Trash Talk

What did guests regret wasting most? How are they developing more sustainable solutions? Sarah Jones reflects on Season One, the result of a guest challenge and shares where Season Two is heading.

For the finale of Season 1, Entrepreneur and Strategic Marketer, Kim McDonnell joins the program as the Founder and CEO of Thankful - a social enterprise and global lifestyle brand. 

Thankful recently launched an initiative called Thankful4Farmers in the Australian market. This campaign seeks to change the narrative around farmers, to celebrate the vital role they play in the Australian economy and culture. 

Jacqui Challinor trained under Christopher Whitehead (Mad Cow) and Lauren Murdoch (Felix) before taking the reigns as Executive Chef at Sydney's NOMAD.

She shares her passion of honest cooking and the personal and professional steps she's taking to use local produce and run a successful kitchen with almost zero single use plastic. 

After a short break due to the coronavirus, Sarah is back with Wes Henderson, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Angel's Envy Bourbon - a Kentucky-based bourbon from the US.

This episode was recorded just before the world went into lockdown but remains to hold valuable insights on sustainable practices in the bourbon industry and beyond.

Con Panayides has been in the seafood industry his entire life - from his Dad's fish and chip shop, to one of the largest wholesale seafood companies in Australia, as General Manager of Clamms Seafood.

By making a conscious effort to reach a zero-waste target and reduce the overall environmental impact of seafood, Con has developed deep industry insights and additionally, shares how the company is rebuilding the reefs.

University of New South Wales Professors, Martina Stenzel and Jayashree Arcot join Sarah on the program today. 

The conversation focuses on their university research that could allow banana waste to be used as a bio alternative to food packaging.

The professors are also very passionate about single use plastic and share how they're combatting waste in their personal lives as well.

Merlin Jerebine represents Vanguard as a Spirits Ambassador. His portfolio covers multiple brands but today Sarah focuses the conversation around the Fair Trade Certification of one in particular, Flor de Caña and their recent sustainable cocktail competition.  

Calling in from Santa Cruz (California), Megan Bell, the Founder and Winemaker of Margins Wine joins the program today. 

Her company crafts low-intervention organic wines using grapes from underrepresented regions, vineyards and varietals and she shares insights from the wine industry - including rules, regulations, trends and restrictions that apply to organic wine across the world.

Darryn Pinto, CEO and Founder of Australian composting company, Waste Ninja, joins Sarah today.

Working with companies like OzHarvest and World Vision, Darryn shares insights on his post-corporate career, why it's important to compost at home and how we can more thoughtful with the purchases we make at home.

This episode was recorded at the Waste Ninja Melbourne office.

Marc Frew joins the program today as the owner of minimal-waste cocktail bar, Ends & Means.

The venue is popularly known for its waste-management program and possessing no single use products - almost everything is made from scratch. 

You'll hear about waste-minimised cocktail design and find out what 'hardcore corn' is.