First Mile's Climate Heroes

B-Corp certified compliance scheme Ecosurety shows us how it is taking a new approach to producer responsibility. In this timely episode we learn about the future of extended producer responsibility, being a B-Corp and future recycling challenges. Our guest – James Piper - also gives us an early review of his new book, which is on the subject of rubbish.

In this episode our guest - Prof. Tom Appleby – shares his experiences of protecting the oceans and other public spaces to halt the destruction of our commons. His work ranges from banning plastic cotton buds, establishing ‘no take’ ocean conservation zones, and showing how we are polluting our latest common property – the internet.

Like it or not we are all being herded onto the Cloud and it is often claimed to be a greener choice for work and leisure. The majority of data centres are used to store and stream videos, which comes at a cost to us and the environment. In this episode we meet an anthropologist and an engineer to learn how the Cloud impacts society and the environment.

Mycelium, or the roots of mushrooms, can grow to the size of entire forests and are used by plants to communicate across large areas. Ehab Sayed of Biohm is using mycelium and other natural processes to make the building products of our futures that are organic and zero carbon. Ehab’s business is inspired by nature and its construction systems and materials champion a transformation towards the integration of engineering and biological processes. This episode hears how Biohm, a multi-award winning biotechnology company is changing the shape of the built environment.

First used as a packaging material by Toblerone a century ago aluminium  is the most recycled material in the world. 75% of all aluminium ever made is still in use today, but there’s still a lot more to do to recycle all of this wonderful material. In this episode we learn how far we have come and what the future might look like. Rick Hindley from Alupro talks to Wasted about the barriers and opportunities for aluminium recycling and what we might expect from Extended Producer Responsibility and a Deposit Return Scheme.

www.alupro.org.uk 

www.recyclealuminium.org.uk

Kicking-off Series 2 of Wasted we delve into 200 years of textile recycling with Dr John Parkinson who is founder of Yorkshire wool recycling business iinouiio. Learn how John is saving one of the olderst recycling industries - shoddy and how he plans to change perceptions of recycling in fashion.  https://www.iinouiio.com/about

Welcome to Wasted Series 2 and to get started we have a special edition where we meet some of the First Mile team

Season 2 of Wasted, The Green Impact Podcast with Bruce Bratley coming soon!