? Get in touch below for a shout out! GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twi...
How to have a holiday that's better for the planet...
April 11, 2022 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBHow to travel with a light touch, with Explore Worldwide Managing Director Michael Edwards. They’ve launched an industry first Carbon Rating Scale for their trips. Find out how the scale works - what they can’t include yet - how many people are thinking of their environmental impact when travelling - and the most environmentally friendly holiday! https://www.explore.co.uk/about/sustainability Find out more about Tourism Declares https://www.tourismdeclares.com/ Good news… https://www....
An end to ocean microfibres?
April 04, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBOn today’s episode, I’m speaking with Dr Laura Foster, Head of Clean Seas at the Marine Conservation Society. They have begun their #stopoceanthreads campaign. This is a petition calling for washing machine manufacturers to fit microfibre filters in all new domestic and commercial machines, by law, by 2023 and retrofitted in commercial machines by 2024. If you weren’t sure about the amount of micro plastic that comes from washing the stains out of your clothes…you’re about to find out… To ...
An end to ocean microfibres?
April 04, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBOn today’s episode, I’m speaking with Dr Laura Foster, Head of Clean Seas at the Marine Conservation Society. They have begun their #stopoceanthreads campaign. This is a petition calling for washing machine manufacturers to fit microfibre filters in all new domestic and commercial machines, by law, by 2023 and retrofitted in commercial machines by 2024. If you weren’t sure about the amount of micro plastic that comes from washing the stains out of your clothes…you’re about to find out… To ...
Plastic Waste to Plastic Homes with Africa's Start Up of the Year Kubik
March 28, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBKUBIK turn plastic waste into low-carbon buildings, and the start up has just been awarded Africa’s Start Up of the Year! 100% Plastic Waste and 40% Cheaper. Today I’m joined by Kidus Asfaw Co founder and CEO to tell us the story of Kubik, which he came to via charity Unicef and companies like Google. Find out Kubik is, how his co-founder Penda Marre came to design it, brilliant environmental innovations across the continent of Africa, how bad construction is for the planet and some really ...
I have a favour to ask...
March 18, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MBSorry for the silence, I’ve been ill, not Covid. While I am working on the next episode can I ask a favour? Leave a review on Apple Podcast and tell me your fav episode/fact/tit bit of info you’ve discovered on the Age of Plastic. The British Podcast Awards have a climate category this year, which I’m going to enter a demo for, so your help is greatly appreciated! Leave an Apple Podcast review or email me via the instagram https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ GET IN TOUCH! h...
Can we say So Long to Plastic?
February 28, 2022 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBwe’ve spoken to plastic alternative innovators on this podcast before. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a lovely space online to showcase these innovations - heck maybe even with an award? BEYONDPLASTIC is the brainchild of Ulrich Krzyminski, an entrepreneur, engineer & inventor with a particular insight into the printing and packaging industry. As well as showcasing plastic alternatives, they have the Beyond Plastic Awards with categories like Most Practical Impact’, ‘Most Innovative App...
From Waste Product to Award Winning Beauty Product with Upcircle
February 21, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBCircular skincare! By Product Beauty! What is it? Find out about Upcircle Beauty from co-founder Anna Brightman. They’re a natural, sustainable, refillable skincare brand, that is vegan, certified cruelty-free, comes in plastic-free packaging and many of their products have won awards… and you may have seen her and her brother on BBC’s Dragons Den a few years ago! Upcircle Beauty https://upcirclebeauty.com/ How we can all be activists with Mikaela Loach https://podfollow.com/age-of-plas...
A fully circular solution for kids clothes with Dotte...
February 14, 2022 01:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBDotte hopes to be a one stop, fully circular solution for parents for kids clothes. Buy, Sell, Donate, Recycle and more. According to Dotte shopping 2nd hand can save 75% of Co2 emissions caused by clothing. I’m chatting with Louise today as we find out what recycled clothes are used for and what percentage of parents throw kids clothes away because they don’t know what to do with do with them? https://www.wearedotte.com/ For sustainable toys: Whirli on the Age of Plastic Podcast https:/...
With Garnier UK & Plastics For Change
February 07, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBBig companies, making bigs change has a big impact… Garnier UK have launched their ONE GREEN STEP campaign. Today we hear about that and their environmental pledges for 2025 and from their partner NGO Plastics For Change. Emily Bryne Garnier UK One Green Step https://www.garnier.co.uk/onegreenstep Andrew Almack Plastics For Change https://www.plasticsforchange.org/ ECO LIFE HACKS Worlds first zero waste palette https://athrbeauty.com/products/new-rose-quartz-crystal-gemstone-10-pan-p...
Round up of Series 8!
December 24, 2021 01:00 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MBThis is a little taster of all the brilliant guests on the latest series of the Age of Plastic Podcast. A huge huge huge thank you to all our guests this series for giving their time, and to every single person who has ever spoken to me for the Age of Plastic Podcast. A massive massive massive thank you to you for listening. I'd love to know what you would like to hear in 2022. GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iama...
