This is an interview I recorded with Rachelle, the founder of Zero Waste Week in 2017, just before the 10th annual Zero Waste Week.
In it Rachelle shares how she got started on her own zero waste journey, as well as 'fessing up to the fact that her own bin is possibly not be as "zero waste" as we might expect! There's so much great stuff in here, that it seemed ridiculous to keep it gathering dust on my computer rather than being out there in the world inspiring people. So I'm re-publishing it here on the new site and the new podcast just in time for the 2018 Zero Waste Week campaign (3rd-7th September 2018).
Enjoy!

In this solo episode I'm talking all things recycling. Or rather NOT recycling. 
We're digging into the 'waste hierarchy' (yes, I am aware this is the most dull sounding precise of a podcast ever - I promise it's not that bad! You might even giggle a bit...) to find out all the things we can do BEFORE we even think about recycling

BBC news article - Recycled packaging may end up in landfill

Freecyle

Freegle

The Repair Cafe website

​The Essential Guide to a Plastic-Free(ish) Home

My Sustainable Life FB community (do come and join us!)

As this episode goes live, we're right in the middle of Plastic Free July, a global movement to encourage people to reduce their consumption of single use plastics. Since Blue Planet II it feels like the world is finally waking up to the impact of plastic pollution on our planet, which is fabulous, but it can also feel really overwhelming.
In this episode I'm chatting to Martin Dorey, founder of the #2minutebeachclean campaign. Martin is a writer, surfer and activist, who wanted to take action to help to clean up the beaches near him in Cornwall. In 2013 he took a picture of the litter he had collected and shared it on social media with the #2minutebeachclean hashtag, thinking that if just one person joined in, that would double his beach cleaning efforts.
Since then over 79,000 posts have been shared on IG using the hashtag, and the latest estimate is that at least 130 tonnes of plastic has been picked!
Martin has now taken the next logical step, and created the #2minutesolution - small, easy things we can ALL do to reduce the amount of plastic ending up in the oceans.

Plastic is big news right now as we are waking up to the environmental impact of plastic pollution and our addiction to single use plastics. 
In this episode we're looking at ‘The Big 4’ plastic polluters: water bottles; coffee cups; plastic bags; and straws, and the impact YOU can make by choosing to refuse single use and going with the re-usable versions of each!

Plastic Free July

Refill app

Keep Cups

Stojo collapsible coffee cups

Rcup - Re-usable leak-proof coffee cup made from recycled disposable cups

Onya - lightweight re-usable mesh bags for loose fruit and veg

Blog post: 5 of the best re-usable water bottles

Blog post: Sustainable alternatives to disposable coffee cups

Podcast: Episode 7 - Getting starting with Plastic Free Living with Anne Marie Bonneau, the Zero Waste Chef

Podcast: Episode 8 - Shopping plastic free without a local zero waste store

The Sustainable Living Hub

Renewable energy seems to really have the bit between it's teeth now, which is fabulous news. It has gone from contributing 9% of our electricity mix in 2009, to 25% in 2018 and in 2017 more renewable energy was added to the 'global grid' than energy from fossil fuels.
In this episode I'm chatting to Tom Steward who is one of the energy boffins (and very lovely with it!) at Good Energy. It's a fascinating conversation about the renewable energy sector in general, and about Good Energy and their 'good approach' to energy, business and everything that they do.