sustainabiliME

Today I'll be chatting with Kilian Roach, Director of Compliance and Sustainable Engagement at Comprenew. Comprenew is a company focused on electronic recycling and refurbishment located in Grand Rapids, MI. Electronics are everywhere now from our phones, tvs, computers, and video games. Each of these items contain metals that can be reused in new products so electronic recycling and refurbishment is only becoming more and more important.

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Comprenew: https://comprenew.org/

Basel Convention: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/basel-convention-control-transboundary-movements-hazardous-wastes#:~:text=The%20Basel%20Convention%20regulates%20the,flammable%2C%20ecotoxic%20and%20infectious%20wastes.

Today Jason and Kelly will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of April 2023. These stories include: Boston's climate building codes, EPA proposed tailpipe rules, Apple using recycled metals, and Lego building a carbon neutral factory.

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Sources:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/05/science/boston-city-council-votes-adopt-new-climate-friendly-state-building-code/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/politics/car-pollution-standards-electric-vehicles-biden-climate/index.html

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/04/apple-will-use-100-percent-recycled-cobalt-in-batteries-by-2025/

https://www.emergingrisks.co.uk/lego-in-1-billion-carbon-neutral-factory-plan/

Today is a day of reflection. Jason will be interviewing Kelly about completing her masters degree in sustainability as well as the past 4 years of podcasting on sustainabiliME. All of these events line up with Earth Day... that has gotta mean something right?! Happy Earth Day everyone!

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If you would like to learn more about the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, click here: https://seas.umich.edu/

Today I'll be chatting with Hannah Craik, founder of Salonvironment. Hannah is a licensed cosmetologist and hairdresser, but found herself wanting to help the beauty industry become more sustainable. Thus, she started Salonvironment to help educate the salon industry and help them to recycle. This is an industry that I'm not super familiar with, so I'm super excited to learn from Hannah.

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Sources:

https://www.salonvironment.com/

https://greencirclesalons.com/

https://shop.terracycle.com/en-US/products/mixed-salon-waste-saloncycle-recycling-box

https://earth911.com/

Today Jason and Kelly will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of March 2023. These stories include: United's Chief Trash Officer, Allbirds M0.0NSHOT, U.S. Renewables, and Mackinac Island's electric ferry.

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Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/renewable-energy-coal-nuclear-climate-change-dd4a0b168fe057f430e37398615155a0

https://www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroom/press-releases/2023/03/10/first-electric-powered-mackinac-island-ferry-is-in-the-works

https://www.allbirds.com/pages/moonshot-zero-carbon-shoes

https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/company/responsibility/chief-trash-officer.html

Today I'll be chatting with Brianna Treat, Director of Sustainability for Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken. The Seattle Kraken is the newest team to join the NHL, and the Climate Pledge Arena is one of the most impressive arena's in the world. In fact, they strive to be the most progressive, responsible, and sustainable arena in the world and so far, I'd say they are doing a great job! As many of you know, I'm a huge NHL fan, so I'm beyond excited to chat with Brianna about everything that Climate Pledge Arena is doing.

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Sources:

https://climatepledgearena.com/sustainability/

https://www.usgbc.org/leed

https://true.gbci.org/true-advisor

https://living-future.org/

On this week's episode, Jason and Kelly will continue the series on sustainable labels and certification. This particular episode will focus on milk, specifically, dairy, oat, soy, almond, and rice.

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Sources:

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impact-milks

https://www.organicvalley.coop/blog/difference-between-pasteurized-and-ultra-pasteurized-milk/

https://www.validusservices.com/validus-certified-programs

https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

https://www.nongmoproject.org/

https://horizon.com/pioneeringorganic

On this week's episode, we will continue talking about sustainable product labels. We intended to talk about food as a broad category, however we this plan changed once we realized how many labels were involved with eggs alone. Who knew?! We will dive into Certified Humane, Animal Welfare Approved, Global Animal Partnership, UEP Cage Free Certified, and more.

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Sources:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/30/18197688/organic-cage-free-wild-caught-certified-humane

https://certifiedhumane.org/

https://uepcertified.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/uep-certified-info-graphic-1.png

It's officially Episode 200! What an accomplishment! There was another very recent accomplishment coming out of the United Nations... the High Seas Treaty! Today Jason and Kelly will provide an overview on this new treaty which is aimed at protecting marine life in international waters.

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2020/03/a-path-to-creating-the-first-generation-of-high-seas-protected-areas

Today Jason and Kelly will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of February 2023. These stories include: REI banning PFAS, recycling wind turbine blades, Our Next Energy launching renewable energy storage, and the dodo bird.

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Sources:

https://www.vestas.com/en/media/company-news/2023/vestas-unveils-circularity-solution-to-end-landfill-for-c3710818

https://grist.org/accountability/rei-will-ban-forever-chemicals-from-clothes-and-cookware-in-2024/

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/02/23/novi-based-our-next-energy-expands-into-renewable-energy-storage/69932611007/

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-billion-dollar-biotech-company-plans-to-bring-the-dodo-back-to-life