Catch Bilek – Director at Katcha Bilek

“Ideally everything should be produced ethically, fair-trade and environmentally friendly – worldwide standards!”, Katcha Bilek.   What is your job about? I am a fashion designer with avid interest in ethics and ecology. I am interested in fashion design and installation and I create products out of old materials. I create useful products such as […]

Kate Jerrold – Founding Director of the Bristol Repair Cafè

“I want my community to function well. I want the planet to survive with all its ecosystems”, Kate Jerrold. What is your job about? We are a community collective. Myself and others run the repair café, we recognize that the majority of things that get thrown away aren’t broken they are just old or a […]

Melinda Watson – Founder of the Raw Foundation

“Taking care of and honoring the things we have is really important to me”, Melinda Watson. What is your job about? We focus on two key waste Streams – Plastic and electrical waste, we want to raise awareness – it’s staggering how little is known about plastics.  It also has to be linked to young […]

Helen Brown – Owner of Kecks Clothing

“I am very stubborn and do not like to be told what to do. I remind myself of what I have overcome before and that I can do what I do despite what other people may think”, Helen Brown. What is your job about? I began an upcycled clothing business 2 years ago, hand drawing […]

Kirstyn Moller – Business Developer at Seacourt Ltd

“I really believe in what I do and I think it is the right thing to do”, Kirstyn Moller. What is your job about? 19 years ago Seacourt decided to become as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. At that time we found out that printing is as harmful as industries like mining, oil exploration […]

Charles Newman – CEO of Resource Media

“The most important thing is to be positive whatever life throws at us”, Charles Newman. What is your job about? Resource Media is a social enterprise. It was established 15 years ago to promote and communicate ideas of sustainability We produce magazines and information. Primarily the media we produce is aimed at the waste reduction […]

Jane Stephenson – Chief Executive Officer at Resource Futures

“I would like to move to a culture of belief rather than evidence based. I would like to help private sector moving ahead with promotion of recycling”, Jane Stephenson. What is your job about? We help people to understand what’s happening with materials in the economy and the impact of consumption and production on the […]

Hattie Parke – Coordinator at FoodCycle Bristol Hub

“I would like to see systematic changes on food poverty issues and waste use”, Hattie Parke.   What is your job about? At Foodcycle we Tackle food waste, food poverty, and social isolation. We use the abundance of surplus food from supermarkets and independent stores, a team of volunteers cook a three course meal every […]

Annali Grimes – Curator and Producer at Litterarti

“I want to bring awareness to everybody, give people the understanding to make different choices. They have the choice when they are aware”, Annali Grimes.   What is your job about? Litterarti is a non-profit Community Group who raises awareness, and educate about rubbish and recycling through art. We contribute to building solutions to environmental […]

Steve Sliney – Director of CollectEco

“Recycling is good but reusing is better”, Steve Sliney.   What is your job about? I run a resource management company. We help clients, commercial clients reuse so we clear commercial buildings, we commit to reuse at least 80% onto different causes being that charities, voluntary groups, schools, small businesses, anyone really who needs reusable […]