In our second episode, host Rebecca Darst talks with David Tobin, Beauparc's Circular Economy and Sustainability Director, about the various commercial opportunities they see in waste, and the value of going from refuse to reuse.

David Tobin explains how:

• The founder took one waste collection vehicle and turned it into a leader in industrial repurposing and recycling that today manages four million metric tons of material. 
• The company is taking discarded wood from demolished houses and discarded furniture and making new products out of it. Beauparc is focused on resource recovery, repurposing materials to create resalable materials rather than paying to dispose of them.
• Despite the company’s circular economy focus and innovative efforts to reuse and recycle, the process generates significant emissions, which makes this industry’s journey to net zero so challenging.
• BANANA (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone) is the new NIMBY. Everyone knows we need waste processing, but nobody wants it near them. 

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