Episodes

  • How to price a supermarket refill station (with Cameron Cooper)

    How to price a supermarket refill station (with Cameron Cooper)
    Dec 31 2021
    In this episode, we're doing something new. One of our listeners, Cameron Cooper of Coopers Refillery, an entrepreneur in the zero waste space, has submitted a very interesting business development question. We set out to answer the question; how to adequately price a supermarket refill station. Due to the limited competition, as of now, this is a bit tricky. Together with the experts on zero waste, circular economy and business development: Fanny Näslund of Vågen Zero Waste Stores, Verena Kassar of Das Gramm Zero Waste Stores and Maira Babri of Örebro University, Evelina and Malin share some key perspectives and actions to help out. Would you like to submit a zero waste question to the show - business or otherwise? Shoot us a DM over at Love Zero Waste on Instagram, or email us at hello@lovezerowaste.biz. You can submit your question in writing - or even better through a voice recording. With a bit of luck, we might answer your burning question on the show. Special thanks to Cameron Cooper for being patient with us, as we were experimenting to find the right show format, to our experts Fanny Näslund, Verena Kassar and Maira Babri and to Magdalena Dirr for lending us your voice. Call to action Download the Zero Waste Business Model Canvas for free! Give it a try, and tell us how you’re doing! https://www.lovezerowaste.biz/businessmodelcanvas Sources, links and social media handles Cooper's Refillery, https://coopersrefillery.com, https://www.instagram.com/coopersrefillery Vågen Zero Waste stores, https://www.vagenbutik.se, https://www.instagram.com/vagenosd Das Gramm, https://www.dasgramm.at, https://www.instagram.com/dasgramm Örebro University, School of Business, https://www.oru.se/English/Schools/Orebro-University-School-of-Business Maira Babri, https://se.linkedin.com/in/maira-babri-a1577514, https://www.oru.se/personal/maira_babri Tiny Family Podcast, https://www.instagram.com/tiny_family_collective Credits Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist Jingle by Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com. Support Love Zero Waste Support us by telling your friends to listen to the show, and by rating us with five stars in the app where you’re listening. Your help means the world to us!
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    19 mins
  • Biodegradable bioplastic — disrupting the fashion industry (with Mecca McDonald and Mia Dunn)

    Biodegradable bioplastic — disrupting the fashion industry (with Mecca McDonald and Mia Dunn)
    Nov 11 2021
    Mecca McDonald and Mia Dunn, scientists and creatives, and co-founders of MoNa Gems have developed a type of bioplastic, used to create trendy shapes looking like synthetic plastic, but which is 100% biodegradable. For real, no industrial compost need! This innovation might help reduce the use of conventional plastics in the fashion industry. Learn more about the innovation process, and Mecca and Mia's learnings developing MoNa Gems: the importance of failure, not getting discouraged by haters and pursuing your passions. This interview is part of our Instagram Live series: “Three things I’ve learned”. In this series, we talk to experts in the zero waste space about their most important learnings. Sources: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mona-scaling-production-and-expansion-fund https://www.instagram.com/mona.gems Credits Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist Jingle by Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz Visit our website, www.lovezerowaste.biz and Love Zero Waste on Instagram. Let's connect! Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com. Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous and The Good Tribe.
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    18 mins
  • Three things I've learned: Innovating new coffee materials (with Aaron Feigelman)

    Three things I've learned: Innovating new coffee materials (with Aaron Feigelman)
    Sep 30 2021
    Aaron Feigelman is a former UCLA student and Tesla employee who recently founded his own materials science company developing functional materials from food waste - starting with coffee waste. His company is called The Kawa Project. Listen to the interview and learn more about “Innovating new coffee materials”: the average American contributes to 35 pounds (16 kg) of coffee waste per year, big corporations are looking to play a role in fixing the waste issue and the hardest parts about figuring out new uses for food waste - economics and branding. This recorded Instagram live is part of a series of interviews we're doing, called: "Three things I've learned", where we talk to experts in the zero waste space about their most important learnings. Sources: https://www.thekawaproject.com http://instagram.com/thekawaproject https://www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com/formulating/category/natural/The-Kawa-Project-Upcycles-Coffee-for-Cosmetics-Food-Products-573879741.html https://www.regrained.com https://www.renewalmill.com Support Love Zero Waste! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show! Tell your friends and colleagues to listen! To help us create more episodes of the podcast, consider making a one-time donation, www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or a monthly donation, www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Your support means everything to us! Credits Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist Jingle by Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.
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    19 mins
  • Three things I've learned: Designing a zero waste kitchen (with Ivana Steiner)

