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 ..read more

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 l ..read more

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 seri ..read more

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 ..read more

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, in ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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. Moreove ..read more

This is a special episode of Love Zero Waste. In collaboration with Zero Waste Europe, the number-one expert organisation on all matters zero waste in Europe, throughout October, we’ve been scanning the continent’s zero waste trends focusing on four primary areas: reuse, zero waste shopping, quitting single-use plastics and the impact of plastics on our health. This episode is the summary, the ultimate highlight compilation of all of those interviews. We aspire to educate you on the trends related to the topics we just mentioned. There’s so much to learn - and even more importantly - to be don ..read more

Guest in this Instagram Live recording of Love Zero Waste is Eva Gruber, Habit Coach for Makers and Multi Potentials. Moreover, Eva is a certified Kon Mari and Tiny Habits consultant. Learn more about Eva’s journey towards a zero waste lifestyle, as well as her work coaching clients to shift their habits away from overconsumption and clutter towards healthy habits and tidy and energising spaces. This episode is packed with tips on how to get started with a zero waste lifestyle. Time to change your habits and behaviours to incorporate more zero waste, minimalism and joy (!) into your life. Yeah ..read more