As we continue to trash our oceans and terrestrial environments, many are pitching the model of the circular economy as an answer to our problem with waste. Building on the reduce, reuse, recycle model, the circular economy promises an end to overflowing dumps where products are continually repurposed to serve a new function. While the promise of circularity sounds so good, this episode we unpack how a circular economy universe might actually see us produce even more waste and potentially cause greater social inequity.
Featuring:
Trevor Zink - Assistant Professor of Management from Loyola Marymount University.
Melissa Edwards - Senior Lecturer in the University of Technology Sydney Business School.
#14 - Putting An End To Animal Trafficking And Chlamydia Ridden Koalas
#13 - Can Festivals Be Sustainable?
#12 - The Sustainable Tourist And A Poor Students Breakfast
#11 - Let's Talk About Money, And Sustainable Finance
#10 - Wandering Through A Worm Farm And Wearing Sustainable Fashions
#9 - A 'how To' On Composting And Dealing With Food Waste
#8 - The Carbon Cost Of Your Commute And Composting Toilets In Cameroon
#7 - How To Deal With Human Waste
#6 - Ethical Supply Chains And The Most Sustainable Pet
#5 - Addressing Antibiotic Resistance And Australia's First Living Algae Building
#4 - The Coffee Pod Menace, Reducing Consumption And Our First Sustainability Champion
#3 - Protecting Our Most Vital Natural Resource, Water
#2 - Rethinking Earth Hour And Extreme Coral Ecosystems
#1 - What Is Sustainability?
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