    Three things I've learned: Designing a zero waste kitchen (with Ivana Steiner)
    Aug 23 2021
    Ivana Steiner is a designer specialised in luxury hospitality, and she's recently developed a great interest in zero waste. A few weeks ago, she presented her first zero waste product: a beautiful, stainless steel kitchen, including compost and a herbal garden. The kitchen has already been featured by several international media outlets, including Treehugger, DesignBoom and DWELL. In our conversation with Ivana, learn more about transforming customer research into beautiful and functional design, working with an expert focus group, and approaching minimalism, climate change, and slowing down - all through a zero waste kitchen. This Instagram Live is the first interview in a series we call "Three things I've learned", where we talk to experts in the zero waste space about their most important learnings. Ivana reached out to us during the spring as she was looking for feedback on the kitchen concept. We helped her put together a small focus group with experts on zero waste, grocery shopping, cooking and minimalism. A big shoutout to Andrea Lunzer, Eva-Bettina Gruber and Sarah Schalk for contributing to this process. All of which have also been guests on the Love Zero Waste podcast! Sources: https://www.ivanasteiner.com https://www.instagram.com/ivanasteiner_design https://www.designboom.com/design/zero-waste-kitchen-protest-live-sustainably-ivana-steiner-07-05-2021/ https://www.treehugger.com/ivana-steiner-zero-waste-kitchen-5191516 Support Love Zero Waste! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show! Tell your friends and colleagues to listen! To help us create more episodes of the podcast, consider making a one-time donation, www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or a monthly donation, www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Your support means everything to us! Credits Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist Jingle by Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.
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    17 mins
  • Introduction to zero waste business development

    Introduction to zero waste business development
    Aug 11 2021
    We’re back for season 4! The circularity gap is rapidly growing. What can companies do to mitigate the fact that ⅔ of all material put into the global economy every year ends up as waste? Go zero waste of course! This is the first episode in a series of three where we’re talking about the zero waste business space. This is an introduction to zero waste business development. If you’re a new listener to Love Zero Waste: We are obsessed with zero waste solutions! Love Zero Waste is the podcast where we explore the latest zero waste and circular economy developments. We examine business models, innovations and trends. We talk to leading activists, entrepreneurs, educators, designers, policymakers and scientists, working on solutions across the planet, to create large-scale change for a truly circular, zero waste future. Sources https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/the-circularity-gap-report-our-world-is-only-9-circular https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/circularity-gap-report-2020 https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/circularity-gap-report-2021 https://cleantheworld.org https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/frugal-innovation-meets-hygiene-with-adams-bamigbose-shawn-seipler Call to action If you want more of us - we’ve been guests on two podcasts. Go listen, and tell us what you think! The Zero Waste Countdown Show with Laura Nash, episode 133: Love Zero Waste https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/133-love-zero-waste/id1298333854?i=1000524538231&l=pl And Hey Impact’s podcast How to make a difference, with Elisabeth Ignasiak and Alicia Lee. You find us in episode 21: How to be Zero Waste https://hey-impact.com/podcast/21-how-to-be-zero-waste-mini Support Love Zero Waste! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show! Tell your friends and colleagues to listen! To help us create more episodes of the podcast, consider making a one-time donation, www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or a monthly donation, www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Your support means everything to us! Credits Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist Jingle by Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.
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    8 mins
  • Season 3 wrap-up with Evelina and Malin

