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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The Future of Food Packaging
April 23, 2021 23:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWhat is the solution to single use plastic waste? Today we are delving into single-use plastic alternatives, what bio plastic is, and the future of food packaging with Sales Manager from BIOPAK Richard Harries. Biopak is an eco-friendly packaging company (in the UK and Australia) www.BioPak.com/uk Ella Daish on the Age of Plastic Podcast https://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/episode/569a7fb7b66b9a6203c437276212a2a55e8c7f28/view Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe on ...
Plastic Myths
April 16, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBAmy Nguyen works as a sustainability strategist — but is more commonly known on Instagram as @sustainableandsocial, a blog dedicated to educating people about sustainability in fashion, beauty, business, and more. Since 2018, she’s turned research and scholarly articles into digestible Instagram posts for her audience, while also working her main job helping businesses to integrate sustainable development goals into their daily operations. Today's she's busting some plastic myths on the Age...
Climate Change and Covid
April 09, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBToday me and Matt Rees from Climate Solutions Podcast discuss Covid and Climate Change. Now the latest Climate Solutions delved into this. Matt Rees is a former foreign correspondent with Time and Newsweek and the author of nine novels and a book of non-fiction. As well as the results of a survey into climate attitudes across the world we talk Bitcoin! And that most difficult of questions; What hardest things to give up to stop climate change? Matt Rees Award Winning Climate Solutions Pod...
Wine that helps protect the ocean
April 02, 2021 23:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBDid someone say beveragino…? Seachange Wine are passionate about two things: protecting our oceans from plastic pollution and great tasting wine. Simon Rolfe from Seachange talks innovation in wine packaging, why people want to buy from a company that does good. Covid & wine and climate change and the wine industry. And the issues around organic wine production… Every bottle of Sea Change helps fund ocean conservation projects across the globe and our minimal packaging reduces waste an...
Plastic-free, Low-Carbon Gardening with Sally Nex
March 26, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBSally Nex worked as a journalist on BBC radio for 15 years. Since leaving the BBC, Sally has devoted herself to horticulture, qualifying to RHS Level 3 and gaining a planting design diploma. Teaching sustainable gardening and writing for BBC Gardeners World. In 2019 Sally won the Garden Media Guild, Beth Chatto Environmental Award for a series of articles about going plastic-free in her garden. Her book How to Garden the Low Carbon Way is out now. It's such a useful book for all levels and...
Series Round Up and movie star Dougray Scott!
February 23, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBA round up of everything from the most recent series! Featuring Dr Imogen Napper, finance expert Rebecca O'Conner, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Sophie Howe, Julia Giannini, ITV's Senior Sustainability Manager and Phil Holdgate, Head of Production and Sustainability for ITV Studios. Plus Ever After star Dougray Scott to talking about Wateraid's new campaign. The campaign video is called the The Girl Who Built a Rocket. Watch here; https://youtu.be/lmBp2-t38Mw Catch up with ...
ITV and Sustainability
February 10, 2021 19:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBHow do you work out the carbon footprint of a TV show? Today I'm pleased to be joined by Julia Giannini, ITV's Senior Sustainability Manager and Phil Holdgate, Head of Production and Sustainability for ITV Studios. Find out with today's guests from ITV, all about the Net Zero Carbon by 2030 pledge, and how Covid has affected the business but how what it's taught us could be beneficial to the climate, plus Rugby World Cups and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! ITV Pledge https://www.itv....
ITV and Sustainability
February 10, 2021 19:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBHow do you work out the carbon footprint of a TV show? Today I'm pleased to be joined by Julia Giannini, ITV's Senior Sustainability Manager and Phil Holdgate, Head of Production and Sustainability for ITV Studios. Find out with today's guests from ITV, all about the Net Zero Carbon by 2030 pledge, and how Covid has affected the business but how what it's taught us could be beneficial to the climate, plus Rugby World Cups and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! ITV Pledge https://www.itv....
Leaving the world in a better place than you found it!
February 02, 2021 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBI often ask what our guests think governments need to do to protect the planet. Today's guest is Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe. Her job is to hold the government and Welsh bodies to account on behalf of those who have not been born yet. We cover how environmental and health issues are connected, to town planning, the 4 day working week and robot taxes! Find out more about Sophie’s role (and the Manifesto we discuss along with the Future Generations Act and Report!)...
