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Bruce Bratley, CEO and founder of recycling company First Mile talks about the climate crisis and how we can build solutions to avert disaster.
Each week we meet incredible people creating solutions for a zero-carbon world.
Every year we throw away around 9.5 million tonnes of food waste every year, most of which will end up in landfills where it decomposes and releases harmful gas such as methane.
In this episode of Climate Heroes, we sat down with Jamie Crummie, Co-founder of the Too Good To Go app responsible for saving over 300 million meals from going to waste.
Listen to Jamie & Bruce discuss the importance of Stop Food Waste Day, what we can all do to fight the food waste epidemic, as well as how businesses can get prepared for the upcoming ‘Simpler Recycling Reforms’ which will legally require businesses to recycle their surplus food from next year.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Jamie Crummie & Sara Shearly
Ready to take a deeper dive into B Corp?
This B Corp month, we’re kicking things off with a berry special episode of Climate Heroes - featuring smoothie giants Innocent Drinks️, who are pioneers in the UK B Corp movement and one of the first businesses to gain the certification back in 2018.
In the episode Bruce and Nick chat with Emilie Stephenson, Head of Force for Good at Innocent, to discuss their ESG journey, recent controversies surrounding the B Corp movement, as well as their top tips for achieving B Corp certification.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley & Nick Perry
Featuring Emilie Stephenson
Professor Ed Hawkins is a climate scientist and creator of the renowned Climate Stripes which highlights the earth’s increase in temperature over the last 170 years. In the last 50 years, there has been a 1°C increase in global temperatures across the globe. Ed’s Climate Stripes is a striking visual showing this change over the last 173 years, it has since been displayed worldwide, at music festivals, sports events and even on the side of buses.
In the episode, Professor Hawkins delves deeper into the science behind the climate stripes and how they were created. He also explains the importance of using visual representations to communicate complex data and engage audiences on important issues such as climate change.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Ed Hawkins
We’re joined by FabricNano CEO & Co-Founder Grant Aarons to learn about how they’re transforming the industrial chemical process using cell-free biomanufacturing.
This new biomanufacturing method has many benefits, it requires less resources and energy to maintain and produce less waste than the traditional cell-based approach.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Grant Aarons
In this episode of the Climate Heroes podcast episode, we're excited to be joined by Anthony Levy, also known as The Sustainable IT Guy and founder of Circularity First. Anthony is one of the people leading the charge in tackling electronic waste (e-waste) - a growing issue that demands our immediate attention.
Today only 17.4% of E-Waste is collected and properly recycled. As our reliance on technology continues to grow, these figures are expected to rise, making the efficient and sustainable handling of e-waste a global concern.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Anthony Levy
Recycleye is an exciting technology company bringing AI and robotics to the waste management industry. Their cutting-edge technology is helping material recycling facilities across the USA and Europe optimise their operations with their AI-powered sorting robots.
Their ground-breaking sorting robots are as accurate as the human eye and can identify not just materials but individual objects such as food-grade packaging and different types of aluminium, which has previously been difficult to detect.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Benedetta Delfino & Zoe Cook
GoUnpackaged are on a mission to revolutionise the way we transport items from supermarkets to our kitchens by swapping out disposable containers for long-lasting, eco-friendly alternatives, they're tackling the packaging waste problem one product at a time.
They're currently partners with a wide range of businesses across the UK, from local organic food stores to large corporations including Waitrose, Asda, Holland & Barrett and Aldi.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Catherine Conway
Renewable energy’s fluctuating power levels can make it difficult for the National Grid to maintain a stable energy supply, as its 90-year-old design was not designed for solar, wind and hydro energy.
For the National Grid to use renewables efficiently, it needs to be made smarter, more adaptable, and more flexible. IONATE has created a new transformer technology that’s designed to bring the grid up to speed with the renewable energy era
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Luca Mezossy-Dona
Li An Phoa is the founder of Drinkable Rivers, an organisation working towards a world where rivers are once again drinkable, by raising awareness through inspiring river walks, education and various action programs.
