The Circular Economy Show Podcast

Dec 16 2024 178 ep. 24 mins 1.6k

The Circular Economy Show Podcast artwork

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation welcomes you to The Circular Economy Show, a podcast about a new way to design, make, and use things, and how we can build an economy that's fit for the 21st century.

Business Society & Culture Government

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

2024 in review: A year exploring the circular economy

Dec 16 2024 15 mins

Join Fin, Lou and Pippa from the Circular Economy Show as we look back at a year in the circular economy. In this episode, the team shares highlights from this year’s show, and talks about some of the moments you might have missed. Thanks for listening to the Circular Economy Show from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Help us grow our audience in 2025 by sharing your favourite

What does it take to scale biomaterials?

Dec 09 2024 17 mins

Could drinking beer be the pathway to creating new leather alternative fashion products? In this episode of The Circular Economy Show, we uncover the story of Arda Biomaterials, the company turning brewing waste into new leather alternatives. Their co-founder, Brett Cotten tells us how they have developed this innovative process. We're also joined by Amy Tsang, the Head of Europe

What happened at INC-5? With Ellen MacArthur and Christiana Figueres

Dec 04 2024 33 mins

In this special episode of The Circular Economy Show, we’re sharing a conversation between Ellen MacArthur and Christiana Figueres from the climate podcast Outrage + Optimism. Christiana was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, where she oversaw the delivery of the historic Paris Agreement. In this episode, the pair

China, climate, and the circular economy

Nov 25 2024 16 mins

In this episode, we discuss the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s latest publication, The circular economy: A 'triple play' solution for achieving China's climate objectives. We’ll explore how adopting a comprehensive circular economy framework can play a pivotal role in achieving both China’s climate and economic goals.

Plastic pollution: What is INC-5 and why does it matter?

Nov 18 2024 16 mins

In advance of INC-5 at the end of this month, in this episode of the Circular Economy Show, Marta Longhurst, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Global Treaty Manager, tells us what opportunities a well designed treaty could unlock to tackle the world’s plastic waste crisis.

Can the circular economy help bridge the climate adaptation gap?

Nov 04 2024 20 mins

The circular economy can be a powerful climate mitigation strategy. But what about the other side of the climate action coin? In this episode, we explore the connection between circular economy activities and climate adaptation outcomes.

Decoding durability in a circular economy: more life, more memories

Oct 28 2024 23 mins

When we talk about durable materials, products, and services, what do we really mean? This episode unpacks the physical and emotional dimensions of durability and explores how this key design principle can help set circular business models up for long-term success.

Sustainability and the circular economy: what’s the difference?

Oct 21 2024 20 mins

Is the circular economy just another form of sustainability? Taking the key overlaps and core differences in turn, this episode explores some of the common pitfalls in conflating these two vital yet distinct practices.

New season: Circular Curious

In this season of the Circular Economy Show for the circular curious, we’ll be talking around the edges, peeling off some layers, and unravelling some common misconceptions around the circular economy – at both an ideological level and in implementation terms too.

What’s in your Soho bag? Unpacking the role of collaboration in circular product design

Sep 30 2024 14 mins

In this episode of The Circular Economy Show, we uncover the power of collaboration in scaling the design of products that are fit for a circular economy.