What if we changed the way we looked at trash? What if our trash could become a valuable resource, with monetary value? We’re talking about this concept on the show today.

In this episode, I speak with Alan Bywaters, founder of Green Stars - a global cooperative with a mission to regenerate the planet.

Through collaboration with experts all around the world - scientists, engineers and pioneers - Alan has spent much of the past decade researching technologies to convert wasted resources like plastic, cigarette filters, metals, paper and more, into valuable and useful resources like energy and fuel.

As a scientist and engineer, Alan confirms that nothing can be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another. Having worked on the first municipal Waste-to-Energy plant in the UK and a wind farm near Scotland, he realised the capacity to transform waste into resources.

He has since taken this knowledge to smaller communities in developing regions who could largely benefit from a more sustainable method of waste management. The perfect scenario would be a solution where waste is transformed to resources which can be sold for money. This idea birthed the Trash2Cash program, an initiative that teaches marginalised communities to change the way they look at waste.

In the podcast, we talk about the Trash2Cash program, the future of Green Stars and the technologies required to implement Trash2Cash programs in regions globally.

For more information visit the Green Stars website: http://greenstars.eco/

View the crowdfunding campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-magic-of-trash2cash-truck