Love Zero Waste

What inspires a world-leading expert on upcycling? What signifies a really good upcycling project? What do I need to get started with upcycling? We’re about to find out! Right now Upcycle That is the world’s premier online upcycling destination. Upcycle That offers ideas, inspiration, and tutorials for reusing and repurposing common materials. Learn more about upcycling from a world-leading expert!

Guest is Judy Rom, co-founder of Upcycle That and an upcycling superstar.

But what is upcycling? Here’s Wikipedia's definition of upcycling: “Upcycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality and environmental value”. In other words, turning trash into treasure!

Hosts: Malin Leth, Circulous and Evelina Lundqvist, The Good Tribe

Jingle: Merlinn Sound

Sources

Upcycle That, https://www.upcyclethat.com/

Whether you’re celebrating Easter or not, whether you’re in quarantine at the moment or not, many of us are looking forward to, or even longing to socialise and celebrate with others - holidays, parties, anniversaries, you name it! But how can we all make it through a holiday or celebration without generating a ton of trash - or even - go zero waste?

Guests are Carlyn Grebleski, a-year-in-a-jar expert and blogger of Less Waste World and Andrea Lunzer, founder and CEO of the packaging-free and organic produce grocery store Lunzers Maßgreißlerei.

In this episode of Love Zero Waste Live we’re talking about zero waste food, gifts, and travels - and the magic jar. Generating so little trash that you basically can fit it into a jam jar. Some people would say the jar has become something of a staple for the zero waste community. Not everyone is striving for that though. Simply put, today we’re all about tips and tricks on how to survive any holiday or celebration with as little waste as possible!

Hosts: Malin Leth, Circulous and Evelina Lundqvist, The Good Tribe

Jingle: Merlinn Sound

Sources:

Lunzers Maßgreißlerei, http://mass-greisslerei.at

Less Waste World, www.lesswasteworld.com

Episode with Carlyn in season 1, https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/episode-4-a-year-of-trash-in-a-jar-and-the-packaging-free-grocery-store

Any movement starts with you, yes you as an individual. We are change agents of our time and every big movement starts with one small step. On this first-ever live episode, you’ll learn more about how to mobilize and engage others for collective action.

Our guest is Melati Wijsen of Bye Bye Plastic Bags, an organisation founded in Indonesia, and in the meantime a global movement, with 50 teams all over the world, that is working towards a world with no plastic bags. In this episode Melati shares her story and concrete tips for other aspiring change agents. Melati and her sister Isabel Wijsen founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags back in 2013. Together with many supporters and partners, they have been working on the frontline, advocating an official ban on plastic bags in Bali. Last year, the official ban on single-use plastics (plastic bags, straws, and Styrofoam) was enforced by the Balinese government. And what’s more! Melati just launched YOUTHOPIA, a program for equipping youth with tools and skills to become the next generation of changemakers.

Sources

Bye Bye Plastic Bags, http://www.byebyeplasticbags.org/

Youthtopia, http://www.youthtopia.world/

Melati Wijsen and Isabel Wijsen’s TED talk, https://www.ted.com/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali

Bali ban on single-use plastics, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/bali-fights-for-its-beautiful-beaches-by-rethinking-waste-plastic-trash/

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

#lovezerowaste #saynotoplasticbags #circulareconomy #zerowaste #thegoodtribe #circulous #byebyeplasticbags #plasticpollution #plasticpollutionfree #youthopia #changemaker #youth #GetMorePlays

Malin and Evelina here! We’re popping by to tell you that we’re working in season three of Love Zero Waste!

In our podcast, we talk to experts - entrepreneurs, designers, activists, and scientists - trying to drastically reduce the 2 billion tons of solid waste that humanity generates every year. These experts are working to break the link between economic growth and increased waste generation.

And mind you, that number of 2 billion tons per year is rapidly rising, and it’s impacting our health and economy, and polluting the oceans and lands. Without urgent action, the 2 billion tons of waste we humans generate every year, will increase by 70% on current levels by 2050.

We’ve created two seasons of Love Zero Waste and are now working on the third one.

