Sam Talks Technology

Sam Sethi
Sam Talks Technology

Award-winning radio presenter Sam Sethi talks with some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs about their career highlights and current startup. He brings his lifelong passion for all things business & tech to his podcast and asks the key questions you'd ask, all in his fun, relaxed, informative and always entertaining style. Join Sam and his guests live every Wednesday on Marlow FM (97.5) at 2pm (GMT) You can listen online at marlowfm.co.uk or just ask your smart speaker to 'Play Marlow FM’. Catch all of Sam’s other shows at https://samtalks.technology

  1. 01/21/2021

    Monika Wiela talks about how Give Back Box uses old Amazon boxes to help charities around the world.

    Give Back Box® was founded in 2012 by Monika Wiela, who at the time was running an online shoe store. The idea was inspired by a homeless man she encountered in Chicago, who was holding up a sign saying he needed a pair of shoes. Wiela returned later that day with shoes for him, but he was gone. She spent that night thinking about what she could do with all the empty boxes in her warehouse and also help people like that man, and a new social enterprise was born. As Wiela researched further, she learned that, an estimated 11 million tons of clothing, footwear, towels, bedding, drapery, and other textiles end up in U.S. landfills every year. In addition, online shopping is now the preferred method for much of the buying public. Corrugated boxes are the dominant packaging method for e-commerce. With this knowledge, Wiela’s mission crystallized. If online retailers would use Give Back Box, shipping boxes and other items could be used a second time prior to being recycled. The impact would be remarkable. Give Back Box® has also teamed up with some of the biggest retailers in the U.S., including Overstock, Amazon, Loft, REI, Levi’s, Asics, Ann Taylor, LEGO, Nordstrom, Viva Terra, Ecru, Bonobos, Scrubs & Beyond, eBags, Lou & Grey and many others. The Give Back Box platform is open for any retailer who joins as a partner. Give Back Box has truly created a new method of waste diversion for retailers because, in addition to creating a secondary use for the shipping box and guaranteeing that it will be recycled, it helps clear closets, create jobs and offer more companies and their customers an opportunity to recycle.

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Award-winning radio presenter Sam Sethi talks with some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs about their career highlights and current startup. He brings his lifelong passion for all things business & tech to his podcast and asks the key questions you'd ask, all in his fun, relaxed, informative and always entertaining style. Join Sam and his guests live every Wednesday on Marlow FM (97.5) at 2pm (GMT) You can listen online at marlowfm.co.uk or just ask your smart speaker to 'Play Marlow FM’. Catch all of Sam’s other shows at https://samtalks.technology

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