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Good Garbage with Ved Krishna

Hello, hello! We’re so excited to be here and embark on an enlightening journey with our fellow planet advocates - yes, we’re talking about you – to leave the earth cleaner! 💪🌏 Tune in for engaging conversations around the evolution of the packaging industry as we scale up towards a more sustainable future 🌱 Join us, in our endeavour to learn from our inspiring guests and get their insight on the pertinent (and our forever favourite) question – what does #GoodGarbage mean to you? ♻️✨ Feedback

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01:40:26

Elevating Sustainable Packaging with Rich Cohen | #74

Good Garbage with Ved Krishna ·

2025/03/01

Hello, hello! From a software engineer to the founder of a compostable packaging company, the story of Rich Cohen, our guest for this episode is the stuff of biopics! An environmentalist and problem solver at core, Rich was traveling on his sabbatical when he realised that plastic had reached even the most remote corners of the world. This is what led to him founding Elevate Packaging as a solution to this pervasive problem.His unique perspective of looking at things on a macro circular level is

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00:12:44

Around the World of Packaging Feb '25 with Alex Moore...

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2025/02/20

Hello, hello! It's Good Garbage News! Every month, in addition to our regular episodes with Ved's interviews, we'll post an industry update with the latest updates in both sustainable packaging and packaging regulations all across the world.Hosted by Alex Moore & Nupoor Bansal

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01:22:38

Deconstructing Biochemistry in Packaging with Evan...

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2025/02/14

Hello, hello! Are you ready to geek out over biochemistry and compostable polymers with us? Well, you better be! Cause we have Dr. Evan White joining us to talk about the incredible work he’s doing as the Director of The BiosenaticSM Lab. This analytical lab is part of the University of Georgia's New Materials Institute and provides essential insights into product safety and biodegradability.In this episode, Evan talks about the work he does with industry partners to aid and advance specialized

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01:12:31

From Greenhouse Gas to Green Polymers with Molly...

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2025/01/31

Hello, hello! Here’s a riddle - What do Methane and Mangoes have in common? We’ll have to ask Molly Morse and find out! CEO and co-founder of Mango Materials, Molly is working to produce biodegradable plastics (PHA) made from waste biogas that are economically competitive with conventional oil-based plastics. Her journey from a civil engineer to doing her PhD in bio-based materials is inspiring to say the least! It also set her up to become an entrepreneur and work towards changing the

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01:04:26

Closures for a Cleaner Planet with Lars Sandberg | #71

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2025/01/17

Hello, hello! We’re continuing strong in 2025 as we welcome the CEO of Blue Ocean Closures, Lars Sandberg in our second episode of this year!With a mechanical engineering background and a speciality in paper and pulp, Lars used his expertise in fibre to create cellulose bases closures. These cellulose fibers are strong, biobased and biodegradable and do not leave behind any microplastics when breaking down in nature. In this episode, we discuss at length the barrier technology, durability and

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00:15:47

Around the World of Packaging Jan' 25 with Alex Moore...

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2025/01/09

Hello, hello! It's Good Garbage News! Every month, in addition to our regular episodes with Ved's interviews, we'll post an industry update with the latest updates in both sustainable packaging and packaging regulations all across the world.Hosted by Alex Moore & Nupoor Bansal

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01:28:21

Certifiably Compostable with Susan Thoman | #70

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2025/01/02

Hello, hello! We couldn’t have asked for a better guest to kick off the new year as we welcome 2025’s first guest Susan Thoman on our podcast!She brings with her 3 decades worth of wisdom and as the Managing Director of Compost Manufacturing Alliance, her insights in the field of composting and certifications are unparalleled. We talk about her incredible journey and the motivation behind her efforts to bring about a change in the composting landscape in the US. We also discuss the

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01:31:39

Bitten by the Sustainability Bug with Mounir...

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2024/12/20

Hello, hello! We’re joined by bug expert and patent machine Mounir Izallalen in this episode. An expert in microbiology and it’s applications to provide solutions to real life problems, he’s currently working on creating compostable food packaging solutions with Eastman’s brand Aventa.With Cellulose Acetate being the main ingredient used to create Aventa’s sustainable packaging, Mounir does a a deep dive to explain the biochemistry and their products’ practical applications in the current

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00:15:18

Around the World of Packaging Dec '24 with Alex Moore...

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2024/12/12

Hello, hello! It's Good Garbage News! Every month, in addition to our regular episodes with Ved's interviews, we'll post an industry update with the latest updates in both sustainable packaging and packaging regulations all across the world.Hosted by Alex Moore & Nupoor Bansal

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01:24:29

Sweet and Sustainable with Jeanyves Verdu & Norman...

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2024/12/05

Hello, hello! What happens when a priest and an art director get together and start their own company?They create a sustainable and ethical gourmet chocolate company that’s taking the world of cocoa lovers by a storm! Join Ved Krishna as he unravels the riveting journeys of chocolate connoisseur and creative visualiser, Jeanyves Verdu and a salt of the earth priest and real estate agent, Norman Rice. We talk about their love for all things chocolate and how together along with one of the

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01:17:17

Accelerating towards a Sustainable Future with Sanjay...