On the show, we’re tackling the seemingly boring topics of waste and waste management. But we’re looking at it from a ZERO waste perspective. ZERO waste makes all the difference. Waste is a sign of system failure. ZERO waste is about designing out waste. Not by burning or burying it, not even by recycling it. But by removing it from the equation. Everything stays in the loop.

In season 3 we will dive deep into the topics of electronics, food and flames but also zero waste cities and what we can learn from imitating nature in design processes.

Now is the time to stop climate change. With Love Zero Waste we want to show that the only way we can do this - is together.

Season 3 is coming later this winter!

Tune in to listen to Love Zero Waste on Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Podcast - or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Support our work through Patreon!

http://patreon.com/lovezerowaste

In this extra special episode, recorded after the Love Zero Waste online session at the Ellen McArthur Foundation Disruptive Innovation Festival, hosts Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist explain the 12 R of zero waste and explore new ideas and opportunities on how to tackle the system overload and create system change. In other words, turning off the tap!

What are the 12 R of zero waste? Many of you will already know reduce, reduce and recycle. But there’s more: remember, respect, refuse, return, refill, rot, repurpose, restore and repair! Let's take a closer look!

Mind you, this is not an attempt to define the concept of zero waste. The 12 R and the bullseye, which we talk about in the episode, featuring "remember" in the middle and "recycle" on the outer edge is a hands-on method to approach zero waste.

* remember, respect, refuse, reduce, reduce, return, refill, rot, repurpose, restore, repair & recycle

SOURCES

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20893132/european-union-eu-rules-right-to-repair-ecodesign-directive-environmental-spare-parts

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/05/plastics-facts-infographics-ocean-pollution/

https://www.thinkdif.co/sessions/turning-off-the-tap-how-the-12-r-of-zero-waste-can-end-system-overload

https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/

Support our work through Patreon!

Make a one-time or even a monthly donation to Love Zero Waste through our Patreon page. Donations will allow us to make more, more frequents and even richer content for the podcast. Your support means the world to us!

https://www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste

Let us know what you think!

We’d love to get your feedback on the podcast. Did you learn something new in this episode? Would you recommend others to listen to Love Zero Waste? What topics do you want us to tackle in the podcast? We’re all ears! Please also leave a review on Apple Podcast. That would mean the world to us. And it makes it easier for more people to find us.

Let’s co-create!

Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe. We’re always open to ideas and collaborations.

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

Hosts Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist wrap up and summarise season 2 of Love Zero Waste! We share our most significant learnings and insights from the five episodes of season 2. We discuss the turning-off-the-tap allegory, superheroes in mycelium capes, the significance of hacking the system and collaborating, the lack of silver bullets and the importance of creating space for innovation and thinking crazy thoughts, ecosystem services, taboos and convenience contributing to trash and the future of regenerative single-use items. And what would we say if we met our alter-ego from a parallel universe, working for a medium-sized international business with a linear production line?

Episodes in season 2:

“How plastics revolutionised our lives and is now destroying the planet”, with Maggie Lee of WWF and Anders Ankarlid of A Good Company. (https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/episode-6-how-plastics-revolutionised-our-lives-and-are-now-destroying-the-planet)

“The Change BIG money can accomplish”, with Reynir Indahl of Summa Equity and Matt Demorais of Unilever. (https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/episode-7-the-change-big-money-can-accomplish)

“The magic of composting”, with Hana Nur Auliana of Waste4Change, Alfred Grand of Vermigrand and Ben Conard of Noissue. (https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/episode-8-the-magic-of-composting)

“Building zero waste”, with the three winning teams of Denmark’s Circular Construction Challenge: From waste to biomaterial with Hanne Tine Ring Hansen and Jon Wedersøe Strunge, Reskur with Niels Jakubiak Andersen and Gentrae with Maria Ekblad. (https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/episode-9-building-zero-waste)

“No excuse for single-use”, with Anne-Marie Harant of Erdbeerwoche and Afreen Kamran of Eco.pal. (https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/episode-10-no-excuse-for-single-use)

Sources:

Mycelium, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycelium

Regenerative economic theory, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_economic_theory

Support our work through Patreon!

