Age of Plastic
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  • How to save the planet with your trip to the hairdressers!
    Find 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.ecosia.org/(Photo Credit Meet The Fivers)

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    38 min
  • How to have a sustainable Christmas Tree!
    Gift 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 working to urge David A to Pass the Mic to other activists ECO LIFE HACK…https://lizzieoutside.co.uk/blog/ideas-for-eco-friendly-christmas-trees

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    31 min
  • How we can all be activists with 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 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 actually IS! And how we can all be activists and bring more people into the climate discussion, and keep it inclusive!Give the Gift of a Tree this Christmas with Treedomhttp://go.treedom.net/q7jdMikaela Loachhttps://www.instagram.com/mikaelaloachhttps://twitter.com/mikaelaloachListen to the YIKES Podcasthttps://anchor.fm/yikespodMikaela’s appearance she mentioned on the Friends of the Earth Podcasthttps://friendsoftheearth.uk/about-us/how-save-planet-friends-earth-podcastMight Delete Later Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/might-delete-later/id1500430715Me & White Supremacy Bookhttps://lighthousebookshop.com/products/9781529405101?_pos=2&_sid=4baf96735&_ss=rECO LIFE HACK https://www.goclimate.com/

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    51 min
  • Meet the DJ championing sustainability; Sam Feldt
    On 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 Foundationhttps://www.heartfeldt.foundation/teamWatch back the uplifting live mix from Sam & his band…https://cadenza.tv/set/sam-feldtAmanda Keetley Plastic Gamechangerhttps://www.lessplastic.org.uk/Hear her episode on this podcast here;https://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/episode/6d7f5c8a499c5dceb70f9a99af9fcb14cb4eb520/viewEco Life HacksSign Marcus Rashford’s Petition…https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554276/Pumpkin recipes from Hubbub https://www.hubbub.org.uk/pages/category/halloweenGet in touch!https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/https://twitter.com/andrea_fox

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    18 min
  • Series 3 Round UP & Future Fest!
    Join 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-bottles-six-times-fasterPODCASTS…The Daily from NYThttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/podcasts/the-daily/trump-coronavirus-symptoms.htmlThe Guilty Feminist Podcasthttps://guiltyfeminist.com/episodes/Lizzie Carr’s Earth Shakers Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/2DxrW072WgEeSAgBKY6Bw1Hot Take Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hot-take/id1488414960Aja & Lucy Podcast (Patreon content) https://www.patreon.com/AjaBarberThe YIKES Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-yikes-podcast/id1498623503Lucy Siegle’s So Hot Right Now Podcasthttps://podtail.com/en/podcast/so-hot-right-now/

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    20 min
  • The complexity of sustainability in skincare with Bolt Beauty
    Today 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 Tong’s TED TALKhttps://www.ted.com/talks/anote_tong_my_country_will_be_underwater_soon_unless_we_work_together?language=en

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    50 min
  • One Simple Change with Bambuu Brush
    Today’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 pollution and donate to charity, and they’ve even teamed up with big names to provide their brushes to holidayers travelling with Tui as well as Virgin Atlantic passengers - they’ve even made a documentary and were due to have links to the Olympics 2020!Find out more at https://bambuubrush.com/https://instagram.com/bambuubrushRob Hopkins Podcasthttps://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/episode/3624bd068564de4eec760a9034348c21cb1e90fa/viewPlanta Apphttps://getplanta.com/

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    46 min
  • How to have an open relationship with your wardrobe...
    Have 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 idea of fast fashion and supply chains.Download their app herehttps://www.thenuwardrobe.com/And follow them onlinehttps://www.instagram.com/wearenuw/Check out these articles too!https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/tired-of-your-own-clothes-try-swapping-and-sharing-on-nu-wardrobe-1.3886550https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/gen-z-isnt-ready-to-rent-clothes-yethttps://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/being-a-woman-in-business-i-ve-had-to-pitch-to-the-boys-club-1.4192743https://lovindublin.com/lifestyle/fashion/the-nu-wardrobe-app-is-the-answer-to-avoiding-fast-fashion

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    50 min
  • Talking sustainable interiors
    If 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 work.https://stitcha.co.uk/Eco Life Hack - bamboo electricals!https://ecoearthmarket.com/products/wireless-bamboo-computer-keyboard-and-mouse?fbclid=IwAR3ZluYNrz7uoadCCwXp3y00uxl3nQKQK-Y7CPo_995qDd5iH56ZolG1O3U

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    40 min
  • What would you do if you had no recycling?
    On 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/

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    28 min

About Age of Plastic

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An 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…

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