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Happy Holidays Everyone! I wish...i wish...i wish that you find utmost joy within you which fires you up to take some impactful climate action in 2022. Today is our last weekly gupshup for 2021, and that's why Piyush & I decided to go unscripted and share our heart out of how this year has been. If you have been tuning in to most of our previous gupshups, then this episode is going to be a delight for you. Thank yo for being our family and supporting us throughout. Now, I request you to hit play, relax and enjoy what's about to unfold :) Let us know your thoughts on this at [email protected] / [email protected] Keyword : What is a circular economy? Follow our page- (Circular Business Podcast | The Circular Collective) Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

You are listening to part 3 of our discussion with Kiran Pereira where we are gonna dig deep on sustainable solutions to the global sand crisis. Kiran is the Founder & Chief Storyteller at SandStories.org. an organization that works to create awareness about the urgent need to manage our consumption of sand as a resource. They aim to bridge the gap between science, policy and industry by identifying and promoting potential solutions to the looming sand crisis. If you observe keenly, you’ll notice how rarely sand and its sustainability comes up in climate change awareness conversations. Just bcoz its not being spoken much, doesn’t mean that its impacts ain’t alarming. Doston, I’m counting on you to help us spread the word and spark a thought within your circle of influence. All you have to do is share this episode with them and start a conversation. Our conversation has been split into 3 parts. Part 1 focuses on problems and impacts of sand mining on our lives and the ecosystem. Part 2 focuses on sustainable, circular solutions to today’s unsustainable sand industry Part 3 will focus on action points for making this planet a better place. Show Notes: Today sand is valued poorly, therefore linked with a lot of exploitation and creates barriers to adoption of sustainable technology & infrastructure; Sand is a non-renewable resource in human timescales; Humankind has built 850,000 dams around the world rivers that are blocking sand’s natural course of path; Today humans have become a geo-morphological force …trying hard to compete with nature... Sand and gravel are the most extracted solid substances on earth; Today's regulations around sand are archaic; We lack awareness and urgency around the topic of sand unsustainability; Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: SandStories Watch the Documentary : Sand Wars Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : Illegal sand mining --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

