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Episode four: Food packaging with purpose | Redesigning Food: Behind the scenes

Episode four spotlights packaging challenges, as pioneers strive to avoid problematic materials and achieve circular economy goals. Companies like Porcus, Spoon Cereals, Dunia Bora, and Agüita Divina explore innovative solutions for sustainable packaging and production.

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This episode of The Circular Economy Show explores Arda Biomaterials, a company transforming brewing waste into innovative leather alternatives. Co-founder Brett Cotten details their process, while Amy Tsang from The Mills Fabrica highlights the crucial role of investment in driving such circular innovations forward.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, promotes a circular economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. Support our mission by leaving a review or comment on Spotify or YouTube.

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China, climate, and the circular economy

This episode of the Circular Economy Show discusses the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's publication, "The circular economy: A 'triple play' solution for achieving China's climate objectives." Lei Chen and Seb Egerton-Read highlight how circular economy principles offer three key benefits for China: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, securing critical raw materials for renewables/EVs, and increasing economic resilience.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review or comment to help us spread the word.

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

The fifth and final United Nations international negotiating committee meeting (INC-5) will take place in Busan, Korea, this month. Its goal is to create a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution. In this episode, Marta Longhurst, Global Treaty Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, discusses the opportunities a well-designed treaty offers to tackle the world's plastic waste crisis.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. For more insightful videos, subscribe to their YouTube channel: Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Learn more about their work at www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org.

Dunia Bora's taste testing mission #shorts

In episode three of 'Redesigning Food: Behind the Scenes,' participants test their product ideas with consumers. Follow along as companies navigate challenges and find solutions, bringing their innovations closer to reality. Watch the full episode to learn more.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity dedicated to developing and promoting a circular economy. This design-driven model eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Can the circular economy help bridge the climate adaptation gap?

This episode explores the circular economy's dual role in climate action. We delve into its connection with climate adaptation outcomes, moving beyond its recognized potential for mitigation to examine how circular activities contribute to resilience.

If you found this discussion valuable, please support us by leaving a review or comment on Spotify or YouTube. Your feedback helps us share these important insights more widely.

Nutricandies take their product on the road #shorts

In episode three of 'Redesigning Food: Behind the Scenes,' participants test product ideas with consumers, navigating challenges to bring their innovations to life. Watch the full episode to see their journey.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy: eliminating waste, circulating products, and regenerating nature.

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

This episode explores durability's physical and emotional aspects, a crucial design principle for successful circular business models. Understanding durability helps set these models up for long-term success.

Discover more about circular business models, like Back Market, in episode 126: "Changing the way we buy and use technology." Listen here. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review or comment on Spotify or YouTube; your support helps spread awareness of the circular economy.

Evaluating consumer feedback #shorts

In 'Redesigning Food: Behind the scenes' Episode 3, watch as companies test product ideas with consumers. Follow their journey navigating challenges and finding solutions to bring their innovations into the real world. Watch the full episode now.

This video is brought to you by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity promoting a circular economy. This design-driven approach eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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

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Is the circular economy simply another form of sustainability? In this premiere episode of the Circular Curious season, Emma Elobeid and Lou Waldegrave explore the key overlaps and core differences between these two vital yet distinct practices, discussing common pitfalls in conflating them.

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Episode three: The first bite: putting products to the test | Redesigning Food: Behind the scenes

In episode three, ‘The first bite: putting products to the test,’ participants of the Big Food Redesign Challenge trial their product ideas with consumers. Follow their journey as they navigate challenges, overcome barriers, and find solutions to bring their innovations to market.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy—a model that eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos and explore our work at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org.

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New season: Circular Curious

Ever wondered about the difference between sustainability and the circular economy? Or how circular economy principles can address climate change and promote durable design? This season of the Circular Economy Show is for the "circular curious" seeking answers to these vital questions.

We will delve into common misconceptions surrounding the circular economy, exploring its ideological underpinnings and practical implementation. Join us as we unravel complex ideas and clarify what the circular economy truly means.

Ellen MacArthur and Christiana Figueres discuss the Global Plastics Treaty | BBC World News America

Ellen MacArthur and Christiana Figueres met with BBC's Sumi Somaskanda at NYC Climate Week to discuss the Global Plastics Treaty. They highlighted this critical opportunity to address plastic pollution through a globally coordinated, legally-binding agreement.

Existing solutions and efforts by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation demonstrate the power of collective action. Final UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Busan, Korea, this November offer a chance to establish ambitious, global rules for the entire plastics life cycle, transforming the system and preventing waste. The Foundation promotes a circular economy to eliminate waste and regenerate nature.

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How can regenerative design drive real impact? #podcast

This episode of The Circular Economy Show highlights the power of collaboration in scaling circular design. Host Pippa Shawley speaks with Megan Dawson-Elli (Tapestry) and Steven Bethell (Bank and Vogue) about their partnership, which led to Coach’s popular Soho bag. Watch the full podcast to learn more.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy: designed to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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Answering the big questions: An Ellen MacArthur Foundation round table

The circular economy often raises questions about its implementation. In this episode, Ellen MacArthur Foundation team members Sarah O’Carroll and Seb Read join host Pippa to address frequently asked questions, discussing the consumer's role, recycling, and nature within this framework.

If you found this episode helpful, please leave a review or comment on Spotify or YouTube. Your support helps us promote the circular economy.

For any further questions for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation team, email us at podcast@emf.org.

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

This episode of The Circular Economy Show highlights the power of collaboration in scaling circular design. Host Pippa Shawley, Megan Dawson-Elli (Tapestry), and Steven Bethell (Bank and Vogue) discuss their partnership, which led to Coach’s sellout Soho bag.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, promotes a circular economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. If you enjoyed this video, please leave a review on Spotify or YouTube to help us spread the word.

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Creating lasting environmental and economic benefits in the US #podcast

This episode of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Show explores the growing momentum of the circular economy in the US. Discover opportunities for the US to lead this transition, creating lasting environmental and economic benefits.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting the circular economy – a system designed to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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How can the US lead the circular economy transition?

During New York Climate Week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Show explores the US's growing circular economy momentum. Discover opportunities for the US to lead this transition, creating lasting environmental and economic benefits.

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How to build a nature-positive circular economy for Europe

This episode of the Circular Economy Show features Julia Okatz (Systemiq) and Joss Bleriot (Foundation Executive Lead). They discuss the "Building Prosperity" report, exploring how cities and built environments can foster a nature-positive circular economy for Europe. Learn more about the report on our Building Prosperity page.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. Subscribe for more videos on YouTube. Explore our work at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org, and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

How to build a nature-positive circular economy for Europe

This episode of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Show explores the vital link between a healthy economy and a thriving natural environment. With biodiversity declining, we delve into the Foundation's "Building Prosperity" report. Guests Julia Okatz (Systemiq) and Joss Bleriot (EMF) discuss how cities and built environments can foster a nature-positive circular economy, reducing consumption, regenerating nature, and creating economic opportunities.

Discover more about the Building Prosperity report [here](https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/building-prosperity). You can also watch the full episode on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/ZXDo9ql7kgQ) or read the transcript on our website. Your support helps us spread the word about the circular economy.

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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection

“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.

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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection