Circular Economy Podcast
By Catherine Weetman
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Catherine Weetman interviews the inspiring people who are making the circular economy happen. We explore how circular, regenerative and fair solutions are better for people, planet and prosperity. We’ll hear from entrepreneurs & business owners, social enterprises, and leading thinkers. You’ll find the show notes and links at www.circulareconomypodcast.com, where you can subscribe to updates and useful resources.
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169 Bailey Bestul: imaginative reuse of architectural components to create exciting and inspiring buildings
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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168 Matt Paneitz of Long Way Home: Hero School – transforming trash into useful buildings
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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167 HaPPE Earth: circular, compostable PPE systems
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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166 Circularity Gap Report 2025: insights
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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165 Christina Schwarzkopf of Prolong: seamless solutions for circular aftercare and aftersales
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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164 Louis De Jaeger: our futures depend on healthy soils
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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163 Patrik Frisk of Reju: regenerating polyester textiles
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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162 Rachel Bronstein and Barry Waddilove: Skills for Planet from the Design Council
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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161 Dan Vukelich of AMDR: medical device reprocessing
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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160 Systems and system value
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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159 Kyle Wiens of iFixit: the rewards of repairability
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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#158 Steve Wilson of Compostify: bioplastics that enrich the planet
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May 24, 2025 |
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157 Liz Bui of Yulex: safer, sustainable materials
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May 10, 2025 |
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156 Marcus Feldthus: the Post-Growth Guide
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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155 Martin Tomitsch and Steve Baty: Life-centred design
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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154 Loic Le Fouest of Clarasys: designing circular customer experiences
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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153 Anette Timmer of DESSO: the beauty of circularity
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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152 Markus Terho: the Lifestyle Test
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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151 Clarissa Morawski of Reloop Platform: practical policies for circular packaging
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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150 Catherine Weetman: Creating conditions for circularity
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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149 Giulia Ziino of CircularPlace: generate value from underused assets
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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148 Tim Forslund of Sitra: circular solutions for nature
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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147 Dr Alexandra Leeper: smarter ways to create value
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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146 Dr Monika Hauck: making repairs easy and fashionable
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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145 Evolena de Wilde of Faircado: your AI-powered second-hand shopping assistant
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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144 Chris Allen of Decathlon: ever-evolving circular design
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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143 Michael Colarossi – Digital Product Passports
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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142 Anna De Matos – igniting circular communities
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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141 Joel Tasche: scaleable solutions to plastic pollution
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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140 Catherine Weetman: focusing on fuel AND friction
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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139 Peter McCafferty: supporting circular businesses
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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138 Rubén Abruña: keeping our poop in the loop
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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137 Dr Martin Stuchtey: rethinking how we invest in nature
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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136 Julia Brenner of Melta: creating value from food waste
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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135 Tuomo Laine: unlocking circular business models
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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134 Jane Martin of City to Sea: powering refill & reuse on-the-go
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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133 Re-Action – repurposing: a new life for unwanted stuff
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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132 Re-Action – repairing: from radical to renaissance
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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131 Re-Action – Sharing: Serving more people with less stuff
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May 25, 2024 |
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130 Heather Davies: the Re-Action Collective
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May 18, 2024 |
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129 Alex Holland: SolarPunk Stories for a circular future
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May 04, 2024 |
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128 Tara Button: products that say ‘Buy Me Once’
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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127 Yann Toutant: getting started with As-a-Service
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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126 Ruth Taylor: closing our circular values gap
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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125 Walter R Stahel: signs of circular progress
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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124 Share Shed: the world’s first travelling library of things
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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123 Topolytics: making waste visible, verifiable and valuable
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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122 Iain McKechnie: steps to a services-led strategy
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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121 Claire O’Sullivan and Kitty Wilson Brown: Contemporary Hempery
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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120 Priorities are changing
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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119 BONUS Ken Webster: the circular ECONOMY! Part 2
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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119 Ken Webster: the circular ECONOMY!
