Hello, plastic-free oceans!-logo

Hello, plastic-free oceans!

Business & Economics Podcasts

Join in on the ride towards a circular plastics economy in Sweden! Malin Leth and Jane Falkstranden are meeting with businesses that are moving away from taking, making and wasting. This podcast forms a part of the Ocean Alliance initiative that supports organisations in the transformation through seminars, workshops, podcasting and a toolbox.

Location:

Sweden

Description:

Join in on the ride towards a circular plastics economy in Sweden! Malin Leth and Jane Falkstranden are meeting with businesses that are moving away from taking, making and wasting. This podcast forms a part of the Ocean Alliance initiative that supports organisations in the transformation through seminars, workshops, podcasting and a toolbox.

Language:

English


Episodes
Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Sustainable lifestyles

1/6/2023
Malin and Jane have a chat with Estefania Coral Andrade, co-founder of Vågen, about the five Rs: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, restore. Links Learn more about Vågen Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:13:22

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

On tap

12/30/2022
Emilia Molin, CEO at BE WTR, chats with Malin and Jane about the five Rs (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, restore). Links Learn more about BE WTR Learn more about 1% for the planet Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:10:55

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

The bag

12/23/2022
Malin and Jane talk to Josephine Alhanko, Co-founder and Head of Sales at Reused Remade, about the five Rs (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and restore). Links Learn more about Reused Remade Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:10:15

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Taking back

12/16/2022
Jane and Malin talk to Emma Hagman, Sustainability Strategist at Götessons Design Group, and Andreas Hultfeldt, Sales Manager at Akustikmiljö, about the five Rs (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and restore). Links Learn more about Akustikmiljö Learn more about Götessons Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:11:17

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Vertical farming

12/9/2022
Malin and Jane have a chat with Gloria Kraus, Advisor at Hollbium, about the five Rs (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, restore). Links Learn more about Hollbium Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:11:42

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Yellow wall

12/1/2022
Malin and Jane meet Emma Ruzicka and Anna Nilsson, the two masterminds behind the yellow wall at the Nordic Sustainability Expo. In this interview, they share their ideas and plans for the design. Links Learn more about Stich N Stones Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:05:41

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

To be continued

7/1/2022
Malin Leth and Jane Falkstranden briefly talk about the coming Hello, plastic-free oceans! podcast season. Links Follow us on LinkedIn Read the report "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:01:03

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Recycling trophies

6/24/2022
Evelina discusses action at the individual level to increase recycling, with Amanda Berg, communication and PR manager at Isadora and Martin Stenberg, head of sales at Bower. Links Learn more about Bower & Isadora Follow us on LinkedIn Read the report "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:23:49

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Árbediethu

6/17/2022
Evelina discusses the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and local business development with Erika Omma Unnes, project manager at Àvki. Links Learn more about Àvki Follow us on LinkedIn Read the report "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:34:28

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Print farm

6/10/2022
Evelina discusses new ways of manufacturing using recycled content, with Stefan Larsson, CEO and founder of Lostboyslab. Links Learn more about Lostboyslab Follow us on LinkedIn Read the report "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:30:15

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Alternative laminate products

6/3/2022
Evelina discusses alternative single-use laminate products for the healthcare sector, with Henric Nedéus, deputy managing director and head of business development at Cellcomb. Links Learn more about Cellcomb Follow us on LinkedIn Read the report "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:17:52

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Reusing cups

5/27/2022
Evelina discusses the reuse of cups and food containers with Annelise de Jong, project manager and senior researcher at the Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) Links About the reuse project Report, "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" Follow us on LinkedIn Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:23:19

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Superior flowability

5/20/2022
Evelina discusses the concept of superior flowability and the development of FibraQ and localised production with Sara Georgsson, Head of Business Development and Sales at Bio Fibertech. Links https://www.fibra-q.com/ Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:26:41

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Sound absorbers

5/13/2022
This episode is one of many interviews made as a part of the work on our first-ever whitepaper, where we say hello to businesses that are rethinking plastics. This time, Evelina explores the recycled content mix in sound absorbers with Patric Gustafsson, site managager at Akustikmiljö in Falkenberg and Emma Hagman, sustainability strategist at Götessons Design Group. Links Akustikmiljö website Götessons Design Group website Report: Hello, businesses rethinking plastics! the Keep...

Duration:00:21:53

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Strong communities

5/6/2022
This episode is one of many interviews made as a part of the work on our first-ever whitepaper, where we say hello to businesses that are rethinking plastics. This time, Evelina discusses the work behind building strong communities and forming partnerships to drive environmental change with Xenia Brundin, co-founder of Ribban Beach Camp. Links Ribban Beach Camp website Report: Hello, businesses rethinking plastics! the Keep Sweden Tidy foundation on Linkedin Credits Artwork:...

Duration:00:19:53

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Trailer Season 2

4/29/2022
Malin and Jane discuss the coming episodes with Evelina Lundqvist, that’s all about sharing insights from businesses that are rethinking plastics. Working on our first-ever whitepaper on this topic, Evelina has a lot of audio and written material in the making! Learn more about the report "Hello, businesses rethinking plastics!" here Credits Artwork: Giancarlo Mitidieri Jingle: Frans Sjöberg

Duration:00:07:37

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Plastic Baltic Sea

1/14/2022
Malin and Jane explore the plastic pollution situation in the Baltic Sea, together with Eva Blidberg, Marine litter expert at the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation and Per Normark, scuba instructor and chair of Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) Sweden. The talk is framed around these questions Q1. What have you learnt from a decade of litter measurements along the coastlines? (00:30) Q2. What sources are there to plastic pollution in the Baltic Sea? (01:07) Q3. How bad is it below the surface?...

Duration:00:10:05

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Cars

1/6/2022
Malin discusses the circular flow of one of the materials used in cars; plastics, and the development of plastic circularity with Andreas Frössberg, CEO of the Swedish Car Recyclers Association. The talk is framed around these questions: Q1. If we look at the car as a product in a circular flow, how would you describe it, Andreas? (01:26) Q2. How much of the car is made of plastics, in general? (05:19) Q3. What is the development regarding plastics in cars? (07:11) Q4. Are there any...

Duration:00:19:48

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Fish business

12/24/2021
Malin and Jane explore the impact of lost, discarded or abandoned fishing gear and what action is taken from a global to local scale to stop it with Inger Melander, Expert Fisheries and Market at WWF. The talk is framed around these questions: Q1: How is lost or abandoned fishing gear a problem? (01:16) Q2: Do you know of any initiatives working to reduce the amount of lost or abandoned fishing gear globally? (03:04) Q3: What are some of the most common reasons to lose, discard or abandon...

Duration:00:12:49

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

From EU to Sweden

12/17/2021
Malin discusses how the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive was landed in Sweden with Anna Cedrum and Malin Johansson, responsible for the implementation of the SUP in Sweden and working at the Ministry of Environment. The talk is framed around these questions: Q1. What’s the base for the directive? (01:24) Q2. For how long did the negotiations run? (01:54) Q3. What followed then after the negotiations? (03:10) Q4. So putting it in the Swedish context, what did you do? (03:50) Q5. So,...

Duration:00:15:04