    Season 3 wrap-up with Evelina and Malin
    Feb 28 2021
    We’ve now created 30+ episodes of this podcast! Time for hosts Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist to reflect and summarise their key takeaways and insights from season 3 and reveal a few of their goals for season 4, which is starting soon. Regarding the call for people working on participatory and inclusive zero waste and circularity processes. (Especially public-private partnerships!) Do get in touch with us! We want to know what you’re working on! Write to us! ======== CALL TO ACTION! - Check out our new website and subscribe to the Love Zero Waste newsletter! www.lovezerowaste.biz - Join the zero waste challenge in the Deedster app and reduce your environmental footprint. Learn a ton about zero waste while challenging your family, friends or colleagues to do the same. https://open.deedster.com/journey/anktNTg3MTE0NDYxMzcwNzc3Ng ======== THANK YOU! A very warm thank you to Michael Steinkellner, Merlinn Sound for creating a revamped version of our jingle. We love your work! ======== SOURCES A selection of season 3 episodes: Cities and regions approaching zero waste (with Andrew Marr & Joâo Bernardo Casali) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/cities-and-regions-approaching-zero-waste-with-andrew-marr-and-joao-bernardo-casali Standup paddle board scientists fighting micro plastics (with Christian Shaw) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/standup-paddle-board-scientists-fighting-micro-plastics-with-christian-shaw Zero waste trends in Europe (12 experts interviewed) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/zero-waste-trends-in-europe Live: Tidy spaces, tiny habits and minimalism - a new zero waste life ahead (with Eva Gruber) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/live-tidy-spaces-tiny-habits-and-minimalism-a-new-zero-waste-life-ahead-with-eva-gruber Consumer confusion adding to the waste pile (with Naomi Scott-Mearns & Seema Shandil) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/consumer-confusion-adding-to-the-waste-pile Live: Designing microplastics water filters inspired by manta rays (with Sjors van der Meer) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/live-designing-micro-plastics-water-filters-inspired-by-manta-rayssjors-van-der-meer Frugal innovation meets hygiene (with Adams Bamigbose & Shawn Seipler) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/frugal-innovation-meets-hygiene-with-adams-bamigbose-shawn-seipler Biomimicry - solutions sparked by nature (with Rebecca Carlson) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/biomimicry-solutions-sparked-by-nature-with-rebecca-carlson From fire to loops (with Claire Arkin & Rossano Ercolini) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/from-fire-to-loops-with-claire-arkin-rossano-ercolini Live: Let's end food waste! Vol 2 (with Helén Williams & Estefania Coral Andrade) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/live-lets-end-food-waste-vol-2-with-helen-williams-estefania-coral-andrade The global e-waste challenge (with Ify Otuya & Chloé Mikolajczak) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/the-global-e-waste-challenge-with-ify-otuya-chloe-mikolajczak Live: How to help build back a better future (with Amanda Janoo) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/live-how-to-help-build-back-a-better-future-with-amanda-janoo Live: How to start your local movement (with Melati Wijsen) https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/love-zero-waste-live-how-to-start-your-local-movement ======== SUPPORT LOVE ZERO WASTE! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show, and tell your friends to listen. To help us create more podcast episodes, consider donating through www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Thank you! ======== CREDITS Hosts and creators: Malin Leth & Evelina Lundqvist Jingle: Michael Steinkellner, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist & Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.
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    22 mins
  • Cities and regions approaching zero waste (with Andrew Marr & Joâo Bernardo Casali)

