The Plastic Shift Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Matt Prindiville is the CEO and Chief Solutioneer at UPSTREAM Solutions, a nonprofit uniting many stakeholders together to support reuse systems and culture. Matt has decades of experience with working on issues from plastic waste, most recently working to show businesses the benefit of reusable containers.   

To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com.   

To learn more about UPSTREAM's work, you can visit their website (https://upstreamsolutions.org/) or listen to their fantastic podcast (https://theindisposablepodcast.simplecast.com/)

Jay Sinha is Cofounder and Co-owner of Life Without Plastic, a Canadian shopping platform for plastic-free products. Jay has decades of experience in scientific research, environmental policy, and entrepreneurship regarding plastics.   

To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com.   

To learn more about Life Without Plastic's work, you can visit their website (https://lifewithoutplastic.com/) or read their book (www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/33533744-life-without-plastic)

Dr. Lise Magnier is the Assistant Professor of Consumer Research at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Her research studies how consumers are influenced by product sustainability, especially when it comes to product packaging.   

This is an interview of Dr. Magnier's thoughts on the status quo, challenges, and potential of consumer-oriented research to design more sustainable products. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com  

To learn more about Dr. Magnier's work, please visit https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/about-ide/people/magnier-lbm/

Dr. Travis Wagner is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Southern Maine. His research studies the role of government legislation in decreasing the usage of single-use plastics.

This is an interview of Dr. Wagner's thoughts on the status quo, challenges, and potential of government regulations to address this issue. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com

To learn more about Dr. Wagner's work, please visit https://usm.maine.edu/environmental-science/travis-wagner

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The music used was created by Joseph McDade (https://josephmcdade.com/)

Dr. Paritosh Deshpande is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. We spoke to him about his research regarding the causes and effects of plastic waste from the fishing industry when it comes to marine plastic pollution.

Dr. Martin Medina has worked on waste management issues for over 20 years. He is the author of two book and has a PhD from Yale University. We spoke to him on his thoughts regarding the status quo of the issues with informal waste management in developing countries.

Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki is a doctoral candidate in the MARIPOLDATA project at the University of Vienna, in Austria. We spoke to her about her research, which focuses on global environmental policy.

In this episode of our podcast, we spoke to Huiyi and Dr. Pap about their thoughts on the potential for using recycled plastics for wastewater treatment.

Joana Prata’s research studies the health impacts of microplastics contamination. In this podcast, we discussed her thoughts on the consequences that could come about from microplastics pollution.

Dr. Thava Palanisami’s research studies the environmental and health risks of contaminants like plastic. This is an interview of Dr. Palanisami's thoughts on what we currently do and don't know about the problems with microplastics