{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Love Business with Alan Wick","title":"Spinning a yarn of eco-packaging, with Angela Morris","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3122,"description":"Woolcool® is the multi-award winning pioneer and innovator of the Sustainable Packaging Revolution. Founded by the effervescent Angela Morris in 2009, they use natural materials – 100% wool - to change the world.\nHow? By breaking down barriers and changing traditional perceptions of green options. \nTheir innovative insulated packaging is not only sustainable, biodegradable, recyclable and renewable, it hasn’t compromised its performance. Their range is trusted globally across the Pharmaceutical and Food Sectors for the shipment of temperature-sensitive products.\n‘Created by Nature, Driven by Science’, Woolcool® is continually investing in R&D, committed to their tireless quest for a world where the most environmentally conscious materials are used from cradle to grave.\nWoolcool® is rightfully proud to be a certified B Corp, a UK-based manufacturer, a two-time winner of the Queens Award for Enterprise in Innovation & Sustainable Development categories, and a family-led business with strong values at their heart and soul.\nIt was an honour to meet Angela, hearing her tireless passion to change the world in this tangible, practical way.\nYou can find out more about Woolcool®’s trailblazing work here.\nIn our enlightening conversation, Angela:\n\n Describes how wool is an effective insulating material, holding food and pharmaceutical items for up to five days with no further outside cooling required, and goes into detail about the manufacturing process.\n\n Talks about the scale of the business – c70 staff and a turnover of several million, with more companies’ consideration of sustainability driving a move towards wool packaging.\n\n Explains why, overall, Woolcool®’s packaging is competitively priced compared to polystyrene, and actually significantly cheaper for the pharmaceutical industry to use.\n\n Comments on the changing attitudes of the pharmaceutical industry towards packaging, and how her extensive experience in the packaging industry sparked her experimentation with...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JHgyQ-gmxqKmOPCjc2dC8iPO3Yip7OtBHAnthtanB-U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMDVl/MzI3NGVlOTY4Y2Rm/MWVjOTFjMmY0NWQx/ZDY3Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}