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2024/11/21

Hello, hello!In today’s episode we welcome a dear friend and a chemistry nerd through and through - Sanjay Monie - who brings with him a treasure trove of in-depth knowledge in the field of material science! We talk about his experience of over two decades in the field of inks and coatings industry and how he has combined this expertise with his strategic decision making skills and applied it in the sustainable packaging industry as the Global Strategy and Market Development Manager at Kemira

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01:43:54

Breaking Barriers of Sustainable Packaging with Scott...

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2024/11/07

An entrepreneur with an endless thirst for finding a solution to the unknown, Scott Segal found his calling when he went back to his roots and decided to find a solution to the billions of pizza boxes ending up in landfills.The “barrier” which prevented these boxes from being biodegradable is polyethylene and that’s where JANUS comes into the picture. With sheer will power and determination, Scott’s company J & J Green Paper was able to find an ingenious solution inspired by the organic

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01:11:27

The Journey of Funding a Good Mission with Jenny...

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2024/10/24

She calls herself an energy ball who helps propel businesses to the next stage and we couldn’t agree more! Our guest for this episode, Jenny Garbis, is a Business Consultant, Growth Marketer, PR person, Lead Generator and more all rolled into one ☄️💥The utopian idea of an ethical future as her motivator since the young age of 12, being an entrepreneur is in her genes and it led to her starting her own organization – Mission Good – aptly named for the purpose it serves – giving purpose-led

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01:29:57

Disrupting the Food Packaging Industry with Ralph...

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2024/10/10

A disruptor in the food packaging industry before it became a buzzword, Ralph Bianculli is a force to reckon with. Inspired by his son’s depleting health in the mid 1990s, he invested in research to find solutions to manufacture food packaging using materials that are “respectful to the environment” From being an integral part of a company that was at one point the biggest distributors of foam cups to now running Emerald Ecovations that produces “Tree Free” and “Plastic Free” disposable food

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02:05:55

The Road Map to Compostables with Gary Smith &...

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2024/09/26

It was eight years ago when Ved met Gary and Richard for the first time in Australia. Their commitment to customers, and business were inspiring, and years later they would make the list of must-have guests on the Good Garbage podcast. Today, with Gary as the CEO and Richard the Founder of Biopak, they have made amazing progress in Australia and the rest of the world. Enjoy this conversation with two of Ved's heroes, who have made a huge impact in the world of sustainable food service ware

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01:23:06

More Than Resource Recovery with Elly Ventura & Erin...

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2024/09/12

World Centric has done so much for the compostables industry, and inspired Ved in his journey as well. Having them on the show was a no-brainer - but what we learned was so much more than we expected. The paths that resource recovery managers Elly Ventura and Erin Levine have followed are so exciting - and a must listen. They even started their own podcast, More Than A Fork. Enjoy this conversation. Never miss an episode by following us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,

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01:29:21

Systemic Sustainability Goals with Sander Defruyt | #61

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2024/08/29

When it comes to thinking about sustainability - and more specifically, sustainability goals around plastic reduction, we knew that Sander Defruyt, the Lead of the New Plastics Economy Initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation was the person to talk to.Sander took such a systems approach to all the issues - and talked on so many important topics, like the global plastics treaty, the challenges recycling causes, and his team's mission to transform the global economy to a circular economy

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01:17:40

Serving Packaging with Love with Ciara Lamia & Beau...

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2024/08/15

It's not often you get to speak with an influential customer and a key supplier - at the same time! We had that opportunity this week when Ciara Lamia, the Director of Supply Chain at Burgerville, and Beau Whitney, the CEO of Everyday Hemp, joined Ved on #GoodGarbage!Enjoy this conversation about how Burgerville became a sustainable leader - and how Beau joined the team. Never miss an episode by following us

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01:02:20

Holistic Waste Diversion with Shaun Miller | #59

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2024/08/01

Shaun Miller is the Senior Director of Operations and Sustainability for Envita Solutions. Envita is a fourth generation family owned business that helps companies build a strategy around waste. In North America today Envita Solutions has approximately 4,000 customer facilities. Of those customer facilities, 60% of the 1.5 million tons of waste they manage goes to landfill diversions or other recycling means. Shaun talks about this and more - we are super impressed by how customer centric they are,

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01:27:39

Building the Right Barrier Chemistry with Romain...

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2024/07/18

Cellulotech CEO Romain Metivet met Ved at a Hack Food Summit - where an unexpected conversation around packaging started - and a year later - has continued on the Good Garbage podcast. Learn about Romain's journey to Cellulotech - and why the work they're doing has us excited. Cellulotech is a leading material science company dedicated to unlocking the full potential of cellulose in order to replace billions of tonnes of unsustainable and harmful materials. Their process treats

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