Topic

recycling

Podcast

Kendra Pierre Louis: Motivated by obligation – Well Made E151

Climate reporter Kendra Pierre Louis's bylines follow the impacts of climate change in all forms — from caterpillar plagues to wildfire season. To solve climate change, she's shifting the lens from consumers to companies and regulators.

Podcast

Tyler Mincey, Bolt: Taking things apart – Well Made E147

Tyler Mincey is a Partner at Bolt where he's always thinking about the long view of new products. With a decade of product experience, he's envisioning a future of tech that's more integrated and ambient than ever before.

Podcast

Kristy Caylor, For Days: Keeping clothing out of landfills – Well Made E141

On average, each person in the US sends 70 pounds of textiles to a landfill each year. For Days founder Kristy Caylor is building a textile recovery stream to close the loop and build a supply chain fueled by fashion waste.

Video

Unboxing Native (2021)

What's missing from this plastic-free deodorant packaging is the most impressive thing about it.

Podcast

Alden Wicker: Impressing the eco-nerds – Well Made E139

Sustainability is not binary. Returning guest reporter Alden Wicker is breaking down what we talk about when we talk about sustainability and exposing common red herrings.

Podcast

Ian Montgomery, Guacamole Airplane: Getting comfortable with trade-offs – Well Made E138

Ian Montgomery, founder and Creative Director of Guacamole Airplane is merging environmental science and design to push the limits of how we think about sustainable packaging.

Podcast

Andy Fallshaw, Bellroy: Designing for longevity – Well Made E133

Bellroy CEO and Co-founder Andy Fallshaw is debunking status quo for profit, purpose and product design, and evolving to meet the needs of our planet.

Video

Unboxing Clean Cult

Unboxing Things is back, and we're unboxing from home, starting with a refillable, modular, packaging delight.

Podcast

Eric Edelson, Fireclay Tile: Knowing What it Means to Be a Good Business – Well Made E119

In 2008, Fireclay Tile CEO Eric Edelson brought the tile business direct-to-consumer, and he hasn't looked back. He talks us through scaling past max capacity, becoming a B Corp, and staying recession proof.

Advice

Does Your Slash Packaging Page Answer These 5 Questions?

Inspiration from some of the pioneers of the Slash Packaging movement.

Bulletin

Release Notes: 7 New Sustainability Properties to Reduce and Reuse Packaging

Expanding our framework of strategies to help you make better packaging decisions.

Video

Unboxing Native

Clean products. Clean packaging. Native uses color in a clever way with transparency where it matters most.

Podcast

Alden Wicker: Trying to Do Right – Well Made E113

Decreased emissions don't paint the full picture of COVID-19's environmental impact. Sustainable fashion journalist Alden Wicker takes us beyond the idea of conscious consumerism as the pandemic magnifies environmental and human crises in the apparel supply chain.

Video

Unboxing The Spice House

Rooted in tradition, this 60-year-old company has a brand new way to ship spices.

Video

Unboxing Methodology

Making the most of every side with bold memorable graphics and a piece-by-piece recycling breakdown.

Podcast

Elizabeth Segran: Predicting the Next Decade – Well Made E106

Fast Company Senior Staff Writer Elizabeth Segran reflects on the past decade of consumer trends and makes some insightful predictions about how gradual consumer shifts have lead to substantial changes in what consumers expect of brands.