In September 2023, Li An and a dedicated team of volunteers set off on an ambitious month-long expedition known as the Thames River Walk. This extraordinary journey traced the river's path from its humble beginnings in the Cotswolds, extending all the way until it gracefully merged with the vast expanse of the North Sea.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Li An Phoa
Peter Michaelis is the Head of Liontrust’s sustainable investments team. Since joining in 2017, Peter has led his Liontrust team to achieve a 77% lower carbon impact than the wider investment market. In the latest episode of Climate Heroes, Bruce and Peter discuss what inspired him to get into sustainable investing, how to start and the importance of aligning investment returns with sustainable returns.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Peter Michaelis
World Vegan Month Special: THIS is on a mission to force animals into retirement with their extensive range of plant-based meat alternatives. Since launching three years ago, THIS has already saved almost 1.2 million animals from the meat industry. In this episode, Andy discusses the benefits of adopting a plant-based diet and how he built one of the UK's leading meat-alternative brands.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Andy Shovel
Cindy Forde is the founder of Planetari, an educational platform with a curriculum aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals that empower children with the knowledge and skills to become the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders in the environmental space. Cindy has also published a book titled ‘Bright New World’ an inspiring story that addresses the world’s most pressing problems and how we can work together to achieve sustainable solutions.
Join over 7 million users on the Olio app, where sharing, borrowing, and giving away unwanted food and household items is reducing waste and fostering a sustainable community. Olio's mission extends to partnerships with leading UK businesses like Tesco, Iceland, and Eurostar, tackling food waste industry wide.
Discover how Olio is transforming the way we think about waste and inspiring change.
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Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Tessa Clarke
Only a third of businesses say they currently have a net-zero strategy in place, which is detrimental to the planet and the fight against global warming. Greenly helps over 1,500 businesses reduce their carbon emissions with their easy-to-use carbon accounting which gives their clients access to the latest technology and climate experts to help them along their net-zero journey.
Episode 23
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Alexis Normand
Travel Matters creates memorable, conscious travel experiences that focus on making sure the local community and planet can flourish.
A registered B Corp, their mission is to show how travel can impact the world in a positive way if done if correctly.
Episode 22
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Karen Simmonds
Dynamic Earth is the UK’s leading earth science centre, the immersive experience takes visitors on a complete tour of planet Earth, from the Big Bang to
the unexplored depths of the ocean. Today’s guest is their Scientific Director Hermione Cockburn, former BBC presenter who now leads an incredible team responsible for delivering thought-provoking experiences that stay with visitors long after they step back
out into the world.
Episode 21
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Hermione Cockburn
B Corporations are a global movement of businesses challenging the status quo by serving people and the planet instead of just profits.
James Perry Co-founded the B Corp movement in the UK in 2014 and currently sits on the board of B Corp UK. His food company COOK was one of the first B Corporations in the United Kingdom.
Episode 20
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring James Perry
Founded just four years ago, Ecologi has now built a passionate community of over 19,000 businesses and 40,000 members all on the same journey to reduce
their carbon emissions and take climate action. Since then, the Ecologi community has planted over 66 million trees and offset almost 3 million tonnes of carbon.
Episode 19
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Elliot Coad
The Climate Agency are a female-founded non-profit marketing strategy consultancy helping start-up navigate their biggest challenge yet, climate change. We spoke to their Co-Founder & Director Sophie Gallois to find out more about the climate communication space and how they’re helping businesses create meaningful and easy-to-digest campaigns through their accelerator workshops.
Episode 18
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Sophie Gallios
Earthshot Prize finalists Low Carbon Materials develops new solutions for the construction industry with its innovative net-zero building materials. In
this episode, we speak to their CEO and Co-Founder Natasha Boulding, who was recently named in the Forbes 30 under 30 European Manufacturing & Industry list.