Finding a creative use for Washed Up plastic...
December 17, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBDiscover the joy of plogging, beach clean ups and a bit of plastic craft! Today’s guest is Flora Blathwayt, founder of greetings cards company Washed Up Cards, a project she started whilst furloughed in lockdown. These cards are almost plastic free, having been made using plastic found washed up on rivers and beaches around the UK. Washed Up Cards https://washedupcards.uk/ Washed Up Cards Instagram https://www.instagram.com/washedupcards/ Thames 21 https://www.thames21.org.uk/ Addid...
Fashion, Colonialism, Climate Change and Consumption... with Aja Barber
December 12, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBSo excited to be join today by Aja Barber. She is a writer, personal stylist and style consultant based in South London. Her work focuses on sustainability, ethics, intersectional feminism racism and all the ways systems of power effect our buying habits. Her debut book 'CONSUMED THE NEED FOR COLLECTIVE CHANGE: COLONIALISM, CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSUMERISM' is out now! We discuss not only her book - obviously - but questions like is fast fashion killing fashion for future designers? How you ca...
From food waste to Food Co-Ops... with Weavers Way
November 28, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBToday we hear from Jon Roesser General Manager at Weavers Way Co-Op in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania - a member-owned cooperative grocery. Find out what a food co-op is, what Weavers Way is aiming to do, the tiny percent of food we have to grow, to make a big difference, and what do keep in mind when food shopping to lessen our waste, Organic Fair Trade Bananas and blueberries in winter, climate change and farming! Weavers Way https://weaversway.coop/ Food Co-Ops UK https://www.sustainwe...
From food waste to Food Co-Ops... with Weavers Way
November 28, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBToday we hear from Jon Roesser General Manager at Weavers Way Co-Op in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania - a member-owned cooperative grocery. Find out what a food co-op is, what Weavers Way is aiming to do, the tiny percent of food we have to grow, to make a big difference, and what do keep in mind when food shopping to lessen our waste, Organic Fair Trade Bananas and blueberries in winter, climate change and farming! Weavers Way https://weaversway.coop/ Food Co-Ops UK https://www.sustainwe...
Meet the Zero Waste Family, with no Bin!
November 11, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBDo you have a bin? Today’s guests don’t! Meet the Zero Waste family from San Diego called the Syrens, James, Fredrika and their 3 kids Bella, Noah and Liam. They worked on an NBC show in October 2021, from Ava DuVernay (behind movies Selma and a Wrinkle In Time) titled Home Sweet Home. Find out how they do it, what Fredrika thinks of as green money, raising kids who love veg and James GREAT tip for noticing your waste! BOOK: Zero Waste for Families: A Practical Guide https://www.goodrea...
From single use to single purchase with Last Object
November 05, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWhat if nothing in your life was single use? If we valued things we own and not send them abroad to be incinerated or pollute other countries? Last Object co founder and co-designer Isabel Aagaard joins me from Copenhagen to talk about ending our throw away culture. https://lastobject.com/ Good News https://news.yahoo.com/pulled-63-000-pounds-trash-100018506.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAImJWCGfsECNdTJ6En5YglY43Rc8rSCvAMgpQ44-fmaSOY...
From plastic waste to disappearing packaging with Pierre Paslier of NOTPLA
October 29, 2021 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBToday's guest is Pierre Paslier, from start up NOTPLA who with co-founder Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez developed this material, Ooho - at Imperial College London. It's an edible flexible plastic replacement which biodegrades and disappears without harm to the environment in a few weeks. Find out the reasons behind those names NotPLA & Ooho - Piere’s hopes for the p coming COP26, where mushrooms, shrimp shell and coffee bean waste feature in the future of plastic packaging plus some of his experi...
From Pollution to Solution with UNEP expert Jacqueline McGlade
October 25, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBToday’s guest, senior UNEP expert Jacqueline McGlade, spoke to me from Kenya, all about the new UN Plastic Pollution Report published recently. Jacqueline McGlade is a Marine Biologist, Environmental Science Professor, she’s worked for the European Environment Agency and now for the UN Environmental Programme. See the full UN Environmental Programme below; https://www.unep.org/resources/pollution-solution-global-assessment-marine-litter-and-plastic-pollution More from Jacqueline on... C...
From fossil fuels to 'earth kind' renewable energy with Ron Kamen...
October 15, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBToday’s guest is CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting & host of the Awesome EarthKind Podcast, which discusses how the forces of nature Earth, Air, Water and the Sun can provide all the energy we need as a planet 1000% over! Today find out from Ron Kamen, how energy efficient are we? Whats the best flavour of clean energy? Hydro, Solar, Thermal, Tidal or Wind? Whats behind our energy issues at the moment? Carbon capture technology? And what to look for when you pick a clean energy provider, p...
