This is a special episode of Love Zero Waste. In collaboration with Zero Waste Europe, the number-one expert organisation on all matters zero waste in Europe, throughout October, we’ve been scanning the continent’s zero waste trends focusing on four areas: (1) reuse, (2) zero waste shopping, (3) quitting single-use plastics and (4) the impact of plastics on our health.
This episode is the summary, the ultimate highlight compilation of all the interviewed we conducted. You’ll meet 12 experts and frontrunners, working in some of the most exciting business, government and civil society organisations across Europe, to tackle specific aspects of zero waste.
Our guests:
- Alice Bah Kuhnke, politician in the European Parliament
https://www.instagram.com/alicebahkuhnke
- Alec Mills and Celia Pool, co-founders of DAME
https://wearedame.co
- Bettina Steinbrugger, CEO and co-founder of Erdbeerwoche
https://erdbeerwoche.com
- Chloé Mikolajczak, sustainable development campaigner and host of the Burning case podcast
https://www.instagram.com/theburningcasepodcast
https://www.instagram.com/thegreenmonki
- Joan Marc Simon, director of Zero Waste Europe
https://zerowasteeurope.eu
- Justine Maillot, Consumption & Production Campaigner at Zero Waste Europe & Policy Coordinator at the Rethink Plastic alliance of Zero Waste Europe
https://zerowasteeurope.eu
https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu
- Katja Sres, head of public relations at Ecologists without borders Slovenia
https://ebm.si
- Larissa Copello, consumption and production campaigner of Zero Waste Europe
https://zerowasteeurope.eu
- Linda Vasilescu, co-founder of R-CREATE
http://www.r-create.ro
- Sofia Sydorenko, coordinator of Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine
https://www.instagram.com/zwaukraine/
https://zerowastelviv.org.ua/doslidzhennia-the-lancet/
- Susana Fonseca, board member of ZERO Portugal
https://zero.ong/
Call to action!
We have two specific calls to action with this episode:
- Sign The Bloody Manifesto, by November 26, 2020: http://bit.ly/signmanifesto
- Learning by self-reflection
Throughout listening to the show we urge you to reflect on the following questions:
What am I learning?
How can I contribute to the transition towards a zero waste society?
Take notes on a piece of paper, on your phone, by scribbling in the sand! Listen, contemplate and act!
Sources
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_action_plan.pdf
https://www.wen.org.uk/environmenstrualweek
https://www.wen.org.uk/our-work/environmenstrual
https://www.forbes.com/sites/serenaoppenheim/2019/01/31/hello-plastic-free-periods-the-worlds-first-reusable-tampon-applicator
https://reports.mintel.com/display/858711/
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjUwNzU5LnJzcw/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC01NjUzNDUw?hl=en-AT&ved=2ahUKEwiXguie9PPsAhWK3eAKHcZTA7YQjrkEegQIDBAI&ep=6
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/wbhn73b/the-green-wave
https://www.sis.se/en/news/swedish-stakeholders-request-global-iso-standards-for-menstrual-products
Sources Zero Waste Europe
Reusable & toxic-free menstrual products, 2018, ZWE, https://zerowasteeurope.eu/downloads/64575/
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/plastics/tyres-and-microplastics-time-reinvent-wheel
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/products/
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/?fwp_library_programmes=consumption-production
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/dare-to-imagine-a-better-future
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/towards-safe-food-contact-materials-in-a-toxic-free-circular-economy
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/reusable-packaging-and-covid-19
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/packaging-free-shops-in-europe-an-initial-report
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/how-to-make-packaging-free-shops-go-mainstream
