The Plastic Shift Podcast

Matt Prindiville is the CEO and Chief Solutioneer at UPSTREAM Solutions, a nonprofit uniting many stakeholders together to support reuse systems and culture. Matt has decades of experience with working on issues from plastic waste, most recently working to show businesses the benefit of reusable containers. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about UPSTREAM's work, you can visit their website (https://upstreamsolutions.org/) or listen to their fantastic podcast (https://theindisposablepodcast.simplecast.com/)

Jay Sinha is Cofounder and Co-owner of Life Without Plastic, a Canadian shopping platform for plastic-free products. Jay has decades of experience in scientific research, environmental policy, and entrepreneurship regarding plastics. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about Life Without Plastic's work, you can visit their website (https://lifewithoutplastic.com/) or read their book (www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/33533744-life-without-plastic)

Charlotte Maiden is a Publicist at Terracycle Loop, a company creating a door-delivery reusable shopping platform. Their work is among the first to scale reusable packaging for large consumer brands and across multiple countries. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about Loop's work, please visit their website (www.loopstore.com).

Kelly McBee is the Waste Program Coordinator at As You Sow, a nonprofit uniting financial shareholders of large public companies to achieve sustainability. As You Sow represents the voices of these shareholders when engaging large companies to make sustainable changes on issues like decreasing plastic waste. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about As You Sow's work, you can visit their website (https://www.asyousow.org/) or read their report

Prof. Failler is the Director of the Centre for Blue Governance. He holds a PhD in Economics, an MSc in Economics of Marine Resources and a Master in Philosophy. He is coordinating complex research projects with multidisciplinary teams for more than 25 years in Europe, Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Pacific coastal countries (more than 40 to date) in collaboration with national research institutions and universities and a close link with policy bodies.

Laura Diaz Sanches is a Campaigner for Microplastics at the Plastic Soup Foundation in the Netherlands. Their work encourages solutions to several aspects of plastic pollution and Laura is responsible for their initiatives like promoting washing guidelines to prevent clothes from releasing as many microfibers. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about the Plastic Soup Foundation's work, you can visit their website (https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org)

Dr. Amy V. Uhrin is the Chief Scientist of NOAA's Marine Debris Program. Their work routinely supports marine debris research through grants and outreach and Dr. Uhrin oversees their research priorities. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about the NOAA Marine Debris Program's work, you can visit their website (https://marinedebris.noaa.gov) - They offer grants to researchers and institutions at https://grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=marine%20debris - Results from research they fund is available at https://clearinghouse.marinedebris.noaa.gov - Publicly-available research from all of NOAA is available at https://repository.library.noaa.gov/ - NOAA also has science-related webinars about their work for the public at https://nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/ The visuals in this podcast are created with MusicVid (musicvid.org) The music used was created by Joseph McDade (https://josephmcdade.com/) This interview was recorded on Sep. 22, 2020

Dr. Valter Castelvetro is Associate Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry at the University of Pisa, Italy. In the last years he has become interested to some less understood issues about the environmental pollution by micro- and nano-plastics, developing new polymer-selective methods for their detection and quantification, and studying the release of potentially harmful volatile molecular fragments as a result of polymer degradation.

Ana Silva is the CEO and Cofounder of COMITATVS, a sustainable plastics trading company that helps businesses find more sustainable materials for their products. This is an interview of her thoughts on the status quo of sustainable plastics after economic shocks with COVID-19 and a global recession.

David Lefebvre is the Director of Public Affairs at RecycleBC, a coalition of businesses in British Columbia that manage waste generated from their products. He is the spokesperson for all of RecycleBC's initiatives, from educating consumers on how to recycle waste streams to developing alternatives for increasing the recycling of flexible plastic packaging. This is an interview of Dave's thoughts on the status quo of British Columbia's legislation to involve producers in the management of their waste, recorded by Madhav Malhotra (one of the students at The Plastic Shift). To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com. To learn more about RecycleBC's work, you can visit their website (https://recyclebc.ca/) or read their annual reports (https://recyclebc.ca/about-recyclebc/program-overview/annual-reports/). To see more about some of their projects, you can find them on any social media @recyclebc or learn more via their app (https://recyclebc.ca/app/)

Dr. Lise Magnier is the Assistant Professor of Consumer Research at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Her research studies how consumers are influenced by product sustainability, especially when it comes to product packaging. This is an interview of Dr. Magnier's thoughts on the status quo, challenges, and potential of consumer-oriented research to design more sustainable products. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com To learn more about Dr. Magnier's work, please visit https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/about-ide/people/magnier-lbm/

Dr. Travis Wagner is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Southern Maine. His research studies the role of government legislation in decreasing the usage of single-use plastics. This is an interview of Dr. Wagner's thoughts on the status quo, challenges, and potential of government regulations to address this issue. To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com To learn more about Dr. Wagner's work, please visit https://usm.maine.edu/environmental-science/travis-wagner The visuals in this podcast are created with MusicVid (musicvid.org) The music used was created by Joseph McDade (https://josephmcdade.com/)

Dr. Paritosh Deshpande is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. We spoke to him about his research regarding the causes and effects of plastic waste from the fishing industry when it comes to marine plastic pollution.

Dr. Martin Medina has worked on waste management issues for over 20 years. He is the author of two book and has a PhD from Yale University. We spoke to him on his thoughts regarding the status quo of the issues with informal waste management in developing countries.

Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki is a doctoral candidate in the MARIPOLDATA project at the University of Vienna, in Austria. We spoke to her about her research, which focuses on global environmental policy.

In this episode of our podcast, we spoke to Huiyi and Dr. Pap about their thoughts on the potential for using recycled plastics for wastewater treatment.

Joana Prata's research studies the health impacts of microplastics contamination. In this podcast, we discussed her thoughts on the consequences that could come about from microplastics pollution.

Dr. Thava Palanisami's research studies the environmental and health risks of contaminants like plastic. This is an interview of Dr. Palanisami's thoughts on what we currently do and don't know about the problems with microplastics

Taylor Leigh Cannizzaro is the Chief Alliance Officer at Plastic Bank, a company that improves the informal waste management industry in developing countries like the Philippines. We talked to her about the status quo of Plastic Bank's work and its potential to achieve a greater scale in solving the problem.

Dr. Markus Flury is a professor at the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Washington State University. His research studies the development of biodegradable plastics, which could be an alternative to current single-use plastics!

Oksana Horodytska is a PhD. Candidate at the Engineering for Circular Economy Group at the University of Alicante. Her research studies the effects of plastic contamination in the recycling industry, which is one of the largest barriers limiting recycling rates.   This is an interview of Ms. Horodytska's thoughts on the status quo of plastic contamination in the recycling industry, recorded by Madhav Malhotra (one of the cofounders at The Plastic Shift).  To explore some other resources on the global plastic pollution issue please visit www.theplasticshift.com.  To learn more about Ms. Horodytska's work, you can email her at oksana.hka@ua.es. To learn more about the Engineering for Circular Economy Group at the University of Alicante, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/circular-economy-university-of-alicante/. The music used was created by Joseph McDade (https://josephmcdade.com/)