You are listening to part 2 of our discussion with Kiran Pereira where we are gonna dig deep on sustainable solutions to the global sand crisis. Kiran is the Founder & Chief Storyteller at SandStories.org. an organization that works to create awareness about the urgent need to manage our consumption of sand as a resource. They aim to bridge the gap between science, policy and industry by identifying and promoting potential solutions to the looming sand crisis. In the previous episode i.e. ep #94 we discussed how sand touches our lives everyday via the products and services that we use. We even spoke about the massive scale at which specific types of sand are extracted from various parts of the globe to suffice human development needs. This in turn is leading us into a climate catastrophe. If you observe keenly, you’ll notice how rarely sand and its sustainability comes up in climate change awareness conversations. Just bcoz its not being spoken much, doesn’t mean that its impacts ain’t alarming. Doston, I’m counting on you to help us spread the word and spark a thought within your circle of influence. All you have to do is share this episode with them and start a conversation. Our conversation has been split into 3 parts. Part 1 focuses on problems and impacts of sand mining on our lives and the ecosystem. Part 2 i.e. today’s episode will focus on sustainable, circular solutions to today’s unsustainable sand industry Part 3 will focus on action points for making this planet a better place. Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: SandStories Watch the Documentary : Sand Wars Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : Illegal sand mining --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Today's sand mining is a climate threat. Yes it is. For many of us, when we think of sand …we picture walking on a beach…some others might say an hourglass… but little do we realize that amidst the chaos of climate change …SAND is literally slipping through our eco-system with a big invitation for a future catastrophe. If what I just said sounds unbelievable to you, no problem at all, our guest for today Kiran Pereira is going to share a rare sand story with all of us. Kiran is the Founder & Chief Storyteller at SandStories.org. SandStories works to create awareness about the urgent need to manage our consumption of sand as a resource. They aim to bridge the gap between science, policy and industry by identifying and promoting potential solutions to the looming sand crisis. Our conversation has been split into 3 parts. Part 1 ..i.e today’s episode will focus on problems and impacts of sand mining on our lives and the ecosystem. Part 2 will focus on sustainable, circular solutions to today’s unsustainable sand industry Part 3 will focus on action points for making this planet a better place. Notes: Sand is a non-renewable resource in human timescales Humankind has built 850,000 dams around the world that are blocking sand’s natural course of path Today humans have become a geo-morphological force …trying hard to compete with nature Sand and gravel are the most extracted solid substances on earth. Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: SandStories Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : Illegal sand mining  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Today is part 2 of the throwback series- Inspiring people in the circular economy space. Like I mentioned in episode 90 …we initially wanted to make top 3, however curating top 3 was hard, therefore we thought of making two part series covering 3 change makers in each episode. While the podcast must take a holistic view, I wanna share a secret…you know the curation of this episode is my favorite because these folks have become trailblazers in their own arena. So if I can state them in the chronology of their appearance, we begin the throwback with Alysia G co-founder and director of Materiom followed by Arthur Huang cofounder of MINIWIZ and Dave Hakkens founder of precious plastic.com. So just sit back, relax, grab your beverage of choice and get ready to be inspired. Let us know your thoughts on this at [email protected] / [email protected] Keyword : What is a circular economy? Follow our page- (Circular Business Podcast | The Circular Collective) Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Today we are going to talk to a phenomenal woman who has become a trend setter in zero waste living in India. She is none other than Sahar Mansoor Founder and CEO at Bare Necessities. This is part 2 of my conversation with Sahar. Of her many achievements, Sahar is also the co-author of India’s first zero waste guidebook which is specially crafted for the desi audience. The title of the book is Bare Necessities: How to Live a Zero Waste Life. I sincerely suggest you to check it out because Sahar walks the talk, therefore you can be assured to gain useful insights especially if you are getting started on your own zero-waste journey. In the previous episode, i.e. part one of the conversation, we discussed some important challenges that aam janata face in transitioning to zero waste lifestyle. We gain an insight as to how BN is approaching those problems. We even talk about the need for awareness and practical education around environ sustainability followed by a crazy story of how Sahar tailor made her major in college …kind of designing her own curriculum from her areas of interest. In case you haven’t heard part-1, then take a pause and listen to Ep. #91 because this one is a sequel to that and you wouldn’t wanna miss out on the flow, would you? Recently, Sahar and her team launched an online course for those who want to switch to understand circular economy. The course details are here : Circular Economy in 30 This course discusses what the future should look like as we move towards a sustainable and just future. Following a Circular Economy rather than the Linear Economy! Using well-researched and inspiring examples from the past, present and future that are embedding circularity, close to embedding it or are literally already amazing at it - from the Ubers and AirBnb’s to the Yulu’s and electric transportation, to even insects as a source of sustainable food - this course is going to take you on idea-driven, innovative and motivating journey! Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: Bare Necessities Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : Zero-waste living --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Today we are going to talk to a phenomenal woman who has become a trend setter in zero waste living in India. She is none other than Sahar Mansoor Founder and CEO at Bare Necessities. Sahar says that she’s and accidental entrepreneur and that Bare Necessities started in her pursuit to lead a zero waste life. Bare Necessities addresses serious flaws in manufacturing, distribution, and consumption by innovating and providing sustainable solutions to waste, and identifying problems that more companies need to address if they want to be innovative and socially-conscious. Their products take a cradle-to-cradle approach right from from the design to manufacturing to distribution. Recently, Sahar and her team launched an online course for those who want to switch to understand circular economy. The course details are here : Circular Economy in 30 This course discusses what the future should look like as we move towards a sustainable and just future. Following a Circular Economy rather than the Linear Economy! Using well-researched and inspiring examples from the past, present and future that are embedding circularity, close to embedding it or are literally already amazing at it - from the Ubers and AirBnb’s to the Yulu’s and electric transportation, to even insects as a source of sustainable food - this course is going to take you on idea-driven, innovative and motivating journey! An important takeaway from this episode : * When you share a home with your loved ones, it can get challenging to lead a zero waste life, because each individual have their own value systems. At such times, it is important to find synergies in motives that resonate with your loved ones, communicate in ways that they understand best in order to collectively make an impact. Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: Bare Necessities Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : Zero-waste living --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Today is my very first recording from the Himalayas. It’s refreshing to be able to see the colors in the mountains, feel the chills on your skin and also the warmth of the winter sun. Hope you too are blending into the Christmas spirit this holiday season. Every time I hit the road, journeying a new path, I’ve encountered some fabulous strangers, phenomenal humans along the way who leave a mark and inspire me. I’m glad that pattern continued on this trip as well. That’s why for today’s episode we thought of maintaining a similar theme and check on inspiring change makers from previous gupshups …we initially wanted to make top 3, however curating top 3 was hard, therefore we thought of making two part series covering 3 change makers in each episode. This week, we look at Ray C Anderson from Interface carpets, Ben Smith from Green Wave and May Al Karooni from Globechain. Hope you enjoy this compilation. Let us know your thoughts on this at [email protected] / [email protected] Keyword : What is a circular economy? Follow our page- (Circular Business Podcast | The Circular Collective) Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