Episode 17
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Natasha Boulding
Reskinned is on a mission to help fashion brands achieve their sustainability goals with its circular economy model which incentivises owners to part with
their unloved clothes so they can be resold, repurposed or recycled. With over 20 years of recycling experience and investments in modern technology solutions, Reskinned are creating new ways for pre-loved clothes to last beyond the season.
Episode 16
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Ross Barry
Pierre-Yves Paslier is the Co-founder & Co-CEO of Notpla, who recently won the prestigious Earthshot Prize environmental award for its innovative biodegradable packaging. Made from seaweed and plants, Notpla packaging naturally biodegrades in 4-6 weeks, making it innovative sustainable packaging alternative to single-use plastics.
Episode 15
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Pierre-Yves Paslier
Food waste is a worldwide problem and is responsible for around 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Oddbox is fighting the food waste epidemic and fostering conscious consumerism with its wonky fruit and vegetable subscription service, rescuing perfectly good food that would otherwise be wasted and getting it into our kitchens.
Episode 14
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Deepak Ravindran of Oddbox
WasteAid is a UK-based organisation that works with communities in low-income countries to implement greener recycling and waste management programmes. Their hard work improves the lives of some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet.
Episode 13
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Ceris Turner-Bailes of WasteAid
Tom Kay is the founder of UK-based surfing brand Finisterre, which designs functional and sustainable products for those who love the sea. The Finisterre Foundation aims to inspire people to love and protect the sea and remove its barriers to access so everyone can enjoy our oceans.
Episode 12
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Tom Kay of Finisterre
Stuart McLachlan discusses the importance of achieving the target of net zero as a business in his latest book ‘The Adventure of Sustainable Performance', which guides you through the everchanging world of Environmental, social, and governance compliance.
Episode 11
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Stuart McLachlan of Anthesis
Henry Unwin from Daylesford Organics discusses the ongoing debate of organic vs regenerative farming, and closing the price gap between the produce of each method. He talks about the environmental benefits of living in season and what it means for our health and the planet.
Episode 10
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Henry Unwin of Daylesford Organic
CanO Water are ditching plastic bottles in favour of infinitely recyclable aluminium cans to tackle plastic pollution. Josh White and his co-founders came up with the idea after a trip abroad showed them the real extent of the issue. CanO Water is now an industry leader in the fast-growing canned water space.
Episode 9
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Josh White of CanO Water
Black Girls Hike provides a safe space for black women to explore the outdoors and reconnect with nature. With less than 1% of national park governing bodies being people of ethnically diverse backgrounds, Rhiane has spent several years working to challenge the status quo by hosting nationwide group hikes, outdoor activity days and training events to tackle the lack of inclusion and representation within the industry.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Rhiane Fatinikun of Black Girls Hike
Georgina Wilson-Powel is a journalist & author. Her new book ‘365 Ways to Save the Planet’ cuts through the noise in an often confusing world of sustainability, by offering a day-to-day guide to living greener - from making your own cordial, to making your pension work for the planet.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Georgina Wilson-Powell, journalist and author of ‘Is it really green’ & “365 Ways to Save the Planet”
Described as the “Mr Beast of Litter”, Simon Jacob’s app LitterLotto rewards its users for binning their litter. Instant cash prizes range from £5 to £250, with the
possibility of winning the £10,000 monthly jackpot.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Simon Jacobs of LitterLotto
In this Earth Hour special, we spoke to Nigel Harvey from Recolight, one of the UK’s electronics and lighting recyclers. Nigel spotlights some of the most pressing
industry issues such as light pollution, the new phenomenon known as “light shaming”, and what type of lighting is the worst for the planet.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Nigel Harvey of Recolight
Toast Ale is beer that's brewed using surplus bread that’s otherwise wasted. In this episode, co-founder Louisa Ziane explains how it’s made, and Toast Ale’s mission
to tackle the planet’s food waste problem - one beer at a time.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Louisa Ziane of Toast Ale
Keep Britain Tidy is an independent environmental charity whose aim is to reduce litter, prevent waste and improve local areas. In this episode, Dr Anna Scott discusses how we can all do our bit to help reduce consumption and eliminate unnecessary waste by implementing sustainable practices.
