Episode 2: Filling Good with Megan from The Good Fill
Release Date: 05/15/2020
Zero Waste Coffee with Crema Nashville
Zero Waste Trash Talk
Nashville's Crema Coffee business model is how we wish all businesses would operate. In our interview with Rachel Lehman we find out that Crema was one of the first Zero Waste businesses in Nashville and how they keep innovating to reduce waste and make the coffee world a better place. In addition to developing compostable coffee packaging, Crema implements costly innovations like electric delivery vehicles, reusable wholesale delivery crates and pays living wages for employees and growers.
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Chat With Chattanooga Zero Waste
Zero Waste Trash Talk
Would you sneak a plastic bag monster costume into your State's Legislature and wear it to meet with lawmakers? This is just one of the interesting things we found out in this inspirational interview with Sadie and Zach, the organizers behind Zero Waste Chattanooga. We discuss their Zero Waste journey and how they educate their community. Sadie has a great take on "Remedy Messaging". She sites studies that show people are more prone to waste when they think there is a remedy like recycling.
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How to Stay Environmentally Motivated During A Pandemic
Zero Waste Trash Talk
With world wide Covid-19 deaths in the millions, political upheaval, social unrest and a tumultuous economy, continuing the conversation about sustainability sometimes feels like some kind of privileged guilty pleasure. Michael and Maris discuss the struggles of the past year and the importance of talking about sustainability in order to engage listeners and unify our environmental efforts to slow down the impending climate catastrophe.
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Episode 17: Tennessee Environmental Council 50th Anniversary
Zero Waste Trash Talk
Do you feel like you're the only one recycling, composting your food scraps and getting dirty looks from cashiers for bringing your own bags. Finding and supporting your local environmental organizations can be a great way to stay connected and leverage your environmental actions. ZWTT is active with locally with Tennessee Environmental Council. Join us as we chat with CEO, Jeff Barrie about the 50 year history of TEC and what their plans are for the future.
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Episode 16: Zero Waste Gift Giving
Zero Waste Trash Talk
Have you thought about sustainable gift giving? How do you personalize a gift experience when sending an electronic gift card? Why do we even give gifts? Maris and Michael have a conversation about how to approach gift giving as Zero Waste practitioners.
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Episode 15: How We Do Zero Waste
Zero Waste Trash Talk
How do you "pull a Maris"? Is there a waiter in East Nashville with a zero waste chopstick injury from Jess? How does Michael offset air conditioning for furry Akitas? Life is full of trade offs for what's good for us, the environment and our pocketbooks. Zero Waste isn't just trying to fit all of your trash into a mason jar. It's about conserving and reusing resources. The Trash Talk hosts share some of the things they do on a daily basis to lower consumption and produce less waste.
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Episode 14: The Bloody Truth about Tampons & Pads
Zero Waste Trash Talk
Hey Ladies! Did you know that tampons and pads that we have been told to use our whole lives are actually toxic to our bodies? Maybe this isn’t news to you, but really these foreign objects we’re putting into our bodies are NOT good for us! and they are just going to be thrown AWAY - which we all know by now that there is no away. For this episode we invited fellow Zero Waste Nashville group member Larissa Maestro to explore the opportunities for healthier more sustainable feminine hygiene options.
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Episode 13: Back To School Composting, Gardening and Food Donation Programs
Zero Waste Trash Talk
Karen McIntyre from Nashville's West Mead Elementary is much more than a librarian. She's helped start a compost program, a school garden, recycling drives and a way for students to donate uneaten food from the lunchroom. She shares her successes and the lessons learned along the way to making her school an example for the entire Nashville school system. Karen is proof that one persons dedication can affect systemic change. Find out how you can support what she's doing.
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Episode 12: The Environmental Impact of Renting Your Items
Zero Waste Trash Talk
There are a lot of items that sit in our closets, attics or basements that only get used a couple of times a year. Do you know how many resources it took to produce, ship and sell all that stuff so that it can just sit around unused? Ruckify is a new peer-to-peer rental marketplace that makes it super easy to put unused items back into circulation AND make money in the process! THEY ALSO PLANT A FRICKEN TREE FOR EVERY TRANSACTION! Co-founder Steve Cody tells us how and why the company got started.
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Why You Need a Bidet
Zero Waste Trash Talk
In this episode, Michael talks about his experience with his new bidet and about how the process works down to the nitty gritty detail. We also hear from a couple of listeners who gave us audio testimonials about why they love their bidets.
info_outlineNashville's first zero waste, package free refill store owner, Megan Gill, talks to us about her zero waste journey. She moved back to the States from Costa Rica where she taught women who had been sex traffic victims how to become beauticians. Seeing how different consumerism is here in America, it made her want to start an ethical and sustainable zero waste store in Tennessee. We discuss how the recent tornado affected her business that was followed by the pandemic stay at home closure orders.