In the 2nd part of our episode on how deposit return systems (DRS) significantly improve the circularity of one of the most littered items in the world, beverage containers, Michael Löwe, VP Public Affairs and Head of System Design at TOMRA, talks us through the trends and challenges of implementing DRS around the world, among other things.Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

When we give plastic a value, we help ensure that it is treated as a resource that can be used again and again. This is why deposit return systems (DRS) work to greatly accelerate the circularity of beverage containers. In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we chat to Michael Löwe, VP Public Affairs and Head of System Design at TOMRA, about what makes this system so successful, and how it is being implemented around the world.Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38RPlease help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

There’s no doubt that climate change is a multi-generational problem, but how do different generations think and talk about the crisis? To kick off 2023, we decided to get climate perspectives across generations. Father and son, Volker Rehrmann (EVP and Head of TOMRA Recycling) and Roque Rehrmann (student at the Technical University in Munich, Germany) join us for an enlightening chat on responsibility, challenges, and solutions. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

Only with clear and quick action can we accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and affect real change before it’s too late. Tove Andersen, TOMRA’s President and CEO, echoes this sentiment in our final podcast episode of 2022. Listen to her thoughts and hopes for the future now.Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

In March this year, the resolution titled: ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards a legally binding instrument’ was adopted to address our waste crisis. In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Jacob Rognhaug, Vice President of Public Affairs, System Design at TOMRA, about the monumental negotiations that began recently to develop this legally binding instrument.Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Pauline Bergan, Senior Business Development Manager at TOMRA, about the trends shaping the future of deposit return systems (DRS), the role of reverse vending machines in the digital ecosystem of DRS, and more.  Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Dickon Bonvik-Stone, Communications Manager at TOMRA, about the established norms of communicating climate change, why these practices have proven ineffective in driving action, and what we can do to change that.    Show note links:  Communicating Climate Change, a podcast dedicated to helping you do exactly that: https://communicatingclimatechange.com/ From creatives and communicators to scientists and sustainability consultants, Creatives for Climate is a global non-profit intelligence network committed to using their knowledge and creativity as a force for good: https://www.creativesforclimate.co/ Pidgeon & Fischoff, 2011. The role of social and decision sciences in communicating uncertain climate risks: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1080 Moser, 2016: Reflections on climate change communication research and practice in the second decade of the 21st century: what more is there to say? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wcc.403 Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we continue to talk to Louisa Hoyes, Business Development Manager, Textiles at TOMRA, about the current state of affairs across the textiles value chain, and the solutions that exist to help close the loop and shift to a true circular economy for textiles. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Louisa Hoyes, Business Development Manager, Textiles at TOMRA, about the current state of affairs across the textiles value chain, and the solutions that exist to help close the loop and shift to a true circular economy for textiles. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

In part two of this episode on chemical recycling, we delve deeper into the topic with John Sewell, Secretary General at Chemical Recycling Europe. This episode covers the global landscape as it stands today, the need for capacity, as well as the political support for chemical recycling technologies, among other things.  Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R