Hosted by Bruce Bratley
Featuring Dr Anna Scott of Keep Britain Tidy
The Plastic Paradox debunks everything you thought you knew about plastic using scientific evidence from over 400 studies. This includes paper straws and why they’re worse for the environment than plastic ones, and why the greenest option is usually quite simply the cheapest.
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Chris DeArmitt of The Plastic Paradox
Extinction Rebellion (also known as XR) is a global environmental movement whose aim is to drive government action through non-violent means to tackle the ongoing climate crisis. Nigel Harvey is the CEO of electronics recycling company Recolight and is an avid climate activist who has been arrested 6 times at Extinction Rebellion protests across the UK.
Hosted By Bruce Bratley
Featuring Nigel Harvey of Extinction Rebellion
There’s a growing trend toward compostable packaging and this episode we meet Vegware to find out how it’s made and how to properly recycle end-of-life compostables.
Meet the world’s first interactive streaming platform who want to change the world through education and entertainment, by building a community dedicated to the future of our planet.
Weather forecasts have become much more accurate in the last decade due to advances in atmospheric physics powered by super-computing. These advances are leading to better climate predictions and in this episode we hear from Antje Weisheimer who is a climate physicist at Oxford University.
Sourcing better packaging with a lower carbon footprint is a key consideration for brands today and we meet a company on a mission to help businesses make better decisions using technology designed to balance cost, time, and impact.
In this episode we meet Dr Torill Bigg who is a Carbon Reduction Engineer, and we need engineers more than ever to re-engineer everything from machines to whole systems so we reduce our carbon impact.
Brompton aren’t just an iconic folding bike, they also form a key part in sustainable city transport and in this episode we learn about the impact of making a Brompton and their role in urban mobility.
In this episode we meet Frugalpac who are disrupting the packaging market with their latest product – a paper bottle – which has six times less embedded carbon and is easier to recycle.
Bokashi is the Japanese word for “well fermented organic matter” and it is said to be the most efficient way to replenish soil with organic matter. In this episode we will hear from Agriton, to learn how Bokashi is becoming a star of green waste management.
A recent UN report shows that household carbon footprints are dominated by the food we eat, but this could change with a quarter of us aiming to be vegan or veggie by 2025. In this episode we meet AllPlants who are helping us become imperfect plant-eaters.
In this episode we meet Zak Johnson, founder of Reborn who reward you for recycling plastics at your workplace, and with full traceability, recycle your plastic back into corporate and leisure clothing.
Each adult in the UK has annual carbon footprint of 10 tonnes and this episode hears how we can easily make small decisions daily to reduce this impact. Nudj is a climate behaviour app that sets challenges to help users move to sustainable lifestyles. We meet Dee and Meg who’s goal is reduce everyone’s carbon footprint by one tonne by empowering simple, sustainable changes to our habits.
It’s estimated the UK produces half a million tonnes of plastic film per year for consumer packaging, and less than 5% is recycled. This episode meets Berry bpi, Europe’s biggest film recycler, to find out why we have so much plastic film in our lives, and to get an update on how we recycle more of this material.
Composting provides a safe and sustainable way to recycle the millions of tonnes of garden and food waste we generate. In this episode we discover how composting has gone high-tech to reduce landfill, capture carbon and provide a sustainable alternative to peat compost.
We have 29 million homes in the UK and they account for 18% of GHG emissions but they could all have a much lower impact if properly insulated and heated. This episode explores what we need to do to decarbonize homes, businesses and cities, and my guest is leading the way with a major social housing project.
You can make a big impact on climate change if you invest your savings wisely and Clim8 have made this easy for you. In this episode we find out how to invest your money and ensure good is done with it.
Cabilla is an upland hill farm on Bodmin Moor and home to an ancient temperate rainforest where we can enjoy the restorative power of nature. In this episode we delve into some of the least-known and perhaps hardest to understand ecosystem services, or wellness benefits of nature.
