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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 Secret to EPR for a Circular Economy
EPISODE 86: What makes for good EPR legislation? Dive deep with policy experts Judith Enck (Beyond Plastics) & Kirstie Pecci (Conservation Law Foundation).
Tipping the Scale Toward Waste Reduction with Extended Producer Responsibility
EPISODE 78: Upstream’s Policy Director Miriam Gordon discusses how the U.S. is at a tipping point for passing EPR policies for packaging.
Reuse Wins: A Case for Reuse in Food Service
EPISODE 53: Hear from the experts behind Upstream’s new report, Reuse Wins, and why switching from single-use to reuse in food service is a win for all.
Redefining the Win: Building Power from the Grassroots Up
EPISODE 48: Field notes on Equitable Policy Organizing, with Dana Laurent of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.
A big bet on upstream innovation
EPISODE 44: Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Sarah Wingstread talks about their report, which shows how upstream innovation can be a root-cause solution to waste.
2021 Plastics Policy Roundup
EPISODE 40: It’s a plastics policy power hour with three experts talking about some exciting things happening at the federal, state, and local level.
The United States of Plastic
EPISODE 38: World-renowned scientists Dr. Kara Lavendar Law and Dr. Jenna Jambeck on why the U.S. is the world’s #1 source of plastic waste, and what we can do about it.
Myth-busting with public health experts: The safety of single-use
EPISODE 30: What public health and environmental justice experts are saying about plastic pollution impacts during a pandemic.
The safety and future of reuse
EPISODE 26: An expert panel discussion on COVID transmission and how reuse businesses protect public health.