Reloop Brief

A brief look at redemption rates & system integrity in Bottle Bills

In this episode of The Reloop Brief, Shraddha Kumar speaks with Susan Collins, President of the Container Recycling Institute, about bottle bill modernization in the Unit

A brief look at fixing our throwaway culture

What if repairing a broken product was the easiest option rather than the last resort? In the latest episode of The Reloop Brief, Fiona Dear, UK Co-Director of The Resta

A brief look at Sweden's deposit return system - Returpack/Pantamera

How do you keep a deposit return system relevant after more than 40 years? In this episode of The Reloop Brief, we speak with Sara Wester Bergendorff from Sweden's depos

A brief look at the future of reuse

Can reusable packaging become mainstream reality? In this episode of The Reloop Brief, Barry Snedden speaks with Sam Pearce, Campaigns Director at The Story of Stuff Pro

A brief look at reuse at major events in Toronto

In this episode, Shraddha Kumar continues her conversation with Emily Alfred from the Toronto Environmental Alliance, looking at what major events can teach us about reus

A brief look at reuse in Canada's outdoor events and the FIFA World Cup.

What can the world's biggest sporting events teach us about making reuse work? ♻️ In this episode, Shraddha Kumar speaks with Emily Alfred, Senior Waste Campaigner at th

A brief look at Australia’s push for 20-cent refunds

In this episode of The Reloop Brief, Shraddha Kumar speaks with Rob Kelman, Reloop Pacific Director, about Australia’s 20 Cents Makes Sense campaign and the push to incre

A brief look at Re-turn Ireland: From strong start to lasting success

In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Barry Snedden speaks with Ciaran Foley from Re-turn about how Ireland’s deposit system is performing just over two years after launch

A brief look at reuse: Lessons from Copenhagen and Aarhus

Single-use coffee cups have become a major contributor to city waste streams. Around 500 billion single-use cups are disposed of globally every year, and cities spend rou

A brief look at 2025: Advocacy, data, and deposits

In this year-end special, we rewind through an eventful 2025—the year that Reloop turned ten and The Reloop Brief began. Host, Barry Snedden revisits standout moments fro

A brief look at Reloop's data dashboards

In this episode, Barry Snedden takes us behind the scenes with Jason Wilcox, Reloop’s Data & Dashboard Manager, to see how evidence turns into action. Jason explains the

A brief look at Spain's pathway to a deposit return system

Spain is on the cusp of introducing a national deposit return system for beverage containers by 2026. In this episode, Barry Snedden sits down with Miquel Roset, Director

A brief look at the future of reuse and deposit return in France

For this episode, we visit France as Shraddha Kumar checks in with Reloop’s Director for France and Francophonie, Alexis Eisenberg. Together, they cover why a national d

A brief look at Reloop's 10th Anniversary Conference - Reloop Unpacks

To mark Reloop’s 10th anniversary EU Green Week event—Reloop Unpacks—we asked participants two simple questions: What will the next 10 years bring for the circular econom

A brief look at some recent developments in Australia

In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Shraddha Kumar catches up with Reloop's Director for the Pacific, Rob Kelman, on the latest from Australia. With several states exp

A brief look at next generation circular economy

In this special episode of the Reloop Brief, we listen in on the Reloop Unpacks conference held in Brussels in June 2025. Clarissa Morawski moderates a fast-moving panel

A brief look at what happened at INC-5.2

In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Barry Snedden checks in with Joe Papineschi, Chairperson for Eunomia Research & Consulting, for a post-INC 5.2 debrief. They unpack w

A brief look at sachets in the Global South

In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Shraddha Kumar is joined by Marian Ledesma, Zero Waste Campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines, to unpack the complex reality of sachet

A brief look at the Primary Plastic Polymer Fee

As INC-5.2 approaches, we take a closer look at one of the most talked-about ideas in the global plastic treaty negotiations: a primary plastic polymer fee. What is it, h

A brief look at the history of Reloop (Part Two)

To mark Reloop’s 10th anniversary, Barry Snedden sits down with CEO and co-founder Clarissa Morawski for a look back at the organisation's first decade. From navigating