In this episode of Plastics Revolution, I'm chatting with Louise Hardman of Plastic Collective based in the small beach community of Woolgoolga, New South Wales Australia. 

Louise became aware of the plastic waste issue in the ocean over 25 years ago when she was a young zoologist.  She'd found a green turtle that was dying because it had eaten plastic hidden in the sea grass.

Today she's tackling this problem at the source by creating a portable plastic recycling machine for remote communities that don't otherwise have waste management system in place.   

While recording this episode, Australia is in the middle of a major bushfire crisis, and I'm afraid that the audio quality was occasionally impacted during our chat.  Louise and I want to send out heartfelt thanks to all the firefighters and volunteers that are helping during this difficult time, as well as our sympathies for all those people and animals that have been impacted directly.

I hope you enjoy this episode of Plastics Revolution with Louise Hardman of Plastic Collective.

You can read the full transcript of this episode on Tammy's blog.

 

Companies, Organisations and Products Mentioned in this Podcast:

Plastic Collective Precious Plastic Waw Hand Planes Eco Barge Clean Seas Sea Communities Ellen MacArthur Foundation Alliance to End Plastic Waste

 

Credits

Hosted by Tammy Ven Dange Produced by Jonny Puskas Theme Music by Joseph McDade All Rights Reserved 2019