Can you save the planet when you clean?
January 26, 2021 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBBefore Christmas I spoke to to founders of plastic free, carbon free delivery service Charrli. Monica Grundy and Chloe Cronyn talk to me about deposit schemes for waste plastic, the embarrassment and cost of our waste disposal here in the UK and recycling shaming! Find out more here; https://www.charrli.com/ Let me know your thoughts on this episode - GET IN TOUCH! https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/ https://twitter.com/andrea_fox https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/ https://w...
Plastic, plastic, everywhere. With Dr Imogen Napper.
January 18, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBToday I’m joined by Marine Scientist and so called Plastic Detective Dr Imogen Napper. So recently we discovered not only is plastic filling up our oceans but it’s been found on Everest the highest point on earth! Dr Imogen Napper was part of that study and countless other projects you will have seen in the press surrounding plastic pollution. We dive into the middle class-ness of plastic-free chat, what the future of our washing machines might be, and her thoughts on plastic alternatives! ...
Yes but, Is It Really Green?
January 11, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBOn today's episode hear from the author trying to answer that age old question, is it really green? What actually is the best sustainable option? Like relationship statuses sometimes it’s complicated. There’s where todays guests new book comes in, Georgina Wilson Powell (founder of Pebble Magazine) launched her first book called IS IT REALLY GREEN…Everyday Eco-dilemmas answered. Is It Really Green? by Georgina Wilson Powell https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241435809-is-it-really-green/ Eco...
Can you save the planet with your bank account?
January 04, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBOn today’s episode we cover everything from the ethics of credit cards to how to have a pension investing in sustainable projects with guest Becky O’Connor who is Head of Pensions & Savings at Interactive Investor, co-founder of Good With Money, an ethical adviser for Castlefield and a trustee at Mortgage Prison. Find out more here; https://twitter.com/rebeccaoco https://good-with-money.com/ Bank Track https://www.banktrack.org/ Triodos https://www.triodos.co.uk/ Becky on managing fa...
This Series Greatest Hits
December 17, 2020 15:23 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBA look back at the latest series with clips that didn’t make the full episodes and brand new guests including DJ and Producer Adamski, Treedom founder Federico Garcea and the IET’s green energy systems expert Olivia Carpenter-Lomax!Sustainable Christmas Gifting Tips AND what to expect in the new year!TREEDOMJoin me and Green the Plant this Christmas with TREEDOM. Head to treedom.net and use Discount Code AGEOFPLASTIC20 at the checkout to get 20% off your trees before midnight on December 31s...
LIVE EPISODE from FutureFest!
December 14, 2020 15:29 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBGive the Gift of a Tree this Christmas with Treedom:go.treedom.net/q7jdThis is our LIVE episode from Pebble Magazines FutureFest last month their online virtual festival asking what a carbon neutral future looks like!If you missed out on a ticket - this is my chat with Sue Campbell from Award Winning plastic free, vegan and cruelty free solid shampoo and conditioner brand Kind2. And the founder of Bolt Beauty (launched in 2020) Lisa Sexton. What does the future of sustainable beauty look like...
How kids toys can be more sustainable!
December 06, 2020 21:33 - 33 minutes - 23 MBToday we are talking kids toys! Can you have a Christmas every month - without breaking the bank or planet? Today’s guest has set up what they call an online toy library, making sharing popular kids items easy, and reliable On this episode I am speaking to Nigel Phan of WHIRLI.Find out how much the average parent spends on toys a year! The amount of kids toys that go to landfill AND the amount of gifts that are wasted as kids don’t like them or parents don’t actually want their kids to play w...
How to save the planet with your trip to the hairdressers!
November 30, 2020 00:08 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBFind out how to have a sustainable trip to the hairdressers with Fry Taylor from Green Salon Collective, helping hairdressers in the UK and Northern Ireland to reduce waste heading to landfill.And not just that! Find out the 4 amazing things you can do with waste hair on today’s episode of the Age of Plastic Podcast!Give the Gift of a Tree this Christmas with Treedom:go.treedom.net/q7jdSearch for your local sustainable hair salon here:https://www.greensaloncollective.com/Ecosiahttps://www.eco...
How to have a sustainable Christmas Tree!