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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118 Ann Stevenson: minding our language
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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117 James Rigg: a refurbishment revolution for electricals
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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116 Chuck Fuerst: circularity for product returns
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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115 Paddy Le Flufy: Building future-fit systems
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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114 Daniel Kietzer: making resources discoverable & reusable
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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113 Steven Bethell: systemic solutions to the crisis of stuff
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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112 Fiona Dear: reviving repair and reuse for our tech
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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111 Sara Howard: symbiotic circular ceramics
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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110 Katie Beverley: designing a circular economy
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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109 Janina Nieper – Connecting new designs to leftover materials
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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108 Sian Sutherland – fixing plastics can fix so much else…
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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107 Sian Sutherland – plastic is last century’s material – what’s next?
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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106 Yael Shemer of Tulu – everyday essentials on-demand
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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105 Gene Homicki – getting more from less with MyTurn
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May 27, 2023 |
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104 Richard Burnett – Diversity and packaging innovation
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May 13, 2023 |
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103 Algramo – Refill the future
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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102 Jo Spolton – making second-hand our first choice
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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101 Circular is better for people, planet and profit!
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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100 Catherine Weetman – never too old to be bold
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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99 Ben Jeffreys – clean, low-carbon, circular cooking for all
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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98 Barry O’Kane – Software as a circular enabler
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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97 Alice Mah – unpicking plastics propaganda
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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96 Nick Oettinger – keeping mattresses in circulation
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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95 Simone Andersson – social value from circular e-waste solutions
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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94 David Peck – navigating the risk of Critical Raw Materials
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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93 Guglielmo Mazza – helping communities refuse packaging waste
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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92 Elmar Stroomer – circular textile solutions in Africa
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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91 Michael Smith – Investing in regenerative startups
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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90 – Does circular mean it’s sustainable?
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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89 Simon Hombersley – plastics from plant protein
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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88 Alexandra Rico-Lloyd – the Bike Club
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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87 – Veena Sahajwalla – high-value opportunities from MICROFactories
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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86 Jennifer Hinton – Rethinking how profit is used
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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Bonus – BONUS India Hamilton – SCOOP – part two
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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85 India Hamilton – SCOOP – transforming local food systems
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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84 Jo Chidley – Reposit – reusable packaging for consumer goods
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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83 – Kim Baker – funding equitable, market-driven circular solutions
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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82 – Maria Westerbos – Plastic Soup Foundation
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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81 – René Bethmann – circular designs for outdoor sports gear
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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80 – Evolving and scaling
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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79 Jordi Ferre – creating value from wine waste
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May 21, 2022 |
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78 Colin Church – complex challenges for materials
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May 07, 2022 |
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77 Steve Haskew – the world’s first Kitemark for remanufactured laptops
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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76 Isolde de Ridder – Circular Jewellery
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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75 Helena Norberg-Hodge – the future is local
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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74 Charles Ross on Outdoor Clothing
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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73 Tom Szaky – Loop – the convenience of prefill
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Episode 72 Gavin Fernie-Jones is repurposing outdoor gear, One Tree at a Time
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Episode 71 Rob Thompson – scaling up circular marine plastic solutions
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Episode 70 – Customer Pain Points
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Episode 69 Jo Godden of RubyMoon – circular fibres for activewear
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Episode 68 Kresse Wesling – Elvis & Kresse – luxury products from discarded materials
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Episode 67 Megan O’Connor Of Nth Cycle – a big leap forward for metal & mineral recovery
