Greenscore - A Sustainability Podcast

Face masks have become ubiquitous over the last year and a half.  And so have abandoned face masks littering our sidewalks, parks and oceans. With an estimated 129 billion face masks used each month, how can we protect the health of ourselves and others while also being eco-friendly? Find out in this episode with Charnett Chau, a research fellow at University College London's Plastic Waste In...

Coffee is an international obsession. But what impact do the billions of disposable coffee cups used each year have on the environment? How are these cups made and what happens to them once you have finished your drink? In this episode we look at the environmental impact of single-use versus reusable coffee cups.  Our guest is Saxon Wright, Co-Founder and Chairman of Huskee, a reusable coffee cup...

Think back to your latest supermarket visit: what sort of fruit, vegetables or meat did you buy - and how much of it was wrapped in plastic? With 78 million tonnes of plastic packaging produced each year, the answer for most people will be 'an awful lot.' So why is there so much plastic packaging, how is it made and disposed, what environmental impact does it have, and what can we as con...

Welcome to the introductory episode of Greenscore, a podcast aiming to make everyday decisions about sustainability a little bit easier! In this episode, we introduce ourselves (Jake and Taylor), what we want to achieve in this podcast, and what exactly a "greenscore" is.  Thanks for listening! Have feedback or content ideas you'd like us to cover? Let us know here .