Impact at Scale with Zal Dastur discussed all things waste management with Joel Tasche, the founder and co-CEO of Cleanhub. Cleanhub brings waste management services to areas with inefficient systems, aiming to keep plastic out of the environment and create local jobs.

Joel shares his company's mission to tackle plastic pollution at scale and emphasizes the importance of strong partnerships and building relationships with local partners and communities. He also discusses Cleanhub's business model, which involves partnering with consumer goods brands to sponsor the cleanup of plastic waste.

Joel highlights the challenges of recycling, including the competition with the optimized process of producing virgin plastic and the difficulty of sorting and processing different types of plastic. We talk about the need for strong regulation and extended producer responsibility to drive change in waste management and recycling practices.

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