The Indisposable Podcast™

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Celebrating solutions to plastic pollution - because throw-away is so yesterday.

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2022
How Upstream and the Reuse Movement Began
This week, host Matt Prindiville chats with Upstream’s two founders, Dr. Bill Sheehan and Helen Spiegelman – two advocates behind what is now known as the “reuse movement”. Learn how Bill and Helen began catalyzing conversations with business, government and nonprofit leaders to redesign the systems generating single-use waste – and how that helped drive today’s biggest cities and governments to strive for zero waste. Resources: Get in touch with Bill Sheehan Get in touch with Helen Spiegelman Fungal Diversity Survey Learn more about How Upstream and the Reuse Movement Began
January 20, 2022
49 min
New Year, New Solutioneers, New Reuse-olutions
This week, we’re introducing you to the four newest members of Upstream’s Board of Directors: Linda Corrado, Ashley Craig, Rose Stephens-Booker and Daniel Velez! We asked each of them to tell us something we wouldn’t know from looking at their LinkedIn profile and what inspired them to join Upstream’s Board and the reuse movement. Plus, hear their top New Year “reuse-solutions” for starting down the path to a greener, healthier, and more indisposable lifestyle in 2022. Resources: Linda Corrado on LinkedIn Ashley Craig on LinkedIn Rose Stephens-Booker on LinkedIn Daniel Velez on LinkedIn Upstream's New Board of Directors Members are Here to Support Reuse - Blog
January 13, 2022
14 min
Craft Beer takes the Reuse Route
This week, host Matt Prindiville chats with a new member of Upstream’s Board of Directors, entrepreneur Daniel Velez – Co-founder and CEO of Growly, an innovative online craft beer delivery service. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Growly uses the milkman model to deliver locally made craft beer, cold brew coffee, and kombucha in returnable growlers. Tune in to hear how Daniel is pioneering craft beverage packaging with reusable growlers and innovative delivery systems. Resources: Daniel Velez on LinkedIn Growly’s website Growly on Facebook Growly on Instagram
January 6, 2022
57 min
2021
Reuse (and Wine) On-Tap
This week, host Matt Prindiville joins Charles Bieler – Founder and CEO of Bieler Wines, winemaker, and innovator – to discuss reuse in wine and wine service. At the forefront of the industry for more than 20 years, Bieler has been named by Food & Wine Magazine and the Wine Enthusiast as one of the “40 Big Food Thinkers Under 40.” From wine on-tap in restaurants to a return-to-retail reusable/refillable bottle system, hear how Charles is working to reimagine the wine industry’s role in supporting the shift to an emerging reuse economy. Resources: Bieler Wines website: https://www.bielerwines.com/ Bieler Wines on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bielerwines/ The Gotham Project: http://gothamproject.net/ Charles Bieler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesbieler
December 22, 2021
40 min
Scaling Supply Chains with Reuse
Rounding out our special series for The Reusies™, Matt Prindiville talks with Garr Punnett, Chief of Staff and Circular Economist at Rheaply – the National Reuse Awards 2021 Most Innovative Reuse Company award winner. Rheaply’s online resource management and exchange platform helps businesses around the world better manage their physical assets to improve supply chain issues and minimize resource waste. Tune in to learn how Rheaply is changing the game in an era when the need for circular business operations is greater than ever. Resources: Rheaply website Garr on LinkedIn Rheaply’s Multi-usiverse Podcast
December 15, 2021
57 min
The Power of Community and Coalitions
This week, for another special episode in our series on The Reusies™, host Brooking Gatewood sits down with members of Reusable LA – the 2021 Most Impactful Community Leadership award winner at the National Reuse Awards. Alison Waliszewski with 5 Gyres, Melissa Aguayo with Break Free From Plastic, and Emily Parker with Heal the Bay share the history and victories of this powerful and inclusive coalition helping to shift the state of plastic pollution in the city of Los Angeles. To keep up with Reusable LA’s work and get involved in upcoming actions, visit www.reusablela.org and follow the coalition on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter If you’re interested in joining an existing reuse coalition or starting a new one in your community, visit our Community Coalitions webpage to see how you can get involved. For more on grassroots and inclusive organizing, check out episodes 1: A giant leap toward throw-away-free living; 33: Racial Justice & Environmentalism: Together & Inseparable; and 45: Changing the narrative: Environmental justice and plastic production!
December 9, 2021
38 min
Stopping Single-Use in the Shower
This week, tune in for another special episode in our series for The Reusies™ as host Matt Prindiville sits down with Lindsey McCoy, CEO and Co-Founder of Plaine Products – the 2021 Fan Favorite Reuse Company award winner at the National Reuse Awards. Plaine Products delivers its personal care and beauty products directly to consumers in reusable aluminum containers, along with a prepaid mailer to return old bottles for washing and refilling. Learn how Plaine Products came about as the first beauty company to employ a reusable packaging business model, and how the company is leading others to do the same. Plus: Through December 21, donate any amount to Upstream and unlock exclusive discounts and promo codes to a variety of reuse businesses in the 2021 Holiday Shopping Guide – Plaine Products included! Resources: Plaine Products’ website The Reusies Upstream’s 2021 Holiday Shopping Guide
November 24, 2021
47 min
Reusables Win in San Francisco
This week, we’re bringing you reuse success stories from San Francisco as restaurant owners and reuse service providers share all the benefits they’ve experienced after switching to reusables for dine-in and take-out. This episode was adapted from our recent livestream, “Reusables Win in SF,” in partnership with the San Francisco Department of the Environment and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association. Resources: Reusables Win in SF webpage Reusables Win in SF digital toolkit Reusables Win in SF livestream video on YouTube: English | Spanish | Chinese Reusables Win in SF downloadable brochure: English | Spanish | Chinese
November 18, 2021
53 min

About the podcast The Indisposable Podcast™

Celebrating solutions to plastic pollution - because throw-away is so yesterday.

The Indisposable Podcast™

About the podcast The Indisposable Podcast™

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How Upstream and the Reuse Movement Began

New Year, New Solutioneers, New Reuse-olutions

Craft Beer takes the Reuse Route

Reuse (and Wine) On-Tap

Scaling Supply Chains with Reuse

The Power of Community and Coalitions

Stopping Single-Use in the Shower

Reusables Win in San Francisco

About the podcast The Indisposable Podcast™

Categories