{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Clear Haze Exchange","title":"Your Waste Is Telling You Something: Rethinking the Circular Workplace | Hélène Carpentier","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2621,"description":"What if your organization’s waste problem actually starts long before anything reaches the trash bin?\nIn this episode of Clear Haze Exchange, Marcus Hazelwood sits down with Hélène Carpentier, Founder of Circular Workplaces and former Global Head of Circular Economy and Zero Waste at CBRE, to rethink how organizations approach waste.\nHélène challenges one of the most common assumptions in workplace sustainability: that better recycling is the answer.Instead, waste can be a signal of something happening much further upstream, over-purchasing, inefficient procurement, disconnected workplace systems, and resources that were paid for but never fully used.\nThe conversation explores:• Why recycling alone can’t solve the waste problem\n• How procurement decisions determine much of what eventually becomes waste\n• The hidden cost of waste beyond disposal fees\n• Why food, packaging, and everyday workplace purchases deserve more attention\n• How waste reduction can improve the workplace experience\n• Why sustainability teams, procurement, facilities, and workplace teams need to work together\n• How organizations can shift measurement from downstream diversion to upstream prevention\nHélène also shares a striking example of how a 2,000-person workplace could lose more than £1.6 million over five years through waste-related inefficiencies, much of it potentially avoidable.\nThe takeaway?Waste isn’t just something to manage at the end.It’s information.And if organizations pay attention to what it’s telling them, they may uncover opportunities to reduce cost, carbon, and inefficiency while creating better workplaces.\n🎧 Listen to Clear Haze Exchange on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube.\nFollow or subscribe to Clear Haze Exchange for more conversations uncovering the hidden systems shaping sustainability, energy efficiency, and the built environment.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WIAyqvhIWaQZ-70pmb3ZoLgAWA4dIevFxMvJfRLg2pE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjVj/YTY0ZGExMTUxN2U5/NjVkM2EzMmRjZDYx/NjkxOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}