Age of Plastic

We'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://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-alpaca-nanobodies-immunity-research-karolinska-university-sweden-a9589791.htmlECO LIFE HACK - Sign the Period Pant Petition…https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323297WUKA Period Pants founder Ruby Raut https://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/episode/b5e504b8c4203faafb7a94fb1b1d05df846db836/view

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Time 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.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/https://twitter.com/andrea_foxhttps://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast/https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/

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Hello! 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 businesses and charities all on a sustainable journey, and today’s guest is very much at the start of theirs.Sam Theakston has set up 'Wisesip' company who make re usable products and that want to spread the word about becoming plastic free! They use plenty of alternatives from glass to hemp!Find out what Wisesip is all about - and hear me discover how the hell cork is made!...https://wisesip.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/wisesip/Climate and sustainability voices recommended for youAja Barberhttps://www.instagram.com/ajabarber/?hl=enhttps://www.patreon.com/AjaBarber/postshttps://twitter.com/AjaSaysHelloMari Copeny aka Little Miss Flinthttps://www.maricopeny.com/Marine Biologist Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnsonhttps://www.instagram.com/ayanaelizaHere is her article on the links between climate change and racism https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/05/climate/racism-climate-change-reading-list.htmlMikaela Loachhttps://www.instagram.com/mikaelaloachIsra Hirsi https://www.instagram.com/israhirsihttps://twitter.com/israhirsiAlso check out the @RealHotTake Podcast and newsletter by @AmyWestervelt @MaryHeglar

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Today’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/LittleMissFlintEco Life Hack:https://plantsavers.co.uk/https://getplantpack.co/

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Today 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 Everyday Plastic Survey LOCKDOWN addition! Listen for more and sign up to all the Everyday Plastic Channels to keep up to date!https://www.everydayplastic.org/Find out more about Ella Daish http://elladaish.com/index.htmlAnd Amanda Keetleyhttps://www.lessplastic.org.uk/plastic-behaviour-change-research/amandakeetley-2/ Eco Life Hackhttps://thefirstmile.co.uk/the-big-picture/delphis-ecoSay hi!https://www.iamandreafox.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/ageofplasticpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/ageofplasticpodcast/https://twitter.com/andrea_fox

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We 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.Apologies for the audio quality - my microphone failed me but our guests sound pretty good thanks to Zoom video calls.Find out more belowhttps://bowercollective.com/And follow here;https://www.instagram.com/bowercollectiveAnd here;https://twitter.com/CollectiveBower

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Our 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 anything in a single-use plastic bottle. They in most states in the US and have just launched in the UK.Flowaterhttps://www.drinkflowater.com/Rich Raz Ted Talkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh29TuuTGKMMicroplasticshttps://news.sky.com/story/microplastics-that-can-be-absorbed-into-the-body-found-in-uk-tap-water-11790920https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/microplastics-in-drinking-water/en/Natalie Fee on Age of Plastichttps://soundcloud.com/ageofplasticpodcast/city-to-seaSoul Cycle (in case you didn’t know)https://www.soul-cycle.com/studios/uk-london/

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This 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.holidayextras.co.uk/Subscribe to Green on the Go Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/green-on-the-go-the-sustainable-travel-podcast/id1446865477?mt=2Find out about The Travel Foundationhttps://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk/VOTE for Ella Daish in the Resource Media Awardshttps://hot100.resource.co/nominee/ella-daishVOTE for Lizzie Carr in the Inspiration of the Year in the Stylist Remarkable Women Awardshttps://www.stylist.co.uk/people/remarkable-women-2020-awards-categories-inspiration-nominees-how-to-vote/356894

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Today 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/Jess's trainershttps://www.onitsukatiger.com/

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Today 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-freeFollow Ella's plastic free journeyhttps://twitter.com/ella_daishhttps://www.instagram.com/elladaishhttp://elladaish.com/Eco Life Hack!https://plantableseedpaper.co.uk/

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