As more of us are searching for sources of plant-based protein tune in to find out how Hodmedods have their finger on the pulse of the British Bean scene.
The Urban Worm is on a mission to show us how worm farming can deliver future food security and provide simple solutions for managing food waste.
This episode hears how Hereford Pedicargo are taking cargo bike logistics to a new level and collecting waste and recycling from an entire town. Tune in to find out recycling-by-bike really works.
Reuse can be a tricky business because items are often hard to find, they can have inconsistent specifications and there’s limited data available. This episode’s guest is changing the reuse with a marketplace to manage and track items, and bringing much needed liquidity and data to reuse.
In this episode we learn from explorer and activist Robin Hansbury-Tenison how we must harness the power of microbes, free electricity, weather management and climate geoengineering to tame the four horsemen of pandemics, conflict, famine and death.
This episode finds out if we can stamp our climate change with a stamp – or a Planet Mark - to be more precise. Andew Griffiths, from Planet Mark talks about the importance of story-telling, measurement and goal setting to achieve net-zero.
In this episode we meet former ‘sneakerhead’, Rory Hugill, who is working to transform the fashion industry from its linear model to a circular Good Fashion approach that is regenerative and restorative for nature.
Plastic could be a $4trillion social opportunity for the planet, and redistribute worth to the poor who can escape extreme poverty by recycling plastic. In this episode we meet the founder of Plastic Bank who is connecting circular economies with social justice to build regenerative opportunities for our planet.
There can be no life without soil and no soil without life and this episode meets Soil Heroes to explore how regenerative farming works with nature to harness the chemical and biological power of soil – preserving biodiversity and increasing its ability to store carbon.
Environmentalists often turn diet into a behavioural battlefield – getting polarised around being a veggie, vegan, beef-free, or a pescatarian. Today’s guest is the founder of Honest Burgers, who are on a mission to feed people from locally sourced food from regenerative farms. Tune in to learn about cooking, food miles, sustainable produce and British farming.
This episode meets The Commitment who are using the power of our democracy to deliver on climate change and biodiversity loss. We need politicians on side to change policy for the climate and UK Government directly controls 40% of UK GDP which could be spent wisely.
I love having guests on Zero 50 who want to kill my business by eliminating waste and SafiaQureshi, founder of CLUBZERO is planning on doing just this by replacing billions of items of single-use packaging with better quality and more resilient reusable alternatives.
There’s no shortage of money to solve the climate crisis. Property is a case in point because the sector is worth £280 trillion globally. In this episode we hear how Savills Property Investment are using their property portfolio to green cities and make them better places to live and work.
EIGHT billion people live on this planet BUT we grow enough food to feed 11 billon, and yet we waste millions of tonnes of edible food a year. In a generation, we have changed how we grow, cook and consume food. We’ve become disconnected from what we eat and where it comes from. To understand this and how we can change we meet Cookery School and learn how to cook sustainably.
This extra episode of Zero 50 is released for Glasgow’s Cop26 and we are joined by Professor Mark Maslin, who is Professor of Earth System Science at UCL and says “The challenge of the 21st century is that we must learn to think and act as a global species so that we can take care of all individuals, our global species and our planet, that we rely on for everything”.
How do we move our economy and society towards carbon net-zero? Who does the work? This episode explores how with Sustainability Activator Debbie Hitchen, who leads the Sustainable Production and Consumption team at Anthesis. Learn how organisations focus their sustainability ambitions on deliverable impact. Not just talk.
This episode of Zero50 meets the CEO of British BIDs to explore the importance of place in building sustainable futures. Our towns and cities have a huge environmental impact and greening these places will be key to meeting our future carbon goals.
The use of compostable plastic packaging has exploded in recent years, but do they actually compost at home, or in our current industrial composting infrastructure? In this episode we meet Danielle Purkiss who runs The Big Compost Experiment at UCL and we find out if compostables are a the perfect substitute for plastics or not as simple as they seem.
Recycleye, the artificial intelligence & robotics recycling company, is on a mission to codify waste identification and use machines to pick pure materials from a mixed waste stream.