From phone cases to compost with Pela
October 08, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBThis episode I'm talking composting and compostable biodegradable materials with Jeremy Lang, founder and VP of Sustainability at Pela. We also talk about the brand new countertop composter and cleaning up oil spills, why nature has it figured out and cutting out the middle man when it comes to garbage! “Theres no waste in nature, and no other species wastes like humans” “To really truly leave the world a better place for future generations, it can’t just be us it has to be every company”...
The end of plastic?
July 28, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBWhat if everything that looked like plastic wasn’t? What if it was something better? Better in that it was a truly biodegradable material, and a product that wasn’t just carbon neutral but carbon negative? In that it takes harmful greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere in its creation? California-based Newlight Technologies have spent more than a decade developing a revolutionary material called AirCarbon. It uses greenhouse gas as feedstock to create a meltable, carbon-negative material th...
Can you save the planet with your mobile phone?
July 19, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBAccording to Reboxed, with 10 billion phones now in existence we’ve got more phones than humans on the planet! Reboxed want to fight e-waste by making it easier and cheaper to buy or sell certified refurbished devices with them than buy new. Today Phil Kemish the Co founder & CEO of Reboxed discusses the damage to our planet of e-waste, the right to repair movement and THAT expose on Amazon waste… plus Reboxed big plans to fight e- waste with an app! https://reboxed.co/ Reboxed Future Ma...
Recycled and responsibly made jewellery
July 09, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBToday let’s talk GOLD.. and other precious metals. Catch Rhys Jones is the founder and creative director of jewellery brand Catch Rhys, ‘solid jewellery that doesn’t cost the earth.’ The brand is described as honestly priced, plus it’s plastic free with recycled paper and reusable packaging and use 85% recycled metals, hoping to be 100%. Find out why Catch prefers to call the brand RESPONSIBLE over SUSTAINABLE, why recycled materials aren’t on everyones radar, the weird spaces were we wil...
Recycled and responsibly made jewellery
July 09, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBToday let’s talk GOLD.. and other precious metals. Catch Rhys Jones is the founder and creative director of jewellery brand Catch Rhys, ‘solid jewellery that doesn’t cost the earth.’ The brand is described as honestly priced, plus it’s plastic free with recycled paper and reusable packaging and use 85% recycled metals, hoping to be 100%. Find out why Catch prefers to call the brand RESPONSIBLE over SUSTAINABLE, why recycled materials aren’t on everyones radar, the weird spaces were we wil...
Tableware for people and planet, and the death of the Red Cup
July 02, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBToday on the Age of Plastic Podcast CEO of compostable tableware brand Repurpose Lauren Gropper tells us why we have Hollywood to thank for Repurpose, the major innovations on the way in the space and why the cultural icon - the red plastic cup - is on it’s way out! Plants Over Plastic - Tableware for people and planet. https://repurpose.com/ Pela Phone Case https://pelacase.com/ Lomi Home Composter https://pela.earth/lomi Vote for the Age of Plastic Podcast in the British Podcast Awar...
Fashion & Sustainability. Moving the conversation forward.
June 25, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBToday I’m in discussion with Lora Nikolaev Gene, founder of contemporary British based label Lora Gene, who produce each garment through conscious sourcing and with care about the environment and the workers. This discussion is about pushing the conversation around fashion and sustainability forward, from action to words. Lora Gene https://loragene.com/ Lora Gene’s article in Live Frankly https://livefrankly.co.uk/fashion/lora-gene-enough-talk-lets-start-the-fashion-revolution/ Lora’s...
Turning Old PPE into New PPE
June 18, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBWe went #3 in the US in the Earth Science category! Thanks so much for listening! For the start of this new series, find out about the innovation creating new PPE from old PPE Andy Straisfeld is the VP of Business Development of Lifecycle Revive in Canada. lifecyclerevive.ca [email protected] End Plastics Now Founder; https://twitter.com/SadrachNirere Article on Black female travel writer Jessica Nabongo https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/she-visited-every-...
End of Series Round Up
May 15, 2021 20:00 - 3 minutes - 2.1 MBA round of of the guests we've heard from in this series plus a taste of the topics for the next series of the Age Of Plastic Podcast. Plus as promised in the low carbon gardening episode - Sally Nex, recipe for compost! What would you love to hear in the next series? I'd love to know... GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast https://www.instagram.com/ag...
Having an impact as a sustainable business
April 30, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBPetria Leggo-Field from Coco Rose Eco and the Sustainable Shift Podcast talks to me about eco entrepreneurs. She works to helping them make the biggest impact, but what does sustainable business impact mean in reality? More on today’s episode! https://cocoroseeco.com.au/podcast/ https://cocoroseeco.com.au/ https://ocg.org/ https://www.instagram.com/ethicalinfluencers/ https://www.sendle.com/ ECO LIFE HACK - PODCASTS https://www.podcastersdeclare.com/ GET IN TOUCH! https://www.ins...