WasteED - A Waste and Recycling Podcast by SWACO

About WasteED - A Waste and Recycling Podcast by SWACO

WastED is a waste and recycling education podcast from SWACO. Hosted monthly by Joe Lombardi and Hanna Greer-Brown, our guests offer insights into regional efforts helping to push sustainability forward as well as sharing their perspective on the next big GREEN thing for central Ohio. Between a few laughs plus genuine and substantive conversation, each episode features takeaways about proper disposal that will have listeners recycling right in no time. Find us on Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you listen!

Publisher

Hanna Greer-Brown

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Sept 2024

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Fast Fashion Doesn't Have To Be Fast Trash.  Let's Mend, Reuse and Recycle It

   Your closet is bigger than you think and so is its footprint. This month, Joe and Hanna look at the real lifecycle of clothing in Central Ohio, where textiles account for about 92 million pounds sent to the landfill each year. We're asking a simple question: what would it take to make “trash” the last option instead of the default? We’re joined by Yiema John of the Columbus Fashion Council and Recycled Runway organizer, plus Lisa Goldsand of Circular Thrift, to unpack how fast fashion...

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   Turning Waste Into Company Culture, Associate Buy-in and Healthier Communities

   Your office might have recycling bins, but how can your organization turn sustainability into culture and better health outcomes? Here's how! Hanna is solo for this episode and digs into that very effort with Michael Ferrara of ANS and Terri Scannell of Ohio Health. Michael shares how a simple audit in their Columbus office uncovered a broken system, and how SWACO’s Business Recycling Champions Program helped them create the hauling, building, and stakeholder coordination ...

3. 

   28 Jul 2026

   New Food Scrap Options Bring Composting to Downtown Columbus

   Downtown Columbus in the summer is festive, fun and full of options and that’s exactly when waste piles up fastest. Joe and Hanna sit down with Ashley Myers, Director of Columbus Commons, to talk about what it takes to run a park that hosts 250-plus events yearly and still finds ways to make sustainability feel easy instead of preachy. From Picnic with the Pops to big concert nights, we get into how great experiences and smart waste diversion can live side by side. Plus, we have BIG ne...

Who has been a guest on WasteED - A Waste and Recycling Podcast by SWACO

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

• Amy Densborn
• Jonathan McCracken
• Kelly Scocco
• Tim Swauger
• Kaylee Oiler

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

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Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

31

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