    Cities and regions approaching zero waste (with Andrew Marr & Joâo Bernardo Casali)
    Jan 11 2021
    More and more cities and regions across the planet choose to go for zero waste. In this episode, you'll learn more about the challenges and solutions of two of those places: Vancouver, Canada and the Noronha, Brazil. Guests are Andrew Marr of Metro Vancouver and Joâo Bernardo Casali (@jbcasali) of Ionica (@ionicalab). Andrew Marr, Metro Vancouver gives us a better picture of the types of challenges that generally pop-up on a city's zero waste journey. Joâo Bernardo Casali of the B-corp Ionica shares the journey of Noronha, the first Brazilian territory to ban all single-use plastic items - at once. Learn more about critical actions as cities and regions turn to zero waste: the importance of public-private partnerships (and a textbook example of a successful one!); of gathering key stakeholders under one vision; moving beyond the traditional EPR (extended producer responsibility) and pushing for more far-reaching bans and legislations; as well as the challenges of reaching beyond the low-hanging fruits of waste-diversion and much more. ======== CALL TO ACTION! - Read this publication "The Zero Waste Masterplan - A Guide to Building Just and Resilient Zero Waste Cities" by GAIA US and Canada. https://www.paperturn-view.com/us/gaia/gaia-zero-waste-masterplan?pid=MTE115576 - Listen to our Zero Waste Trends in Europe podcast episode. Especially with the interview with Juan Marc Simon. He talks about reuse being an essential part of the zero waste vision. https://soundcloud.com/lovezerowaste/zero-waste-trends-in-europe ======== THANK YOU! Thank you to Raiffeisen Nachhaltigkeits-Initiative / Raiffeisen Sustainability Initiative for supporting the making of this episode! Your support means a lot to us! Thank you! Read more about their work here, https://www.raiffeisen.at/nachhaltigkeit/de/start.html. ======== SOURCES Metro Vancouver food loss and waste strategy for Canada, http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-43/611/NZWC%20releases%20food%20loss%20and%20waste%20strategy Metro Vancouver waste management, http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/solid-waste/recycling-programs/food-scraps-recycling/residents/Pages/default.aspx Regulatory approaches for priority plastic wastes, http://www.nzwc.ca/Documents/RegulatoryApproachesforPriorityPlasticWastes.pdf Ionica's website, https://www.ionica.cc Noronha Plastico Zero’s website, http://www.noronhaplasticozero.com.br/ "25 cities committed to going zero waste", The Guardian https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/travel/lists/zero-waste-eliminate-sustainable-travel-destination-plastic "From no recycling to zero waste: how Ljubljana rethought its rubbish" Ljubljana, Slovenia (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/23/zero-recycling-to-zero-waste-how-ljubljana-rethought-its-rubbish "'No-waste' Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future" Kamikatsu, Japan (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/no-waste-japanese-village-is-a-peek-into-carbon-neutral-future Capannori, Italy (Zero Waste Europe) https://zerowasteeurope.eu/portfolio/zero-waste-italy/ "How zero waste Bandung help push for national waste targets in Indonesia", UPBB, http://ypbbblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/zero-waste-cities-dorong-target.html?m=1 ======== SUPPORT LOVE ZERO WASTE! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show, and tell your friends to listen. To help us create more podcast episodes, consider donating through www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Thank you! ======== CREDITS Hosts and creators: Malin Leth & Evelina Lundqvist Jingle: Michael Steinkellner, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist & Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.
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    36 mins
  • Standup paddle board scientists fighting micro plastics (with Christian Shaw)

    Standup paddle board scientists fighting micro plastics (with Christian Shaw)
    Dec 4 2020
    We've been talking a lot about ocean plastic pollution and microplastics on show. This is such a fundamentally important topic to understand on the path towards a zero waste future! We'll continue to investigate this topic in this episode, but from a slightly different perspective. In this episode, we're talking to Christian Shaw, co-founder and executive director of the US-based NGO, Plastic Tides. This episode is all about activism, awareness building and science, all in the shape and form of expeditions, with the goal of mapping out the prevalence of microplastics across the planet. Moreover, this episode is about pivoting, changing your ideas and plans when the situation demands it. Time to dive in! Join Plastic Tides’ virtual global relay expedition, https://www.plastictides.org/relay! More information about the Global Youth Mentorship Program, https://www.plastictides.org/youth Sources Plastic tides website, social media handles and movie clips Plastic tides, http://plastictides.org Plastic tides on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/PlasticTides Plastic tides on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/PlasticTides/ Plastic Tides Bermuda Episode 1, https://youtu.be/Yf232UZw4x8 Plastic Tides Bermuda Episode 2, https://youtu.be/vCQOGDxT_Qc Ocean facts Bermuda, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda Sargassum seaweeds, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargassum Ocean gyres, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_gyre Mentioned people, organisations and initiatives Five Gyres, https://www.5gyres.org National Geographic Grant Program, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/grants/ Plastic Ocean Project, https://www.plasticoceanproject.org Adventure Scientists, http://adventurescientists.org Adventure Scientists’ Global Microplastics Project, https://www.adventurescientists.org/microplastics.html Dr. Sherri Mason leading first-ever Great Lakes plastic pollution survey (Fredonia), https://www.fredonia.edu/news/dr-sherri-mason-leading-first-ever-great-lakes-plastic-pollution-survey Planet or plastic (National Geographic), https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/planetorplastic/ Support Love Zero Waste! Please, support our work by sharing it with the world! Subscribe to the show, and tell your friends to listen to Love Zero Waste. To help us create more episodes of the podcast, consider making a one-time donation, www.PayPal.me/lovezerowaste or a monthly donation, www.patreon.com/lovezerowaste. Your support means everything to us! Credits Hosts and creators: Malin Leth and Evelina Lundqvist Jingle by Michael Steinkellner of Merlinn Sound, www.merlinnsound.com Initiators of the Love Zero Waste community: Evelina Lundqvist and Alexandra Poetz Love Zero Waste is a collaboration between Circulous, www.circulous.biz and The Good Tribe, www.thegoodtribe.com.
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    39 mins