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Episode 66 Alyssa Couture – Healthy Fashion is better for all of us, and our planet
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Episode 65 Charlotte Morley – thelittleloop – the UK’s first shared wardrobe for kids
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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Ep64 Pierre-Emmanuel Saint-Esprit of ZACK
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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Episode 63 Hede Razoky – The Upcyclecentrum
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Episode 62 Malin Orebäck – Circular Design at McKinsey
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Sep 18, 2021 |
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Episode 61 Astrid Wynne – IT Sustainability expert
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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Episode 60 Turning off the tap
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Episode 59 – Rae Stanton of Lush
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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Episode 58 Elis Joudalova – OLIO
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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Episode 57 Helen Burdett – World Economic Forum
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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Episode 56 Laura Meijering – Unravelau
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Episode 55 Anthony Burns – ACS
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Episode 54 Louise Bijleveld – LONO
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May 29, 2021 |
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Episode 53 Mick Payne – Techbuyer
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May 15, 2021 |
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Episode 52 Elizabeth Knight – Repair Revolution
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May 01, 2021 |
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Episode 51 – Jamie Butterworth of Circularity Capital
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Episode 50 – Thinking differently
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Episode 49 – Ryan Edwards of Naked Innovations
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Episode 48 – Paraskevi Fotoglou of Camira Fabrics
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Episode 47 Joanna Bingham of Footprints Africa
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Episode 46 Gary Giles – OGEL
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Episode 45 Peter Desmond African Circular Economy Network
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Episode 44 Tamsin Chislett of Onloan
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Episode 43 Richard James MacCowan of Biomimicry Innovation Lab
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Episode 42 – Brian Bauer of Algramo
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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Episode 41 Sandra Goldmark – Fixup and Fixation
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Episode 40 – Sharing data and values
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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Episode 39 – Rob Thompson of Odyssey Innovation
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Episode 38 – Zaqiya Cajee of SwopItup
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Episode 37 – Lieke van Kerkoven of FLOOW2
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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Episode 36 – Dan Dicker of Circular&Co
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Episode 35 Sophie Segal – the power of play
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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Episode 34 – Noreen Kam and Michael Brown of LUP Global
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Episode 33 – Greg Lavery of Rype Office
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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Episode 32- Christian van Maaren of Excess Materials Exchange
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 31 – Tom Fecarotta of Rheaply
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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Episode 30 – What have we learned?
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Episode 29 – Mabel Suglo of Dignified Wear
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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Episode 28 (revised) Chris Diplock – The Thingery
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Episode 27 Chris Hellawell – Edinburgh Tool Library
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May 09, 2020 |
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Episode 26 – Katie Briggs of the Textile Review
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Episode 25 Geoff van Sonsbeeck – Baukjen
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Episode 24 – Steve Haskew of Circular Computing
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Episode 23 Andy Bownds – Eco Brixs
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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Episode 22 Bassam Huneidi – The Argeileh Project
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Episode 21 Tom Ogonek – Close the Loop
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Episode 20 – How to be a problem-hunter
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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Episode 19 – Åsa Stenmarck of IVL on how to create circular behaviour
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Episode 18 – Eve Kekeh of Bundlee
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Episode 17 – Nancy Bocken of Homie
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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Episode 16 – Sophie Thomas, of Thomas.Matthews ltd
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Episode 15 – Matilda Jarbin of GIAB
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Episode 14 – David Greenfield of Tech Takeback
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Episode 13 Beth Massa – ARK Reusables
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Episode 12 – David Bassetti of 3D Seed
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Episode 11 – Izzie Eriksen of ApparelXchange
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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Episode 10 – Highlights from Series 1
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Episode 9 Lucy Antal – transforming our food systems
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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Episode 8 Elaine Kerr – industrial symbiosis
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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Episode 7 Katie Whalen – fun and games with the circular economy
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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Episode 6 Adam Fairweather – reimagine waste
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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Episode 5 Katie Beverley – Ecodesign
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Jun 29, 2019 |
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Episode 4 Jo Godden – recycled ocean plastics
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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Episode 3 Tom Harper – circular asset management
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May 31, 2019 |
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Episode 2 Linear economy and risks
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May 30, 2019 |
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Episode 1 What is the circular economy?
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May 29, 2019 |