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Towards Zero

Zero Waste Scotland

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Frequency: 1 episode/45d. Total Eps: 13

Interested in doing things differently to help end the climate crisis? The Towards Zero podcast by Zero Waste Scotland is for you. Each episode features interesting stories, information and ideas from a wide range of guests, including our own experts, on how we can all waste less and do more. Subscribe to Towards Zero to stay up to date with the latest research, tips and ideas on how we can all help save the planet.

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Choose to Reuse (EP.10)

Season 3 · Episode 10

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 • Duration 15:19

Ditching Disposables to stop takeaways costing the Earth

Our guests   

Alvaro Bernabeu, owner of Malvarosa, Portobello, Edinburgh.
Catherine Bozec, communications partner, Zero Waste Scotland
Maja Darlington, plastic campaigner, Greenpeace UK

In this episode, we hear how Scottish takeaways and their customers are wasting less and spending less as they go beyond the latest ban on throwaway plastic to help save the planet and their pocket.

Alvaro Bernabeu tells us why he’s always charged a deposit for his paella pans. Now he’s saving cash as well as carbon by trialling deposits for other reusable tubs and cups at his restaurant in Edinburgh’s Portobello under Zero Waste Scotland’s Ditching Disposables scheme to help businesses nationwide make the best change for them and the planet.

Zero Waste Scotland’s communications partner Catherine Bozec explains the ban in more detail, and why we should all ditch all disposables and choose to reuse everything wherever possible, from cups to clothes and computers.

Greenpeace UK plastic campaigner Maja Darlington tells us all about the Big Plastic Count revealing how much we waste at home to help persuade governments and big businesses take more action.

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Getting Around (EP.9)

Season 2 · Episode 9

Monday, March 28, 2022 • Duration 17:00

How to make sure going electric really will help end the climate crisis

Our guests

Dr Euan McTurk, electric vehicle battery engineer and host of YouTube show, Plug Life Television
Charlotte Stamper, circular economy energy infrastructure specialist, Zero Waste Scotland
Paul Codd, Cleantech investor, Co-Founder of Cheesecake Energy and CEO of Flexergy Ltd.

In this episode, we talk about the need to switch from petrol and diesel to electric
vehicles as we enjoy the freedom to get around again without making the climate
crisis worse.

Electric vehicle battery engineer Euan McTurk crunches the numbers in a
bid to answer to a common question: Are electric cars really better for the
planet than petrol or diesel?

Zero Waste Scotland’s circular economy energy infrastructure expert,
Charlotte Stamper, shares our latest research highlighting the risk of creating
more waste as demand for electric vehicles soars – and discusses innovative
solutions to avoid that risk and create more sustainable jobs in the
process.

Paul Codd explains how Cheesecake Energy, his tasty-sounding circular
economy business, is pioneering an unlikely sounding way to make the switch to
electric more sustainable.

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Christmas Special (PART.2) - Savvy ways to sustainably gift this Christmas

Thursday, December 16, 2021 • Duration 15:10

It’s not unfair to say that, as consumers, most of us tend to show our love at Christmas through buying things for one another. With toy ads bombarding our televisions, and 3-for-2 on beauty items resulting in needless items clogging our bathroom cabinets, Santa lists began to have a page count, and, with it, our needless waste increased.

In part two of our Christmas Special we talk to Sam Moir, Programme Manager for Revolve – Zero Waste Scotland’s quality standard for second-hand stores in Scotland, about the many ways we can still experience the joy of gifting at Christmas that won’t cost the earth.

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Christmas Special (PART.4) - Making recycling easy this Christmas

Season 2

Thursday, December 16, 2021 • Duration 14:58

From wrapping paper to food packaging; cardboard boxes, to empty bottles – the festivities around Christmas certainly bring with them an array of waste that requires different modes of disposal.

For some, this process can sometimes become confusing, resulting in waste being thrown away together or, in worst-case scenarios, fly-tipped. As well as being an eyesore, this can have a huge environmental impact.

Thankfully, Jenny Fraser, our Consumer Campaigns Manager, joined us to share some of our top tips to help reduce waste and make recycling simple this Christmas.

