Episode #17: 3 key benefits of reusable packaging
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Episode #17: Podcast Show Notes
Introduction
Reuse isn’t a new trend, it always existed. But adapting reusables to our crazy lifestyle with disposable habits at a packaging level, that’s challenging!
Today, I am excited to share with you the pith of the reusable benefits mentioned by 5 guests from the 2021 episode series: Sophie Liu of Loop, Jérémie Lambin of Freddy met Curry, Samuel Chappel of LaSemo, Marie Jemine of L’Empoteuse, and Cody Irwin of ShareWares.
Curious to find out what are the 3 key benefits beyond those B2B and B2C reuse implementations?
The 5 episodes mentioned in this episode
Episode #06: Reusable packaging as an asset for brands and their customers with Sophie Liu of Loop, from TerraCycle
Episode #08: Ready to rock with zero-waste office canteens? with Jérémie Lambin of Freddy met Curry
Episode #09: When festival rhymes with experimental with Samuel Chappel of LaSemo
Episode #10: A low-tech deposit system to expand zero-waste food businesses with Marie Jemine of L’Empoteuse
Episode #12: When cups initiate a reusable ecosystem to take the waste out of takeout with Cody Irwin of ShareWares
Resources mentioned and recommended in this episode
The partners of ShareWares for the free home pick-up of their reusable cups: Jarr Grocery Delivery, Livlite, and WiseFill.
Would like to know more about the incentives put in place by Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association? Have a look here: https://www.dtvan.ca/2022/02/sharewares-and-dvbia-providing-free-reusable-cups-to-downtown-businesses/
ConsomAction, the Network for shops, suppliers, hotels, restaurants, cafés and other zero waste professionals in Belgium: https://www.consomaction.be/
The publication ‘Reuse – rethinking packaging’ from Ellen MacArthur Foundation: https://emf.thirdlight.com/link/rzv910prtxn-tfiulo/@/#id=1
Little extra
Over 125 health experts defend the safety of reusables during COVID-19 pandemic. Check this link: https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-international-stateless/2020/07/0c3a6a32-health-expert-statement_updated.pdf
Solutions with a tray: https://www.canadareduces.ca/_files/ugd/b77caa_1e53f48cf49244e78a2fed918eddee26.pdf
About Colienne Regout from Look4Loops
Businesses lead the way! As a true believer, Colienne Regout makes you rethink your packaging so you can adapt to future markets and spot business opportunities. Colienne helps organizations to improve their economic, social, and ecological impacts in Europe and Canada by optimizing the use of their resources and designing out the concept of waste. She started with facilitating Corporate Social Responsibility and with implementing Sharing Economy initiatives. As the founder of Look4Loops, she is now using the Circular Economy to enhance processes from the beginning until the end of their life cycles.
Besides operating changes in the field, education is a big part of what Colienne does: She is the host of this podcast, she created the ‘Develop Circular Packaging Solutions’ training, she sub-teaches at BCIT and she also facilitates workshops and serious games about climate change and the circular economy.
As a Circulab certified consultant, she benefits from shared knowledge and co-developed tools thanks to a community of over seventy worldwide colleagues.
Podcast music
Special thanks to Joachim Regout who made the jingle. Have a look at his work here.
I am happy to bring a sample of our strong bonds on these sound waves. Since I was a child, he made me discover a wide range of music of all kinds. I am also delighted he is a nature lover and shares the Look4Loops 'out of the box philosophy'. He is an inspiring source of creativity for me.