The Indisposable Podcast®
Celebrating solutions to plastic pollution and featuring heroes of the movement
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The Conscious Cafeteria Project
EPISODE 174: Diving into the findings of a national pilot study of reusable foodware for healthier, more sustainable schools.
The Plastic Free Pharmacy
EPISODE 173: Cabinet Health is on a mission to eliminate plastic in pharmaceuticals, starting with a mail-in refill model.
Unstoppable community organizing
EPISODE 172: Organizers in states where it is challenging to pass policy are still doing good work to reduce plastic waste and encourage reuse. Plastic Free MKE shares the story of their success.
Bans on bans
Episode 171: Preemption laws—or “bans on bans”—can make it hard for localities in more conservative states to pass plastic reduction and reuse policies. Learn insights & workarounds from on-the-ground advocates in FL, CO, and MT.
Connecting dots for circularity
Episode 170: Happen Ventures leverages logistics and partnerships to repurpose products and divert landfill waste.
Changing lives with reuse
Episode 169: A win-win model from MD Department of Aging: reusing durable medical equipment to increase access while saving money, carbon, and landfill waste.
Reuse to-go goes back to school
Episode 168: PLAN’s Atlas Fellows launch a Reuse To-Go Manual & ROI Calculation Course to help college students make lasting changes in campus dining.
Making repair mainstream (again)
Episode 167: Leslie Bateman and Emily Watts, co-founders of shoe and leather repair company Coblrshop, share their journey in innovating an age-old craft.
The keys to a reuse revolution
Episode 166: Christiana Dujardin, lead analyst for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s groundbreaking report, Unlocking A Reuse Revolution - Scaling Returnable Packaging, shares insights & takeaways on designing a returnable packaging system that can compete across the board with single-use.