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The Indisposable Podcast®

Learning from reuse-focused changemakers at the intersection of plastic pollution, climate change, and environmental justice.

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The Reuse Job Market

EPISODE 179: Featuring Natasha Wayne of Reaching All Minds Academy and Matthew Luisier of r.World — stories of two people helping manage the shift to a reuse economy in very different ways.

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Reuse Goalposts for Stadiums & Arenas

EPISODE 178: Christy Briggs of Lumen Field & the Seattle Seahawks and Mary McCarthy of Levy Restaurants on the opportunities and challenges posed by bringing reuse to the sports & entertainment sector.

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The Conscious Cafeteria Project

EPISODE 174: Diving into the findings of a national pilot study of reusable foodware for healthier, more sustainable schools.

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The Plastic Free Pharmacy

EPISODE 173: Cabinet Health is on a mission to eliminate plastic in pharmaceuticals, starting with a mail-in refill model.

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Connecting dots for circularity

Episode 170: Happen Ventures leverages logistics and partnerships to repurpose products and divert landfill waste.

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Making repair mainstream (again)

Episode 167: Leslie Bateman and Emily Watts, co-founders of shoe and leather repair company Coblrshop, share their journey in innovating an age-old craft.

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The 2.0 of bottled H2O

Episode 162: How reuse startup Kadeya is on track to eliminate the single-use beverage problem with their game-changing hydration technology stations.

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The “secret sauce” to scaling circular systems

Episode 161: What are the magic ingredients to scale reuse? Learn insights from the nonprofit, reuse business, policymaking, government funding, and corporate perspectives.

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A reuse playbook for stadiums

Episode 159: Join the Green Sports Alliance, Portland Trail Blazers, and Bold Reuse to learn about winning off-the-field with reuse at stadium events.

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Championing DEI & Emerging Leaders

Episode 157: Bryan Lewis, head of GreenBiz’s Emerging Leaders program, discusses empowering young sustainability professionals, a just transition to a circular economy, and what he is doing to ensure DEI doesn’t DIE.

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The Latest Science on Plastic Alternatives

Episode 152: How compostable are bioplastics really? The answer: it depends. Learn more from Dr Lisa Erdle of the 5 Gyres Institute.

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Urban planning for reuse

Episode 151: Perpetual is working to bring reuse to everyone by collaboratively designing reuse systems in mid-side cities across America.

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Envisioning a Just Transition toward Reuse, #2

Episode 150: More on navigating the challenges and opportunities in moving toward a new reuse economy built on principles of equity and justice for all.

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Envisioning a Just Transition toward Reuse

Episode 149: A candid discussion on an equitable vision of a new reuse economy and aligning on how we talk about a Just Transition toward non-toxic reuse - a Reuse Solutions Network recast.

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“Living & learning” with Plastic Free Restaurants

Episode 148: Executive Director of Plastic Free Restaurants John Charles Meyer returns to update us on progress made and lessons learned in funding foodservice establishments to switch to reuse.

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A city-wide case study for reuse

Episode 147: Reuse Seattle collaborators McKenna Morrigan and Moji Igun share the inspiring story of the coalition’s growing success since we first chatted with them.

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“3 Rs” of Fashion: Repair, Renew, Resell

Episode 144: Tune in to learn about the opportunities and challenges in building and scaling circularity in the apparel industry with The Reusies 2023 Winners, The Renewal Workshop at Bleckmann.

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Re:Dish built it, here they come

Episode 142: Talking shop with Caroline Vanderlip of Re:Dish, a Reusies 2023 Most Innovative Company Winner and pioneer in scalable reuse infrastructure.

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Zero waste that keeps on giving

Episode 136: Learn about the innovative, student-centered business model of Generation Conscious - one of the winning Most Innovative companies at The Reusies 2023.

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Scaling reuse in food service

Episode 135: Lara Seng, Senior Sustainable Living Manager at Sodexo, discusses the challenges and opportunities in bringing reuse to scale—with pilots, partners, data, and now, Chart-Reuse™.

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Working Together to Build the New Reuse Economy

Episode 134: Recorded at Circularity 23 in June, an engaging panel discussion on the successes, challenges, opportunities and collaboration needed to enact the vision of a new reuse world.

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What sticks is what works

Episode 131: Tim Wolters, co-founder and CEO of CrowdSolve, a platform for climate entrepreneurs, discusses using technology to identify at scale the most impactful solutions and then accelerating change through human-to-human collaboration.

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Indisposable Fabrics

Episode 129: A deep dive into sustainability considerations for textiles and apparel, with Reusies judge Lewis Perkins of the Apparel Impact Institute.

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Community Powered Entrepreneurship

Episode 127: Camila Vega, Solutions Portfolio Manager at Sustainable Ocean Alliance, offers a window into SOA’s approach to ending ocean plastic pollution through funding solutions-focused startups.

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Reuse, reimagine, redistribute

Episode 126: Anita Schwartz, VP at WSP-USA, joins us to discuss how practices like redistribution and reuse can aid in a just transition to a circular economy.

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Helping consumers embrace reuse

Episode 124: Thom Almeida, Platform Curator, Future of Consumption at the World Economic Forum, discusses his team’s focus on making reuse accessible for the consumer.

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Coming full circle with GreenBiz

Episode 123: GreenBiz’s VP of Circularity Jon Smieja and Circular Economy Manager Kori Goldberg join us to discuss what’s in store for this year’s Circularity conference—including The Reusies 2023!— and share their outlooks on the bright future of reuse.

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The business case for catalyzing reuse

Episode 121: Emily Tipaldo of the U.S. Plastics Pact and Lauren Sweeney of DeliverZero discuss the collaborative opportunities to scale reuse made possible by the Pact’s Reuse Catalyst.

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Packaging a sustainable future

Episode 119: Atlantic Packaging’s Wes Carter & Caroline James discuss their push for EPR and other sustainability initiatives—and reveal the company’s roots in the fight for racial justice in Jim Crow-Era South.