Make a one-time or even a monthly donation to Love Zero Waste through our Patreon page. Donations will allow us to make more, more frequents and even richer content for the podcast. Your support means the world to us!

https://www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste

Let us know what you think!

We’d love to get your feedback on the podcast. Did you learn something new in this episode? Would you recommend others to listen to Love Zero Waste? What topics do you want us to tackle in the podcast? We’re all ears! Please also leave a review on Apple Podcast. That would mean the world to us. And it makes it easier for more people to find us.

Let’s co-create!

Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe. We’re always open to ideas and collaborations.

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

Special thanks to Åre Media Network, www.aremedia.se, for lending Evelina a microphone!

We’re drowning in everyday single-use items - plastic and otherwise! Toothbrushes, medication and grocery packaging, straws, tampons, coffee-to-go cups, paper and plastic bags, stockings, newspapers… The list is never-ending.

In this episode, we’re meeting experts Annemarie Harant of Erdbeerwoche and Afreen Kamran of Eco.pal. Annemarie and Afreen are entrepreneurs working to educate and provide alternatives to single-use items on a large scale. Annemarie and Afreen share insights on fighting the habit to use and immediately dispose of everyday items, and what is being done through policy changes and mobilising youth to make a change.

Annemarie and Afreen are driven by strong numbers. They have both done surveys on human behavior and observed what items end up in the bin or being flushed down the toilet. Moreover, they share a passion for not only making a change for themselves but for the masses. Prepare to get inspired!

Also, Evelina and Malin reveal their own favorite single-use items. Could all single-use items be swapped for multiple-use? Perhaps. At least if you have an ear-scratching affinity...

Sources

Erdbeerwoche, https://www.erdbeerwoche.com

Erdbeerwoche in Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/erdbeerwoche_

Ecopal on Instagram,

https://instagram.com/eco.pal?igshid=h2uvc2eix72l

Ears poons (or ear pick or ear scoop) (Wikipedia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pick

Lahore University of Management Sciences, https://lums.edu.pk/

Disposable products (single-use items) (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_product

“The single-use plastics you never thought about and 13 simple swaps” (Heidi Bischof), https://medium.com/@heidi_bischof/the-single-use-plastics-you-never-thought-about-and-13-simple-swaps-8f25df39019b

“Single-use plastics a serious climate change hazard, study warns” (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/15/single-use-plastics-a-serious-climate-change-hazard-study-warns

Report: “Marine pollution in the caribbean - not a minute to waste” (World bank) http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482391554225185720/pdf/Marine-Pollution-in-the-Caribbean-Not-a-Minute-to-Waste.pdf

“Caribbean beaches are littered with single-use plastics (World bank) https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/caribbean-beaches-are-littered-single-use-plastics

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“Sustainable Menstruation - The Impact of Menstrual Products on the Environment” (Ayesha Mehrotra) https://medium.com/one-future/sustainable-menstruation-the-environmental-impact-of-menstrual-products-eba30e095cda

“The people fighting pollution with plastic-free periods” (BBC), https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43879789

Think before you flush, https://thinkbeforeyouflush.org/

How diapers and menstrual pads are exposing babies and women to hormone-disrupting, toxic chemicals (Environmental Health News), https://www.ehn.org/diapers-and-menstrual-pads-chemicals-2627099478.html

Let us know what you think!

We’d love to get your feedback on the podcast. Did you learn something new in this episode? Would you recommend others to listen to Love Zero Waste? What topics do you want us to tackle in the podcast? We’re all ears! Please also leave a review on Apple Podcast. That would mean the world to us. And it makes it easier for more people to find us.

Let’s co-create!

Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe. We’re always open to ideas and collaborations. Spread the love using #lovezerowaste.

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

As the world’s population grows and urbanization is on the rise, we continue to build and generate massive amounts of waste. Globally, more than 2 billion tons of solid waste is generated every year. And don’t fall off your chair now. About half of this comes from building materials. Steel, concrete, wood, you name it. Is zero waste in the building and construction industry even possible!? Now - or in the future!?

