HeyJaredHappyPorch Radio: Circular Economy & Technology
The Circular Economy technology podcast that explores how technology can enable the transition to a circular economy. As we face major global issues such as climate change, waste crises, and biodiversity loss, it's clear that the traditional linear economy needs to change.
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Making Repair as Easy as Buying New with Emily Watts - Exploring Circular Tech: Technology isn't magic (opens the original)
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You drop off your engagement ring to be repaired. You get a handwritten paper ticket. No confirmation, no updates, no idea when it's coming back. For something with that much value, it's a stressful experience. And for everyday items, that same friction is often enough to make people skip the repair and buy new instead. In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Emily Watts, founder and CEO of Coblr, a company building the digital infrastructure to connect and power the repair
Scotland's Social ITAD with Elaine Brown - Exploring Circular Tech: Technology isn't magic (opens the original)
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What happens when unwanted laptops and phones become more than just an e-waste problem? In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Elaine Brown, Chief Executive of The Edinburgh Remakery, a social enterprise and charity working at the intersection of technology reuse, repair and community support. The Remakery takes unwanted technology from businesses, securely wipes and refurbishes it, and gives it a second life wherever possible. But its mission goes beyond keeping electroni
Repair at Scale with Robin Atkinson and Cash Acrey - Exploring Circular Tech: Technology isn't magic (opens the original)
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The tailoring workforce in the US has been shrinking for decades. And the ones that remain aren't easy to find or get an appointment with. In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Robin Atkinson and Cash Acrey, the husband-and-wife co-founders of Upkept, an online clothing repair platform based in Northwest Arkansas. You mail in clothes you want fixed, they repair them in a centralised facility, and they send them back. Robin says this should be as easy as ordering delivery.
How AI Makes Food Waste Visible with Anastasia Dellis - Exploring Circular Tech: Technology isn't magic (opens the original)
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Most commercial kitchens have no clear picture of what they are throwing away, when, or why. In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Anastasia Dellis, CEO of Orbisk, a platform that uses AI and computer vision to make food waste visible in commercial kitchens. The Orbi monitor sits above a waste bin, captures every item discarded, recognises over 800 ingredients, and feeds it all into a dashboard that tells chefs, GMs, CFOs, and sustainability teams what is happening and wh
Why Data Is the Crown Jewel in Luxury Resale with Chris Lucas - Exploring Circular Tech: Technology isn't magic (opens the original)
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The same handbag. Thirty different platforms. Hundreds of dollars between listings. And no way to know what it's actually worth. In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Chris Lucas, founder and CEO of Secondsense, a platform that aggregates luxury resale listings from over 30 vendors, normalises their attributes, and tells consumers what a product is really trading at. Chris describes it as the Google Flights for luxury resale. Chris's background is unusual for the fashion
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