243: We eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a week | Jesse Daystar, Ph.D., Chief Sustainability Officer, Cotton Inc.

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Jesse Daystar, Ph.D.: “From beer, water, and salt alone, we eat 5,800 pieces of plastic a year in the U.S.”

Daystar, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Cotton Inc., joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to follow more sustainable clothing practices and the future of fabric, plus:

*How changing your laundry habits can better the environment*

*How to measure your water footprint*

*How cellulose fiber contributes to the circular economy*

*The key to decoding your clothing labels*

*How to reduce the amount of plastic on your plate*


Enjoy this episode sponsored by Cotton! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. To learn more about how much plastic we ingest every week, check out the 2019 study commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jesse Daystar, Ph.D.: “From beer, water, and salt alone, we eat 5,800 pieces of plastic a year in the U.S.”

Daystar, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Cotton Inc., joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to follow more sustainable clothing practices and the future of fabric, plus:

*How changing your laundry habits can better the environment*

*How to measure your water footprint*

*How cellulose fiber contributes to the circular economy*

*The key to decoding your clothing labels*

*How to reduce the amount of plastic on your plate*


Enjoy this episode sponsored by Cotton! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. To learn more about how much plastic we ingest every week, check out the 2019 study commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2020-08-16 47 min
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