Wise Women in Waste - Episode 13 | Gwen Frost on Changing Recycling Behaviours and Innovations

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In the 13th episode of the Wise Women in Waste podcast series, our podcast hosts are delighted to be joined by Gwen Frost, Head of Innovation & Sustainability at Bristol Waste Company.

This episode explores waste prevention, community engagement, sustainable materials and how waste fits in with Bristol City Council’s Net Zero plans.

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Wise Women in Waste Episode 13 | Gwen Frost from Bristol Waste Company on Changing Recycling Behaviours and Innovations

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Discussion highlights include:

How to deploy effective community engagement tactics to improve and instill recycling habits in households and businesses
How the Municipality’s plans for Net Zero and the Climate Emergency impact on Bristol’s waste management
What businesses can do to encourage the recycling of their products and packaging
The importance of understanding on the ground collection and recycling systems when selecting material alternatives for products and packaging
How the pandemic impacted local recycling trends and waste arisings and how does it change our future?

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Debbie Hitchen

Sustainable Production & Consumption Director for Europe, Middle East and Latin America (EMELA)

Debbie leads the Sustainable Products, Circularity and Chemistry team at Anthesis and has delivered many projects across the manufacturing, retail, waste management and the public sectors, with a focus on food, packaging, textiles and WEEE recycling.

Claudia Amos

Technical Director - Plastics Technology, Infrastructure & Commercial Due Diligence, UK

Claudia is a highly experienced waste professional who leads on waste infrastructure for Anthesis' resource sustainability team. Claudia has over twenty years’ experience across the waste hierarchy, particularly around material sorting and separation, biological and thermal waste treatment.

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