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→ Listen: climatesafety.info/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/sustainablehour606_128kbps_2sept2026.mp3→ Notes: climatesafety.info/thesustainablehour606/ZERO WASTE IN AN AGE OF HUNGRY MACHINESWhat does “zero waste” mean in 2026?It still means repairing things, reusing what we have, avoiding unnecessary packaging and keeping clothes and materials in circulation.But increasingly, it also means asking questions about the things we can’t see – the minerals, metals, electricity, water and discarded hardware behind our rapidly expanding digital world.In The Sustainable Hour no. 606, Kirsty Bishop-Fox from Zero Waste Victoria joins us ahead of Melbourne’s Zero Waste Festival at Fed Square on 12 September.We talk about the new ReWear Runway, repair cafés, clothes swaps, food waste, plastics – and a fascinating new festival discussion about the hidden environmental footprint of AI and data centres.We also hear how an invasive aquatic weed in Kenya is being turned into biodegradable alternatives to plastic, while Colin Mockett takes us west to ask whether Western Australia will seize its extraordinary clean-energy opportunity – or remain tied to diesel, gas and last century’s thinking.The underlying question running through the Hour is a simple one:How much do we actually need?And can we design a culture where using less, repairing more and wasting less becomes normal?→ Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 606:climatesafety.info/thesustainablehour606. . .#ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy #ZeroWasteFestival #Sustainability #ClimateAction #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCentres #RepairReuse #GreenTransition #TheSustainableHour
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