Ep. 67: Impactful Entrepreneurship That Can Un*uck The World, With CEO Of Pela, Matt Bertulli

In this episode, Bailey sits down with Matt Bertulli, CEO of eco-friendly company Pela, which fights for sustainability, waste awareness, and a greener future. Pela was the creator of the Pela case, which is the world’s first compostable phone case. Pela has a vision of a waste free future. They make products made of environmentally sensible materials, that educate and inspire a global community of people who are committed to making a positive impact on our planet.

Bai & Matt jump right into talking about sustainability and waste from all humankind. Our society is growing larger and with that, is our increase in waste, especially industrial waste. Matt shares his insights on how our waste has potential to be used to our benefit financially. His hope is to create more awareness on our individual waste and how we can minimize it as best we can.

Matt talks about the connections between sustainability and social equality, and how you can’t talk about one without considering the other. A lot of the worlds industrial waste is expelled and processed in under served communities. Finding these connections in society can bring awareness and with that, actual change.

Bai and Matt share their opinions about the mass amounts of waste from western countries. This has regards to our food systems, to our resources, and to our individual households. They also touch base on the psychology between waste and the effect it has on the world around us. Matt explains how the best thing for our health , and the worlds future, is to become more educated with the waste systems of the world collectively. Instead of focusing on methane and carbon, rather to use our daily waste as a better tool to bring awareness to the public of climate change. Climate change is a big misunderstood idea. It is about the limited resources we have on this earth, and how we can’t be wasting them like we have a planet B.

They talk about the arguments about sustainability and the solutions to the most common questions. Matt also sheds light on the future with his positive outlook and how we are collectively going towards a greener, more sustainable age.

Matt explains to us about his amazing and eco friendly phone case product. This case is 100% fully compostable, plant based, visible, and popular. Matt and his team are leading the charge for research in material science for fully compostable materials. His other eco friendly composting product, Lomi, is a 3 liter bin that turns your natural food scraps into dirt/soil overnight and can reduce food waste by 80%.

This podcast episode is illuminating, natural, and friendly. Can’t wait for you to listen.

Want more info on Matt? Check out his IG @mbertulli

More info on Pela here: https://pela.earth

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