In 2018, the Danish philanthropic association Realdania launched the “Circular Construction Challenge” to kickstart the circular transition in the building industry. In this episode, Malin meets up with the three winning teams of the challenge in Copenhagen to hear more about their work and how they will create change. The winning teams are represented by experts Niels Jakubiak Andersen from ReSkur, Maria Ekblad from Gentrae, Hanne Tine Ring Hansen and Jon Wedersøe Strunge from Waste to biomaterial.

When 3D-printing becomes mainstream, and mycelium grown construction is tomorrow - then what will we see in the future? Wait a minute! Building houses...using funghi? This is science fiction! Evelina admits she’s a StarTrek fan and sees the connection with their use of the mycelial network. This is not the same thing, right? Also, the concept of regenerative buildings and our cultural connection to buildings captures our imagination.

Sources

Circular Construction Challenge, https://www.circularconstructionchallenge.org/

From waste to biomaterial (Circular Construction Challenge), https://www.circularconstructionchallenge.org/winners/from-waste-to-biomaterial-growing-new-building-materials-from-waste

Gentrae (Circular Construction Challenge), https://www.circularconstructionchallenge.org/winners/gentrae-circular-alternative-introducing-reused-building-materials-in-large-scale-retail-sale

ReSkur (Circular Construction Challenge), https://www.circularconstructionchallenge.org/winners/reskur-a-shed-for-future-generations-built-from-previous-generations-waste

Realdania, https://www.realdania.org/

“3D-printed Gaia house is made from biodegradable materials” (DEZEEN) https://www.dezeen.com/2019/02/27/gaia-wasp-3d-printed-house-biodegradable-video/

“3D-printing in construction” (Designing buildings), https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/3D_printing_in_construction

Capital institute (more on regenerative economy!), https://capitalinstitute.org/

“What a Waste 2.0” (Report by World Bank), https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30317

“Snapshot of solid waste management” (a poster summary of the report “What a Waste 2.0” by World Bank), http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/429851552939596362/What-a-Waste-2-Revised-version.pdf

“3 Real-Life Inspirations For The 'Star Trek: Discovery' Spore Drive” (FORBES) https://www.forbes.com/sites/linhanhcat/2019/03/19/star-trek-discovery-spore-drive/

Support our work through Patreon!

Make a one-time or even monthly donation to Love Zero Waste on our Patreon page. Donations will allow us to make more, more frequent and even richer content for the podcast. Your support means the world to us!

https://www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

We’re taking a closer look at composting! Did you know that the transformation from biomass to humus soil is key to survival on earth? Since very few plants can grow without humus, we’re dependent on it. Let's dig into the science, business and awareness building of composting!

In this episode, Evelina pays a visit to Alfred Grand, founder of Vermigrand, an earthworm compost and humus business in Austria. Malin meets up with Hana Nur Auliana, growth hacker of Waste4Change, a compost, recycling and consulting company in Indonesia. Moreover, we chat to Ben Conard, marketing director of Noissue a compostable mailer business in New Zealand.

Alfred explains how composting works, he dives into hot and cold options, the commercial production of Vermigrand’s organic humus soil, and all the ways to keep earthworms happy and eager to do their work. Hana talks about Waste4Change’s programs “Send Your Waste” and “Zero Waste to Landfill”, and the efficiency of the Indonesian black soldier fly. Ben shares Noissue’s insights on composting as an incremental part of your business model and enabling for businesses and end-consumers to make environmentally sustainable choices.

All in all, this is an episode celebrating not only earthworms and black soldier flies - but the critical change small and medium-sized business can contribute to! Oh, and by the “magic of composting”, we mean the science and biology of composting, it’s just so cool, we couldn’t help ourselves. This certainly is magical!