We think we are using less paper, but the inkjet printer market is growing at 6% per year and we throw away billions of used cartridges per year and 80% of them are landfilled. In this episode we hear how the Ink Bin is on a mission to change the ink industry to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious.
We put the record straight on sand extraction in this episode with author and sand activist Kiran Pereira. Sand is in everything from computers to paint and we learn how our insatiable demand for sand has huge and unseen social, biodiversity and environmental impacts.
In this episode we hear how Vancouver based Recycle-Smart use technology, waste audits and computer algorithms to make recycling more efficient.
Waste and recycling is not included in council tax for Irish householders and so companies like CityBin collect on a pay-as-you-throw basis. In this episode we learn from Gene Browne and how has persuaded homes across Ireland to recycle more by putting service first as a core value.
This episode of Wasted is on the Circular Economy and how we shift from our current linear system of Take – Make and Waste and moving to a circular economic system of production. Our guest, Dr David Greenfield is a Circular Economy Specialist and explains the state of play and future roadmap for a circular economy.
B-Corp certified compliance scheme Ecosurety shows us how it is taking a new approach to producer responsibility. In this timely episode we learn about the future of extended producer responsibility, being a B-Corp and future recycling challenges. Our guest – James Piper - also gives us an early review of his new book, which is on the subject of rubbish.
In this episode our guest - Prof. Tom Appleby – shares his experiences of protecting the oceans and other public spaces to halt the destruction of our commons. His work ranges from banning plastic cotton buds, establishing ‘no take’ ocean conservation zones, and showing how we are polluting our latest common property – the internet.
Like it or not we are all being herded onto the Cloud and it is often claimed to be a greener choice for work and leisure. The majority of data centres are used to store and stream videos, which comes at a cost to us and the environment. In this episode we meet an anthropologist and an engineer to learn how the Cloud impacts society and the environment.
Mycelium, or the roots of mushrooms, can grow to the size of entire forests and are used by plants to communicate across large areas. Ehab Sayed of Biohm is using mycelium and other natural processes to make the building products of our futures that are organic and zero carbon. Ehab’s business is inspired by nature and its construction systems and materials champion a transformation towards the integration of engineering and biological processes. This episode hears how Biohm, a multi-award winning biotechnology company is changing the shape of the built environment.
First used as a packaging material by Toblerone a century ago aluminium is the most recycled material in the world. 75% of all aluminium ever made is still in use today, but there’s still a lot more to do to recycle all of this wonderful material. In this episode we learn how far we have come and what the future might look like. Rick Hindley from Alupro talks to Wasted about the barriers and opportunities for aluminium recycling and what we might expect from Extended Producer Responsibility and a Deposit Return Scheme.
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This Episode we meet Rype Office - the circular economy company shaking up the office furniture industry:. Hear how Greg Lavery, founder of Rype Office returns office furniture to as-new condition, saving money, reducing waste, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating local jobs www.RypeOffice.com
Join Bruce for this straight talking episode on plastics recycling. Bight Green Plastics are manufacturing recycled plastic compounds right here in the UK. Tune in to get clear insights about plastic exports, green washing and changes policy makers and influencers need to make around plastics. https://brightgreenplastics.com/
Kicking-off Series 2 of Wasted we delve into 200 years of textile recycling with Dr John Parkinson who is founder of Yorkshire wool recycling business iinouiio. Learn how John is saving one of the olderst recycling industries - shoddy and how he plans to change perceptions of recycling in fashion. https://www.iinouiio.com/about (https://www.iinouiio.com/about)
Welcome to Wasted Series 2 and to get started we have a special edition where we meet some of the First Mile team
We chat all things fashion with Dr Patsy Perry who is a Reader in Fashion Marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University. We focus on the environmental footprint and consequences of fashion, the rise of fast fashion, the innovative companies leading the way to a more sustainable future and how we, as consumers can take action.
