Zero waste trends in Europe (12 experts interviewed)

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 areas: (1) reuse, (2) zero waste shopping, (3) quitting single-use plastics and (4) the impact of plastics on our health. This episode is the summary, the ultimate highlight compilation of all the interviewed we conducted. You’ll meet 12 experts and frontrunners, working in some of the most exciting business, government and civil society organisations across Europe, to tackle specific aspects of zero waste. Our guests: - Alice Bah Kuhnke, politician in the European Parliament https://www.instagram.com/alicebahkuhnke - Alec Mills and Celia Pool, co-founders of DAME https://wearedame.co - Bettina Steinbrugger, CEO and co-founder of Erdbeerwoche https://erdbeerwoche.com - Chloé Mikolajczak, sustainable development campaigner and host of the Burning case podcast https://www.instagram.com/theburningcasepodcast https://www.instagram.com/thegreenmonki - Joan Marc Simon, director of Zero Waste Europe https://zerowasteeurope.eu - Justine Maillot, Consumption & Production Campaigner at Zero Waste Europe & Policy Coordinator at the Rethink Plastic alliance of Zero Waste Europe https://zerowasteeurope.eu https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu - Katja Sres, head of public relations at Ecologists without borders Slovenia https://ebm.si - Larissa Copello, consumption and production campaigner of Zero Waste Europe https://zerowasteeurope.eu - Linda Vasilescu, co-founder of R-CREATE http://www.r-create.ro - Sofia Sydorenko, coordinator of Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine https://www.instagram.com/zwaukraine/ https://zerowastelviv.org.ua/doslidzhennia-the-lancet/ - Susana Fonseca, board member of ZERO Portugal https://zero.ong/ Call to action! We have two specific calls to action with this episode: - Sign The Bloody Manifesto, by November 26, 2020: http://bit.ly/signmanifesto - Learning by self-reflection Throughout listening to the show we urge you to reflect on the following questions: What am I learning? How can I contribute to the transition towards a zero waste society? Take notes on a piece of paper, on your phone, by scribbling in the sand! Listen, contemplate and act! Sources https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_action_plan.pdf https://www.wen.org.uk/environmenstrualweek https://www.wen.org.uk/our-work/environmenstrual https://www.forbes.com/sites/serenaoppenheim/2019/01/31/hello-plastic-free-periods-the-worlds-first-reusable-tampon-applicator https://reports.mintel.com/display/858711/ https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjUwNzU5LnJzcw/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC01NjUzNDUw?hl=en-AT&ved=2ahUKEwiXguie9PPsAhWK3eAKHcZTA7YQjrkEegQIDBAI&ep=6 https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/wbhn73b/the-green-wave https://www.sis.se/en/news/swedish-stakeholders-request-global-iso-standards-for-menstrual-products Sources Zero Waste Europe Reusable & toxic-free menstrual products, 2018, ZWE, https://zerowasteeurope.eu/downloads/64575/ https://friendsoftheearth.uk/plastics/tyres-and-microplastics-time-reinvent-wheel https://zerowasteeurope.eu/products/ https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/?fwp_library_programmes=consumption-production https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/dare-to-imagine-a-better-future https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/towards-safe-food-contact-materials-in-a-toxic-free-circular-economy https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/reusable-packaging-and-covid-19 https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/packaging-free-shops-in-europe-an-initial-report https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/how-to-make-packaging-free-shops-go-mainstream