The Beyond Waste Podcast

About The Beyond Waste Podcast

Welcome to The Beyond Waste Podcast. Join us as we deep dive into the world of waste, resources, and the circular economy. In each episode, we’ll bring you insightful discussions with industry experts, thought leaders, and influential voices shaping the future of sustainability. Join us as we embark on a journey to create a more sustainable future by transforming waste into valuable resources.podcast weblog

Publisher

CIWM

Category

business · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Feb 2024

Latest episode

1 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 41 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Sept 2026

   The Brutal Truth About Circular Design: What Really Happens After the Bin

   What changes when designers leave the studio and follow their products into the waste system? Guest host Alexie Sommer speaks with Biffa’s Amy Hooper and Designability’s Pippa Bridges about a pioneering programme taking designers inside recycling plants, e-waste facilities, paper mills and landfills. From shredders that challenge accepted ideas about disassembly to lost materials, battery fires and the pressures reshaping business, they explore why circularity cannot remain an optional extra, and why every design brief should begin with what happens at the end.

2. 

   8 Jul 2026

   Why does the waste sector need to Think Again?

   CIWM President Vicki Hughes and CIWM Early Careers President Emma Mulligan discuss shifting perceptions of the waste sector and attracting new talent in this interview.

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Passing the Torch for a Circular Future with David Greenfield and Charlotte Davies

   CIWM President David Greenfield and Early Careers President Charlotte Davies discuss progress and challenges in advancing the circular economy and resource resilience.

Inside a recent episode

The Circular Avengers: Defra’s Circular Economy Taskforce Assembles!

Published 28 Jan 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So yeah, and I agree that the long list of, you know, things like textiles and mattresses and nap is, again, some of those items are clearly not mattresses but some of those items do contaminate other recycling streams that we currently collect and causes real issues. And there's a real desire, I think, in certain sectors of society to do something about them. So having those sorts of, you know, extended producer responsibility for those will hopefully really drive forward changing behaviour in societies that's widest perspective. Yeah, now the bad, the batch has become a real minus 99 and, you know, it's not just the facilities we're seeing, you know, regularly fires now in, in lorries that have had to, you know, our CVs have had to dump the load on the road to, because there's a potential fire in the back. […]

Who has been a guest on The Beyond Waste Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Vicki Hughes
• Emma Mulligan
• David Greenfield
• Charlotte Davies
• Linda Aspey

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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