On our fourth episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from ClimateTech Founders on the East Coast, I spoke with Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli from WATS.

0:10: Introduction

2:37: Talk me through the problem space you’re in, the solution you’re bringing and what you and your Co-Founder are working on

5:55: Is the platform designed as much to reduce the amount of waste that a business produces and then take the waste that it is producing and make sure that those waste streams are put in the right places to drive a circular economy?

7:10: Where did the passion for climate and sustainability come from?

9:37: Where did your passion crystalise into ‘I’m going to do something about this’?

11:05: Where did you meet Laura?

13:20: How much of what you learnt during your consulting time inspired what you do at WATS?

15:37: Are you going location by location because being able to know what could be recycled where is a huge plus?

19:17: What have been the biggest challenges that you’ve faced over the last 12-18 months?

21:43: So today, where are you at with 8 members of the team?

22:40: And you’ve finished ERA?

22:55: How many customers do you have now?

24:05: You mentioned about regulatory change. How positive are you feeling around that and it going in the right direction to incentivise customers to use a solution like yours?

29:05: What community / people-based resource have you found to be the most impactful for your journey so far?

29:20: What media-based resource have you found to be the most impactful for your journey so far?

29:56: Do you have any productivity tips to manage your workload or work-life balance?

31:30: Conclusion

Video versions of these episodes are available here.

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