November 21, 2020 23:17 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBGift a Tree this Christmashttp://go.treedom.net/q7jdUse Discount Code AGEOFPLASTIC20 at the checkout to get 20% off your trees before midnight on December 31st 2020.7 Million Christmas Trees go to Landfill each year in the UK.Find out all about renting your festive spruce from the Catherine Loveless and John Mearns from London Christmas Tree Rental https://www.londonchristmastreerental.com/https://www.hollyberrytrees.com/Congrats to https://www.instagram.com/mitzijonelle/ who has been workin...
How we can all be activists with Mikaela Loach!
November 12, 2020 16:59 - 50 minutes - 35 MBMikaela 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 important and interesting discussions on social justice - oh and she is also studying medicine! This is a really hopeful discussion of climate activism, what an ACTIVIST actuall...
Meet the DJ championing sustainability; Sam Feldt
November 02, 2020 23:17 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBOn the first episode of new series of the Age of Plastic Podcast, find out how and why DJ Sam Feldt set up his own Sustainable Foundation! Plus the latest on our Podcast Stage at Future Fest!Tickets for Pebble Magazine’s Virtual FutureFest 7th & 8th Nov - Tickets are £7.50 frompebblefuturefest.comUse code SustainableFuture for 10% off ticketsGive the gift of a tree this Christmas with our sponsors TREEDOM http://go.treedom.net/q7jdFind out more about Sam Feldt sustainable Heartfeldt Foundatio...
Series 3 Round UP & Future Fest!
October 09, 2020 21:37 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBJoin me at Future Fest brought to you by pebble magazine and Treedom and supported by Borough Wines and Karma 7th & 8th Nov (early bird tickets £4 plus VAT & booking fee) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/futurefest-tickets-122208473835Standard for biodegradable plastic…https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/new-british-standard-for-biodegradable-plastic-introduced?CMP=share_btn_twPlastic eating enzyme…https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/28/new-super-enzyme-eats-plastic-b...
The complexity of sustainability in skincare with Bolt Beauty
September 28, 2020 21:39 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBToday I am chatting to Bolt Beauty founder Lisa Sexton about how she set up the sustainable, carbon neutral skincare company!We talk about the sustainability aspects of everything from sourcing product, to the innovative packaging, being carbon neutral, the beauty industry selling through fear - a personal bug bear of mine and Lisa's - launching during lockdown and why sometimes, unfortunately plastic is still the best option!Find out more about Bolt Beauty here;https://bolt-beauty.com/Anote ...
One Simple Change with Bambuu Brush
September 22, 2020 07:58 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBToday’s guest is a big fan of Bamboo! Tommie Eaton from Bambuu Brush has been on some pretty enviable travels as he and Rebecca Dudbridge worked their way around the world!They decided to raise awareness of the the plastic pollution they were seeing to their social media following and that led to their main product - almost the emblem for the eco products available - Bamboo toothbrush - launched in Feb 2019 - selling bamboo toothbrushes in over 48 countries. They raise awareness of plastic p...
How to have an open relationship with your wardrobe...
September 15, 2020 14:53 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBHave you been trying to break up with fast fashion? Maybe during lockdown you haven’t needed to hit the shops?Learn how to have an open relationship with your wardrobe with founder of clothes sharing app NUW Aisling Byrne. NUW is a new app for renting and sharing your clothes in your community, to reduce the environmental impact of fashion. I chat to Aisling about pivoting the business during Covid, Selfridges department store’s new Planet Earth project, THAT Misguided Doc, and our changing i...
Talking sustainable interiors
September 08, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBIf you love your camper van, you’ve decided to do up the shed OR you live in a small space and want to make the most of it, you’ll love todays guest. I'm talking sustainable interiors with Nicole Herridge from Stitcha! They are a new company with products and packaging made using sustainable textiles to look after our planet and sea!We talk bamboo, curtains, small spaces and labels to look for when you’re shopping for interiors. Plus how covid might change our ideas of home and travel and wor...
What would you do if you had no recycling?
August 31, 2020 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBOn today’s episode hear from George Berthon from Clean & Proud Malawi. The Clean & Proud is hoping to do something about the plastic waste issue and create jobs and even products from what would have been waste plastic. See their products and work here;https://cleanandproud-recycling.com/our-story/Dan Webb from Everyday Plastichttps://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/episode/83a6defc27fd5c83eb878807151ea8f81a5c33e9/viewRecycling tipshttps://www.recyclenow.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ageofplas...
How do you deliver plastic-free coffee?
August 25, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBWe're BACK (I'm back) for series 3!Today hear from the amazing Victoria Poon from Alpaca Coffee. They're single origin, South and Central American coffee delivered to your door, 100% plastic free and home compostable packaging. From her base in Peru we chat about launching a business during Covid, how to find the most sustainable packaging and also how to best enjoy your coffee! So grab yours now and take a listen!Order Alpaca Coffeewww.alpacacoffee.co.ukAlpaca (the animal!) Covid Newshttps:...
Time to talk poop! And reusable nappies... with Close
July 01, 2020 21:07 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBTime to talk about kids and sustainability!Nappies, are a huge polluter. Close, formerly Close parent sell reusable baby items, from nappies to carriers, swimwear and lots for kids messy play times too amongst much more.Launched in 2004, and featured in a Channel 4 show in 2007 and rebranded as Close in 2011.Find out everything you ever wanted to know about sustainable kids products and more on today's episode with Martine & Hester from Closehttps://closeparent.com/Keep in contact!https://www...
Plastic Alternatives with Sam from WiseSip
June 13, 2020 10:10 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBHello! This episode was recorded two weeks ago and is slightly delayed as me and the guest felt we didn’t want to put it out whilst the discussions was about the Black Lives Matter movement. When I started the podcast I wanted to showcase a diverse range of voices and I feel like I have failed, but I will do better. Below are some black climate activists and voices I recommend you follow and I would love to hear yours too!Right - today’s guest - we’ve spoken to lots of campaigners and busines...
Fashion and furloughing with Sophie Slater from Birdsong
May 05, 2020 11:07 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBToday’s guest talking all things sustainable, and people and planet centric is the lovely Sophie Slater from sustainable ethical fashion brand Birdsong, a brand that is a social movement first and foremost. We spoke just after Fashion Revolution about what Covid 19 means for the fashion world.https://birdsong.london/Support them via their Patreon and get access to their Fashion Revolution Week content:https://www.patreon.com/birdsonglondonMari Copeny (Little Miss Flint)https://twitter.com/Lit...
Plastic Waste Campaigning in Lockdown
April 28, 2020 13:35 - 27 minutes - 19 MBToday we hear from friend of the podcast - Daniel Webb - I spoke to him at the end of 2018 about the year he had spent collecting ALL of his plastic. Listen again here: https://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/episode/83a6defc27fd5c83eb878807151ea8f81a5c33e9/viewThat plastic; 22 bags, turned a personal plastic blueprint, a mural in Margate, and a report put together with scientist Dr Julie Schneider, giving a snapshot of one person’s plastic waste. Now he’s trialing a way to do that for you! The...
Cleaning and Plastic Waste, in the time of Corona
April 07, 2020 10:06 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBWe are back! Today hear from Nick Torday & Marcus Hill from Bower Collective, a business dedicated to the best natural household products in plastic-free and reusable packaging, delivered on repeat to your home. We spoke (via the magic of the internet) about their journey, the animal inspired name for their company, stock pilling, closed circle loops, some terrible environmental hot takes that have been going around regarding Coronavirus, and why they didn't chose compostable packaging.Apolog...
How to take on the bottle water industry?
March 04, 2020 01:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBOur guest today is the David in David & Goliath Battle with BIG PLASTIC. Rich Razgaitis truly believes we should think of the petro chemical companies in the way we have previously thought of BIG TOBACCO. Raz as he’s known is the co-founder and CEO of FLOWATER and is on a mission to provide the best water on the planet, without any plastic bottle waste.Flowater is water purification using the newest filter technology in water Refill Stations, to create drinking water that tastes better than a...
How do you travel sustainably?
February 26, 2020 01:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBThis episode of the Age of Plastic Podcast is all about enjoying travel sustainably! I'm joined by fellow podcast host India Pearson from Green on the GO. It's a podcast from Holiday Extra's that brings you the latest news, tips and trends to help you travel more sustainably and with less plastic. Find out what Flygskam is! Where in the world is doing really forward thinking on sustainability and the surprising holiday destination which is lagging behind!Holiday Extrashttps://www.holidayextra...
How do you make bags out of fruit?
February 19, 2020 11:15 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBToday find out how to make bags out of pineapple, mango and apple waste products! AKA the so called VEGAN LEATHER. Sydney born Jess Kruger pivoted into designing and making bags and founded LUXTRA LONDON.Check out her designshttps://luxtralondon.com/Follow Luxtra Londonhttps://www.instagram.com/luxtralondon/Find out more about Fruit Leather Rotterdamhttps://fruitleather.nl/Discover 'Pineapple leather' Pinatexhttps://www.ananas-anam.com/1% for the planethttps://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/J...
Talking activism with Ella Daish
February 12, 2020 19:19 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBToday I’m talking activism with an amazing person who decided to quit her job to focus on her campaign. She's the award winning ELLA DAISH - from End Period Plastic. She's Aldi and Sainsburys to stop making plastic applicators in their own brand products, saving tonnes of plastic waste and set up meetings with big producers like Bodyform and Lillets- what she’s achieved just SINCE I spoke to her a few weeks ago!Sign her petition!https://www.change.org/p/make-all-menstrual-products-plastic-fre...
What does it take to create a plastic free beauty brand?
February 05, 2020 16:55 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBHow do you launch a brand new eco brand? Sue Campbell decided to leave her job 2 years ago and set up a clean green beauty brand - Kind 2 - solid shampoo and conditioners bars that are plastic free - vegan and free from soap, sulphates, silicones and parabens. "Saving the planet doesn't have to mean bad hair." Sue doesn’t have a cosmetics background - so I was really interested in her career turn around - we talk about issues you may have had trying solid bars before, business carbon footpri...
How to solve the climate crisis with your imagination.
January 22, 2020 15:13 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBAuthor and founder of Transition Town Totnes ROB HOPKINS is my guest on this episode of the Age of Plastic. As well as discussing the brilliant idea that is Transition towns and the Transition Network (where communities take action to reimagine and rebuild together) we talk about the ideas behind his new book called FROM WHAT IS TO WHAT IF: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to create the future we want.https://www.chelseagreen.com/writer/rob-hopkins/https://www.robhopkins.net/https://transi...
How to buy Christmas gifts that last a lifetime...
December 11, 2019 17:02 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBToday’s guest on the Age of Plastic Podcast, Buy Me Once founder and author Tara Button. Buy Me Once is a one stop online shop for the most durable sustainable items that in some cases will last you a lifetime. From umbrellas to tights to frying pans, Buy Me Once does what it says on the tin! Tara Button set the site up when she realised no one focuses on long lasting products anymore. She’s also written a book called A Life Less Throwaway and even had a sustainable wedding! We cover over con...
How to save the world when you drink beer?
November 22, 2019 11:09 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis episode of the Age of Plastic Podcast I talk food waste with Global Brand, Culture and Sustainability Officer Louise Zaine from Toast Ale. They make beer from waste bread!We get a history lesson in beer, talk crusts, B Corps, home brewing and what you should drink your beer from!I went along to help make a special brew you can get your hands on from 28th November at six selected London Brewdogs in time for Thanksgiving called Dubbel Dubbel Toil and Trouble! To celebrate Thanksgiving and ...
How to have a sustainable, plastic free kitchen.
November 11, 2019 15:32 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBTodays guest has been doing things sustainably in the kitchen for 50 years - culminating in setting up one of a just handful of cooking schools looking at sustainability in the UK. Rosalind Rathouse is an experienced cook and founder of the Cookery School at Little Portland Street in London in 2003. In our chat I ask Rosalind what’s best, organic or local and how she teaches these labels to her students and find out how she came to set up and run an eco, and totally plastic free kitchen.Sign ...
Talking PLASTIC FREEDOM with founder Beth Noy
October 28, 2019 15:40 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this episode find out how Beth Noy set up Plastic Freedom an amazing site full of plastic free options in everything from Christmas wrap to Pet Toys. Find out how she quit her job to set it up, how she gets around supply issues when they include plastic packaging, her favourite items and how she plants a TREE for every order!Shop and sign up to the newsletter belowhttps://www.plasticfreedom.co.uk/And follow online https://www.instagram.com/plasticfreedom_/Beth's Herohttps://www.calmajor.co...
How to fight food waste and save great food?