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Christmas Special (PART.3) - Top tips to reduce food waste this Christmas

Thursday, December 16, 2021 • Duration 13:59

For a lot of people, the best part about Christmas is the food – whether it be an excuse to graze on treats throughout the day, or a bustling table full of Christmas favourites. But food waste has a huge impact on our carbon footprint. Around half of all food waste in Scotland comes from householders and Christmas is a big contributor.

Our Communications Lead, Andrew Pankhurst, joins us to share some fantastic, yet simple, ways to reduce the amount of food waste you produce, while still enjoying all the trimmings.

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Christmas Special (PART.1) - How to reduce the carbon cost of your Christmas

Season 2

Thursday, December 16, 2021 • Duration 12:42

From the gifts we buy at Christmas to the paper that we wrap them in – everything has a carbon tag attached. But we can all limit our carbon footprint during the most indulgent time by reducing the amount we consume.

Consumption is an issue not just exclusive to Christmas, but it's definitely a time of the year where overindulgence is almost expected and it doesn’t have to be this way. Zero Waste Scotland believes that to truly end our contribution to the climate crisis, we need to think about how we consume and Christmas is a great time to start.

In part one of our Towards Zero Christmas Special, our Communications Consultant, Miriam Adcock, shares how we can all have a conscientious Christmas.

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Getting social (EP.8)

Season 2 · Episode 8

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • Duration 12:08

Dress up and drink up without trashing the planet

Our guests

Naomi Ross, co-founder of online clothing rental service Sioda
Hannah Clinch, co-creator of Dunoon Goes Pop
Louisa Coursey, Business Support Partner, Zero Waste Scotland

In this episode, we find out how to enjoy socialising and support the recovery post-Covid without making the climate crisis worse.

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Secondhand - First Choice (EP.6)

Season 2 · Episode 6

Thursday, July 8, 2021 • Duration 12:08

Secondhand is first choice for shoppers and businesses helping to end the climate crisis (Perthshire)

Our guests

Fiona Gilbert, development manager at Remake Scotland

Laura Blair, circular economy sector manager for cities & regions at Zero Waste Scotland

In this episode, we head to Perthshire where the charity Remake Scotland is pioneering the re-use revolution.

Fiona Gilbert from Remake talks about creative scavenging and how Zero Waste Scotland’s Revolve quality guarantee for secondhand goods is encouraging people to shop differently to help end the climate crisis.

Laura Blair, from Zero Waste Scotland’s circular economy team, explains how our ‘circular’ cities and regions network helps local textiles manufacturer Halley Stevensons waste less by supplying offcuts to Remake, inspiring a range of sustainable new products.

Remake’s new ‘tool’ library lets people borrow everything from DIY tools to guitars and bouncy castles – and Fiona’s next big plan is to open Scotland’s first secondhand shopping centre.

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Zero Waste Scotland provides a range of expert advice and support to help everyone waste less to cut the carbon emissions behind the climate crisis.

Our Circular Cities and Regions programme was pioneered in Glasgow where we joined forces with the council and chamber of commerce to help businesses and communities. We now work on the programme with councils and chambers across Scotland including our newest circular region, the Highlands and Islands.

Zero Waste Scotland’s Revolve certification is a national quality guarantee scheme for secondhand goods and customer service. Remake Scotland is one of more than 120 certified stores around the country selling a range of pre-loved items from clothes and books to bikes and furniture. Membership currently costs £100.

A cracker of an opportunity (EP.5)

Season 2 · Episode 5

Friday, May 28, 2021 • Duration 14:50

How two Highland firms got together to help end the climate crisis by baking biscuits from beer.

Our guests:
Lewis Maclean, managing director at Maclean’s Highland Bakery
Nigel Tiddy, managing director at Windswept Brewing Company

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Return, refill, repeat (EP.4)

Season 2 · Episode 4

Thursday, April 29, 2021 • Duration 14:07

How a Scottish beauty business is helping to end the waste behind the climate crisis.

In this episode, we take a virtual visit to Glasgow as Scotland’s largest city gears up to host COP26, the latest global climate crisis talks.

We talk to Jo Chidley, who is cutting carbon emissions in the beauty industry and beyond through her simple ‘return, refill, repeat’ service – reusing bottles and jars to eradicate vast amounts of needless single-use packaging for everyday products like shampoo.

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