Circular Economy Podcast
1) 165 Christina Schwartzkopf of Prolong: seamless solutions for circular aftercare and aftersales
Christina Schwarzkopf is co-founder of Prolong, a business-to-business white-label software solution enabling fashion brands and retailers to offer and manage circular aftercare and aftersales service...Show More
2) 164 Louis De Jaeger: our futures depend on healthy soils
Healthy soils provide the foundation for life on our planet, and yet most agriculture degrades soil. Nurturing soil should be at the top of all our priority lists, and Louis De Jaeger—author of the ne...Show More
3) 163 Patrik Frisk of Reju: regenerating polyester textiles
We dig into the complexities of textile recycling with Patrik Frisk, who is working to create a circular economy for textile-to-textile polyester regeneration. Patrik is the CEO of Reju, a recent star...Show More
4) 162 Rachel Bronstein and Barry Waddilove: Skills for Planet from the Design Council
It's episode 162 - we’re discussing design skills and why it’s crucial that design for circularity goes beyond the design of the product itself, to cover the materials, the customer experience, the su...Show More
5) 161 Dan Vukelich of AMDR: medical device reprocessing
Dan Vukelich, President of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, has spent 25 years campaigning and working to encourage reuse and remanufacturing of ‘single use’ medical devices, first in t...Show More
6) 160 Systems and system value
One of recurring themes in the new edition of A Circular Economy Handbook (to be published in November 2025) is the importance of systems thinking and systems design. I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s bo...Show More
7) 159 Kyle Wiens of iFixit: the rewards of repairability
Kyle Wiens is the co-founder of iFixit, the international repair community known for open-source repair manuals and product teardown. Kyle is also one of my circular economy heroes!Since it started ba...Show More
8) #158 Steve Wilson of Compostify
Compostify makes truly home-compostable plant pots and other bioplastic solutions designed to nourish the earth. Its products naturally break down without leaving harmful residues, and Compostify says...Show More
9) 157 Liz Bui of Yulex: safer, sustainable materials
Liz Bui takes us behind the scenes at Yulex, a material science company that’s replacing extremely useful, but problematic petroleum-based products with natural rubber alternatives.Liz Bui is Chief Ex...Show More
10) 156 Marcus Feldthus: the Post-Growth Guide
We zoom out to the economy part of the circular economy to talk about the Post Growth concept with Marcus Feldthus.Together with Oscar Haumann, Marcus founded the Post Growth Guide back in 2023, as a ...Show More