October 13, 2019 18:11 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBOn this episode of the Age of Plastic I'm delighted to be chatting to co-founder of Too Good To Go - Jamie Crummie. Too Good To Go is the food waste app that’s more than just an app. Found out how on this episode as we discuss why their Magic Bags are a win win solution for everyone, the variables that make it hard for eateries to deal with waste and celebrate a momentous milestone. Listen out for some amazing culinary puns as well!Download Too Good To Gohttps://toogoodtogo.co.uk/en-gbReal Ju...
What impact is your morning coffee having on the planet?
October 01, 2019 20:43 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBWhat impact is your morning coffee having on the planet? Our your afternoon coffee for that matter. On today’s episode - hear from Sarah Lim and James Proctor Blane from Halo Coffee - the world’s first 100% compostable coffee capsule. Find out what the capsules are made of, why zero waste maybe is a difficult thing for us to aim for, Halo’s big plans and why they have some soil in a glass box in their office!https://halo.coffee/Perfect world foundationhttps://www.theperfectworld.com/en/https...
How Odd Box are helping our huge food waste problem with wonky veg!
September 16, 2019 13:53 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBHow do you pick your veg? Shiniest apples? Biggest potatoes? Absolutely no brown spots on your bananas? Terrifyingly even before it leaves the farm for our shops there’s a massive amount of food that is wasted. A third in fact! Worth 17 billion pounds! Why is this? Well find out from today’s guest…Odd Box is a London's first and only fruit and veg box that fights food waste by rescuing fresh and delicious surplus & wonky produce straight from the farm.Co-founder of ODD BOX Emilie Vanpoperingh...
What can you do with the hard to recycle stuff?
September 02, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBYou've got your recycling boxes at home, maybe composter or food waste bin… but what about your workplace? And what about all those fluorescent light bulbs, coffee granules, printer jets, cooking oil and hangers that you might be using where you work?First Mile are a recycling service that since 2004 has been helping 27,000 businesses like Caffe Nero, Innocent Drinks and the National Gallery to leave a greener footprint on the planet by recycling their waste to the max. Their ethos is to make...
How sustainable is your holiday?
August 19, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBWhat does it take to make a hotel sustainable? Do we even consider sustainability enough when it comes to our holidays?Find out from one half of Stow-Projects - Charlie Fulford who helped create STOW AWAY HOTEL in London’s Waterloo.Stow Away don’t have plastic filled mini bars, has solar panels on the roof, no plastic miniatures and you won’t end up going home with a plastic key card either... If you love concrete chat, and want to know what on earth a PASSIVE HOUSE is… this is the podcast fo...
Campaigning with City To Sea founder Natalie Fee!
August 05, 2019 08:06 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBOn the podcast today, founder of City To Sea Natalie Fee!Hear all about the Bristol based non-profit's environmental campaigns, her book out Oct 19 How To Save The World For Free, and why ‘sustainable’ is a lame target to aim for!Head below to sign up and back their campaigns from Switch the Stick to Plastic Free Periods. Plus get tips on plastic free travel this summer!https://www.citytosea.org.uk/Here is the book you are looking out forhttps://www.laurenceking.com/product/how-to-save-the-w...
with City To Sea founder Natalie Fee!
August 05, 2019 08:06 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBOn the podcast today, founder of City To Sea Natalie Fee!Hear all about the Bristol based non-profit's environmental campaigns, her book out Oct 19 How To Save The World For Free, and why ‘sustainable’ is a lame target to aim for!Head below to sign up and back their campaigns from Switch the Stick to Plastic Free Periods. Plus get tips on plastic free travel this summer!https://www.citytosea.org.uk/Here is the book you are looking out forhttps://www.laurenceking.com/product/how-to-save-the-wo...
What actually IS green energy?
July 25, 2019 16:47 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBWhat on earth actually is green energy? Juliet Davenport CEO of Good Energy explains renewables, shares who inspires her, why scrutiny is a good thing, and talks greenwashing! https://www.goodenergy.co.uk/Blog on Greenwashinghttps://www.goodenergy.co.uk/blog/2019/07/05/the-underhand-greenwashing-trick-in-edf-s-latest-advert/Book with info on indoor stoves (and much more) Invisible Womenhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1113605/invisible-women/9781784741723.htmlEnvironmental Hack - Ecosiaht...