Sources

Vermigrand’s website, http://vermigrand.com

Noissue’s website, http://noissue.co

Waste4Change’s website, https://waste4change.com

Definition of Homininae, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homininae

Facts about earthworms, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm

Facts about soldier flies, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetia_illucens

Facts about soldier flies, https://waste4change.com/black-soldier-flies-bsf-great-business-opportunity-and-a-perfect-solution-to-organic-waste-problem/small-2/

Waste4Change’s “Send your waste program”, https://waste4change.com/sendyourwaste/

Waste4Change’s “Zero waste to landfill”, https://waste4change.com/official/service/zero-waste-to-landfill-management

Facts about composting, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost

Composting guide, https://yuzumag.com/how-to-compost/

Facts about ecosystem services, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_services

How to make compost at home, https://happydiyhome.com/how-to-make-compost/

Let us know what you think!

We’d love to get your feedback on the podcast. Did you learn something new in this episode? Would you recommend others to listen to Love Zero Waste? What topics do you want us to tackle in the podcast? We’re all ears! Please also leave a review on Apple Podcast. That would mean the world to us. And it makes it easier for more people to find us.

Let’s co-create!

Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe. We’re always open to ideas and collaborations. Spread the love using #lovezerowaste.

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz

In this episode, we're focusing on the role of investors and corporations in the zero waste movement - on BIG money. Reynir Indahl, founder and managing director at Summa Equity and Matthew Demorais, working with Global External Affairs at Sustainable Packaging of Unilever are guest in this episode.

Investors and corporations contribute to the zero waste vision by trying to figure out how they can serve the market better, how they can earn more money, develop new products and services, push for new policies and much more. But what triggers change among the big players? How do they envision a zero waste society, and what are the concrete steps they’re currently taking?

Reynir Indahl and Matthew Demorais share their insights on large-scale zero waste change processes and disruptions and the importance of co-creation and collaboration. Moreover, Reynir and Matthew share their own personal motivation for contributing to zero waste. Evelina and Malin discuss if system change doesn’t come down to a handful of people anyway…

A special thank you to Raiffeisen Nachhaltigkeits-Initiative for supporting the making of this episode! We’ve very grateful for your help!

https://www.raiffeisen.at/nachhaltigkeit/NA-NA-NA-1-NA.html

Sources

“We’re introducing reusable, refillable packaging to help cut waste” (Unilever), https://www.unilever.com/news/news-and-features/Feature-article/2019/we-are-introducing-reusable-refillable-packaging-to-help-cut-waste.html

“Pepsi, Nestle, and more will test reusable packaging subscription service” (The Verge), https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/28/18200449/loop-reusable-packaging-subscription-service-pepsi-nestle-unilever

The LOOP store, https://loopstore.com/

“Loop’s launch brings reusable packaging to the world’s biggest brands” (Green Biz), https://www.greenbiz.com/article/loops-launch-brings-reusable-packaging-worlds-biggest-brands

Waste & packaging (Unilever), https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/reducing-environmental-impact/waste-and-packaging

Summa Equity, http://summaequity.com

Summa Equity closes its Fund II with SEK 6.5 billion to invest to solve global challenges (press release), https://news.cision.com/summa-equity/r/summa-equity-closes-its-fund-ii-with-sek-6-5-billion-to-invest-to-solve-global-challenges,c2751062

Norsk gjenvinning’s website, https://www.norskgjenvinning.no and Norsk gjenvinning on Summa Equity’s website, http://summaequity.com/solve/#tmc-373

Sortera’s website, https://sortera.se and Sortera on Summa Equity’s website http://summaequity.com/solve/#tmc-445

Let us know what you think!

We’d love to get your feedback on the podcast. Did you learn something new in this episode? Would you recommend others to listen to Love Zero Waste? What topics do you want us to tackle in the podcast? We’re all ears! Please also leave a review on Apple Podcast. That would mean the world to us. And it makes it easier for more people to find us.

Let’s co-create!

Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe. We’re always open to ideas and collaborations. Spread the love using #lovezerowaste.

Credits

Idea, production and editing: The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com and Circulous, www.circulous.biz

Hosts: Evelina Lundqvist and Malin Leth

Mixing: Umami produktion, www.umamiproduktion.se

Jingle: Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com

Initiators the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz