The circular economy playbook

In this episode Ali and Jean speak to Ella Shone, founder of plastic-free grocery shopping and refill service Topup Truck. Ali and Ella discuss how the idea for Topup Truck came about, the challenges starting a pandemic business and how businesses like Topup Truck can revolutionise the way consumers shop.

In this episode Ali and Lamia speak to Safia Qureshi, founder of returnable takeaway packaging service CLUBZERØ. Ali and Safia discuss how CLUBZERØ was conceived and how the business is revolutionising the takeaway food industry by making circularity easy for consumers. 

In this episode Ali and Hannah speak to Duncan Money, Head of Social and Environmental Impact at the cycling apparel and lifestyle brand Rapha. Ali and Duncan discuss what Rapha is already doing to make their business more sustainable and circular, and where the company hopes to go in the future. 

In this episode, Wayne and Ali talk to author and renegade economist Kate Raworth, and Joss Bleriot, Executive Lead at Ellen MacArthur Foundation about how the circular economy can tackle consumption-based emissions and the role of cities in addressing climate change.

In this episode, Wayne and Ali talk to Kate Hand, Head of Climate Change at London Councils, about consumption-based emissions, the circular economy and local government.

Wayne and Ali talk to Miquel who is the product development lead at Fairphone, the world’s most sustainable mobile phone.

In this episode we stay on the theme of food waste, talking to food sustainability expert and award-winning chef and author Chantelle Nicholson. 

The episode touches on: The scale of the food waste issue in London; Winnow’s revolutionary technology; the link between food waste and climate change; why tackling it increases profitability for businesses and how cities play a part in food waste reduction.

In this episode Wayne and Ali take a deep dive into repair as a revolutionary act and contextualise repair within the circular economy business model.

In this episode we take a wide-lens view of our current food system with the aim of identifying where the shortfalls currently lie in the system and where some of the biggest opportunities for environmental and economic interventions are.