In today’s throwback series we dive into circular business models from the beverage industry. Festive season is back again... The world is slowly moving into the Christmas spirit and speciality coffees to mulled wine to beer every spirit is finding its way into people’s lives in customized forms…isn’t it? That’s why as a refresher today we talk about two organisations, Toast ale and Rainbeer who have innovated into circular business models for crafting beer…then we move on to Garcon wines who have innovated sustainable packaging for wine…making it one of the first wine bottles to slide through your letter box followed by the very special coffee miners project. So take a seat, grab a beverage and find out how your drink can be more circular. Let us know your thoughts on this at [email protected] / [email protected] Keyword : What is a circular economy? Follow our page- (Circular Business Podcast | The Circular Collective) Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Technology has simply transformed the way we live our lives, isn’t it? Our laptops have gotten lighter, our smartphones more feature-packed, and our overall need to upgrade our devices has been increasing year on year. But as we make new purchases and store away old devices in our ghar ka drawer, have we paused for once and thought, what do we do with these unused pieces, where should it really go? What happens to the e-waste that continues to pile up? Today we bring to you a compilation of previous gupshup episodes where we have shed light on global best practices by businesses, to understand how they close the loop on e-waste. Today we recall solutions by Reply, Gerrard Street, Fairphones & Homie.  Hope you enjoy this compilation. Happy listening. Also tell us what are you going to do different this New Year? How will you tackle your e-waste? How are you gonna drive change? Write to us at [email protected] / [email protected] Keyword : What is a circular economy? Follow our page- (Circular Business Podcast | The Circular Collective) Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

You’re listening to part 2 of my conversation with Pranshu Singhal where we’ll delve into the realities of e-waste management in India. Pranshu is on a relentless mission to enable setup of a well governed industry ecosystem for e-waste management in India. He founded Karo Sambhav which is a cohesive movement for enterprises, consumers, governments and alliances to collaborate and enable circular economy. Show Notes: What does formalizing informal sector mean? - Today we need one-common definition of formalization for everyone to follow. Suggestions for EPR amendments; How do we improve & create a level playing field for producers and PROs. We need to reverse the current situation; Instead of having negative pressure on orgs doing good, we should have positive pressure on orgs not doing so good. We need to digitize our whole system of data management in waste. Today most data on the next life of recycled waste is being submitted in paper format, which makes it difficult to carryout data analysis unlike other industries. As of today the responsibility for enforcement of EPR lies on state pollution control board (which are only a group of few people) which is a lot of work expected from a handful individuals. Present mechanics of enforcement make it difficult to achieve success on good intentioned policies. Instead can we involve technology & management institutions for regular monitoring in the form of yearly assignments; OR can we create an open source platform with these data sets, which will enable any of the interested parties to get involved, analyze and suggest solutions. Having this open source platform is beneficial because it will help us identify challenges from multiple view points globally. Once challenges are identified only then change can happen. Another challenge with today’s EPR system is to know what kind of money is being spent by brands / recyclers / (stakeholders in the system). It is important to have publications of reference costs of compliance. This will eradicate the vicious cycle of lowest cost models. Consider that a brand has to comply to a new regulation in the policy, if there are no reference costs of compliance, they’ll always opt for the low cost service providers, without even knowing whether the service provider is competent to provide quality results, as there is no client reference. Having reference costs equips the well intentioned brands to negotiate better and be ware of low quality service providers, because for them EPR and sustainability is more than just a tick in the box. Today in EPR systems, there is a race to the bottom (in terms of prices) We need to bring in mechanisms by which enforcements are no longer bottlenecks to the growth of the system. Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: Karo Sambhav Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : E-waste recycling --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support

Today we’ll delve into the realities of e-waste management in India. I bring to you my conversation with Pranshu Singhal who is on a relentless mission to enable setup of a well governed industry ecosystem for e-waste management in India. Pranshu founded Karo Sambhav which is a cohesive movement for enterprises, consumers, governments and alliances to collaborate and enable circular economy. Their team empowers enterprises to close their material loops. set circularity goals, decode EPR compliances and create robust collection programmes. This year, Pranshu won the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award; An award by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, the sister organisation of the World Economic Forum, and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation. This conversation is a two part series, so make sure to listen to both ep. 86 & 87 to be in sync & to find out how we all can collectively make change happen. Notes: Can we enable setup of a well governed industry ecosystem for e-waste in India? Bcoz of Karo Sambhav the dialogues in our country have moved from Why should we collect e-waste? Why should we manage it? to How should we manage it? At first, we need to create better collection systems for varieties of waste by leveraging existing infrastructure. At present they are quite underutilized. We all need to be aware of the basic lifecycle of each products that we use on daily basis. Stakeholders who are managing the supply chain need to start thinking on what the reverse logistics for their products would look like once they reach their end of life? Today when you look at the market…to be precise the linear market, you can sense the expertise of the entire system to deliver efficiently on a forward supply chain. Isn’t it? On the contrary when we look at the market from the lens of a circular economy we see enormous gaps in meeting the basic necessities needed to have reverse logistics in place. Majority of our take-back mechanisms, collection systems are informally handled and in my view they are amateur on a systemic level to meet the ambitions climate action goals. That’s where organizations like Karo Sambhav are making a difference by bridging in those gaps and introducing circular strategies and technologies in a way that makes it easy for the brutal market to embrace climate action. Tune into the episode to learn more. Contact: Karo Sambhav Reach out to us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | [email protected] Key words : E-waste recycling --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/circular-business-podcast/support