{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5de2b16b8a8a9ceb2e733463/626718a42846c00016bce025?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Creating a Refill + Reuse Product","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5de2b16b8a8a9ceb2e733463/1650923529044-aa258529e6f20b9c06e0c71e143ce566.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Real change comes from regular conversations over coffee or at the dinner table – not from the Boardroom. When conversation turns to collaboration – that’s when the real magic happens.</p><p><br></p><p>In 2015 Lindsey McCoy had reached a pivotal point in her own part in contributing to plastic pollution.</p><p>Living on the island of the Bahamas for 10 years, she saw first hand how plastic really has no graveyard and that recycling is not the answer.&nbsp;And she had enough.</p><p><br></p><p>In trying to reduce her own waste, Lindsey and her sister Alison inadvertently came up with a new structure for the personal care industry – a refill based line of products – that can be accessed anywhere in the US saving over 386,000 plastic bottles to date from going into the landfill or oceans.  </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode <strong>Lindsey McCoy, Co-Founder of Plaine Products</strong> explains how she and her sister Alison created a refill and reuse personal care line simply because we need it and that we cannot expect corporations to do it for us.  </p><p><br></p><p>Please visit www.plaineproducts.com and @plaineproducts on Instagram for more information.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Christine Dimmick "}