Podcasts about zero waste guy

Jonathan Levy a.k.a. “Zero Waste Guy” is a waste and recycling consultant who works with businesses to help them systemically root out wasteful practices to reduce environmental harm. Jonathan shares how working as an operations supervisor at a 2 million square foot Target warehouse (optimizing the flow of single-use disposable items) led him to a career in waste reduction.  Jonathan talks about what's recyclable or compostable, what isn't, and what really happens to our trash. He also gives tips for reducing waste on an individual level, why we can't actually achieve “zero waste” or fit all of our trash in a mason jar, and talks about the importance of legislation to effectuate change. Jonathan also touches on the astonishing amount of textile waste that is produced in Los Angeles and the challenges the city and its waste haulers face dealing with enormous volumes of textile scraps.  For show notes visit: https://www.swapsociety.co/pages/podcast

Today I chat with the Zero Waste Guy, Jonathan Levy about waste and recycling!!⁠Main Topics:⁠-State of the Recycling Infrastructure ⁠-Issue with the Zero Waste Movement⁠-Composting⁠-Career Tips!⁠⁠Jonathan has a popular blog and instagram account where he talks about low waste living. We'll discuss the current state of the recycling industry, what is being done to reduce waste, and tips on how you can reduce waste at home. Jonathan is very knowledgeable on the subject so this is a great episode! Stay tuned until the end of some career tips.⁠⁠You can reach out to Jonathan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zerowasteguy/⁠⁠You can check out his website: https://zerowasteguy.com⁠⁠If you enjoyed the episode please leave a review so that we can reach more people with this podcast!

Jonathan Levy chooses his own religion! Jonathan, aka “Zero Waste Guy” is a Zero Waste Project Manager and Green Building Council True Advisor, and on this episode we talked about environmentalism and spirituality. We also talked about the challenges of dating as an environmentalism, making others feel less guilty around you, environmental capitalism, transcendent moments with nature, community, and Unitarian Universalism. Episode includes hkis story from the live Choose Your Own Religion in January 2019. Check out more of Jonathan’s work at zerowasteguy.com and on Instagram @zerowasteguy, and come hear more stories and tell your own at the next live show on Friday, March 29th at 7:30pm at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena!

How do we recycle properly to ensure that what we toss down the recycling chute actually gets recycled, and not just be 'aspirational recyclers'?   Special guest for this Bloom Tuesday, Jonathan Levy of ZeroWasteGuy.com shares his expert tips and insights with us.   Find the full show notes with references linked at www.GreenDreamer.com/36, and follow me on Instagram @KameaChayne where I'll be sharing more of my inspirations, tips, and learning lessons along the way. Thanks for bringing your light! x

Jonathan Levy graduated from college and took the job that he thought he was supposed to take. Soon after he found himself working in corporate America in a 2 million square foot retail distribution center full of cheap products designed to wear out and be thrown away. His felt that his life was spiraling out of control. Imagine for a second if you did not throw away anything? You created no garbage? His work life was becoming completely out of balance with his personal life where he was embracing a zero waste way of living and he got to the point where he had no choice, so he quit. Since that moment he’s turned his idea and purpose into a career that previously didn’t exist. He is now a Zero Waste Project Manager working with companies and municipalities to reduce their garbage by actually reusing it. We discuss... The mindset of taking the job that he was SUPPOSED to take. His role as a Supply Chain Manager. The realization that his professional life and personal life were completely out of alignment. How he followed his personal passion and focus into a completely new career and professional movement. Him quitting his job without a plan. His research in European countries to design the next phase of his career around a city's sustainability. How he created the brand, Zero Waste Guy, and created a career that previously didn't exist. Working with municipalities to help them use less and re-use their garbage. How he goes out to dinner with friends with his own napkins and utensils. Introducing a plant based diet into his life. Show Notes Zerowasteguy.com FB and Instagram @zerowasteguy Sponsors PrintDirtCheap.com – Rockstars in printing with over 30 categories of printing products doing it FAST and doing it CHEAP. Use promo code ‘LIFEHUNTER’ for $10 off of your print job or request a free sample of their work. Check out clickplacement.com to design your search engine marketing strategies and launch an epic PPC campaign. Support the Go Hunt Life show by making a donation to help keep the life hunter stories coming at Patreon.com/gohuntlife

Jonathan Levy describes himself as the Zero Waste Guy. In this episode, we explore his perspectives on how he helps organizations reduce their waste. When he first started consulting he called his business Disruptive Consulting and quickly learned that few people want work with a disruptor. In his work, Jonathan is trying to make businesses as green as they allow him to. He has learned that organizations are not always ready to go commit to zero waste, but he has adopted the approach that it is better to make the best decisions he can given the constraints within the context he is working. For him, getting organizations closer to zero-waste is the goal, but if he doesn't achieve that, he is still diverting considerable waste from the landfill. Jonathan is not an advocate for repeal and replace approaches to change. He argues that we cannot expect people to make radical modify their behaviour. For him, small changes can have massive impacts and he gives some very practical examples in the show. In his work, he takes an incremental approach to creating change and in the show we discuss the merits of a small change approach versus a go big or go home perspective. We also discuss the what he described as waiting for other people to be the change they want to see in the world. For him, we need to take a multi-prong approach in how we make change part of the mainstream. This muti-prong approach awakens various parts of the system. In this rich episode, we dive into a number of practical insights that Jonathan shares. Learn more about Jonathan and his work here: https://zerowasteguy.com/You can find him on Instagram also: https://www.instagram.com/zerowasteguy/You can also find him on Twitter: @zerowasteguy1

Jonathan Levy describes himself as the Zero Waste Guy. In this episode, we explore his perspectives on how he helps organizations reduce their waste. When he first started consulting he called his business Disruptive Consulting and quickly learned that few people want work with a disruptor. In his work, Jonathan is trying to make businesses as green as they allow him to. He has learned that organizations are not always ready to go commit to zero waste, but he has adopted the approach that it is better to make the best decisions he can given the constraints within the context he is working. For him, getting organizations closer to zero-waste is the goal, but if he doesn't achieve that, he is still diverting considerable waste from the landfill. Jonathan is not an advocate for repeal and replace approaches to change. He argues that we cannot expect people to make radical modify their behaviour. For him, small changes can have massive impacts and he gives some very practical examples in the show. In his work, he takes an incremental approach to creating change and in the show we discuss the merits of a small change approach versus a go big or go home perspective. We also discuss the what he described as waiting for other people to be the change they want to see in the world. For him, we need to take a multi-prong approach in how we make change part of the mainstream. This muti-prong approach awakens various parts of the system. In this rich episode, we dive into a number of practical insights that Jonathan shares. Learn more about Jonathan and his work here: https://zerowasteguy.com/You can find him on Instagram also: https://www.instagram.com/zerowasteguy/You can also find him on Twitter: @zerowasteguy1

Jonathan Levy, the "Zero Waste Guy," joins the Princesses to talk about zero waste, veganism, and the small steps we can all take towards reducing waste! [...] The post 063 Zero Waste & Veganism with the Zero Waste Guy appeared first on Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack!.