Could you imagine a modern world without plastic? It's a valuable and useful material when used well, but we're living with the consequences of not having designed for end-of-life. We chat to Mark Miodownik, Materials scientist & engineer; Director of the UCL Institute of Making; author and occasional tv/radio presenter about the future of plastic.
If you're a beer drinker, you've almost certainly had a pint out of a KeyKeg; the lightweight alternative to traditional steel kegs. Hear KeyKeg's CTO, Bert Hanssen, discuss KeyKeg's fascinating journey towards a closed-loop system.
We speak to Mark Jankovich Founder and CEO of Delphis Eco to find out how Delphis Eco is disrupting the cleaning product industry with recyclable products and clever formulations that put the environment and aquatic organisms first.
Bruce chats to Ben Crowther, Co-founder & CTO of revolutionary indoor agriculture company, LettUsGrow. Find out about aeroponics, vertical farming, food waste and what UK agriculture will look like in 2050.
Recycling bins that blow bubbles, giant ashtrays and DIY bat costumes… We speak to Hubbub creative partner, Sarah Divall, to find out about the role of psychology and playfulness in kick-starting behavioural change.
We speak to Henry Unwin, Head of Sustainability at Nando's UK & IRE to find out about the importance of making sustainability fun, why carbon off-setting isn't the immediate solution, and what it means to sign-up to the Better Chicken Commitment. And don't miss Henry's top recycling tips for a unique way to reuse a box of wine!
Bruce chats with Tessa Clarke, CEO and Co-Founder of the food sharing app Olio. They discuss the shocking reality of food poverty and malnutrition here in the UK, the environmental impact of food waste, and how we need to stop looking for the perfect fruit and veg in the supermarket.
https://olioex.com/ (https://olioex.com/)
Bruce talks to the team behind the plastic in the Thames study about wet wipe reefs building in the River Thames, plastics in the food chain and how everyone needs to change their behaviour.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53479635 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53479635)
Meet George May, Director and Chief Commercial Officer of bio-bean, the world's largest coffee ground recycler. Our CEO Bruce and George chat about the innovative ways to recycle coffee grounds.
https://www.bio-bean.com/ (https://www.bio-bean.com/)
Bruce catches up with Kiko Matthews, fastest woman to row the Atlantic, and discusses all things beach cleans, education, environment and sustainability.
https://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/ (https://www.kikomatthews.co.uk/)
Bruce chats vegetables, veganism and sustainable foodie start-ups with serial entrepreneur Grace Regan, Founder of SpiceBox http://eatspicebox.co.uk/ (http://eatspicebox.co.uk/)
Bruce chats about the consequences of waste on children and families around the world with Amy Hanson, Founder of Small Steps Project http://www.smallstepsproject.org/ (http://www.smallstepsproject.org/). Plus find out what Lewis Hamilton, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mel C all have in common.
First Mile CEO Bruce Bratley chats with Miranda Essex Founder of PlantPack (getplantpack.co) about how she set up a zero-waste business saving plants from waste all whilst in lockdown.
Bruce chats all things rewilding with Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain. With a goal to rewild 5% of Britain by 2100, find out how every single one of us can help to bring back nature and restore living systems https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rewildingbritain.org.uk%2F&data=02%7C01%7CJessica.Mevel%40thefirstmile.co.uk%7C1a33d31e56c74c454d0b08d80e2c82e2%7C9929dcdad9c6497cbb48011324196fc8%7C1%7C0%7C637274931629512945&sdata=%2F3L%2FaK21BoXpgYo39xnGpkY%2B2o69V%2BuOggFLxdH9b1s%3D&reserved=0 (rewildingbritain.org.uk)
Bruce discusses all things plastic with Dan Webb, aka Everyday Plastic, and how we can all learn a lesson or two from the humble milk bottle. They also chat why reduction is key, even more so than recycling.
Bruce discusses the positive impacts of covid-19 with Tony Small, founder of Decent Packaging, and how businesses can look to come back greener. They also delve into the world of compostable packaging as Tony shares his vision to make takeaways more sustainable.