We’re small, but mighty, and we don’t do it alone!
The Waste Not Spot is supported by a growing network of collaborators, volunteers and project partners.
We’re not a massive agency…and that is exactly our strength.
We stay flexible, for-purpose and able to build the right team for the right challenge.
Meet the Team
Our Team
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Caitlyn Socwell
Founder
Doctor of Physiotherapy turned ‘Doctor’ of Waste & Circular Economy, Caitlyn’s career started as an advocate for vulnerable people, and it has grown to include our planet that we so desperately need to care for.
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Said Fadyl
Podcast Co-host
Comedic Said, with his background in mining and materials engineering, brings the curiousity and the laughs. He’s the Millennials Gone Circular podcast’s resident realist.
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Angelica Barrios Martinez
Podcast Co-host
Angelica is an environmental engineer with a love for science, research, and deep dives. She the ‘Data Queen’ who keeps MGC’s conversation unwavering from the evidence, and always asks the questions we didn’t think to.
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Callum McLean
Podcast Editor
Callum is a writer and audio producer with fingers in many pies: music and culture, research and podcasting. Besides editing the MGC podcast, he likes bouldering and doing silly voices while hosting Dungeons and Dragons.
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Candice Potgieter
Podcast Digital Content Manager
Candice is the digital spark behind Millennials Gone Circular’s online presence. She has a flair for visuals and a knack for scheduling the unschedulable, and she keeps our Insta and LinkedIn feeds looking sharp and on-brand.
Our Collaborators
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Rubala Thangaraj, Circular Strategist
Rubala is a telecom engineer turned climate enthusiast, and she now specialises in sustainability & circular economy strategy and compliance. She believes in a fair and sustainable world for all species and loves connecting with others. She makes complex transitions actually feel doable.
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Rae Ann Collier, Global Policy & Governance Advisor
Rae Ann is a social justice-driven policy strategist with amazing expertise in climate adaptation, governance and international development. She’s our go-to for building in equity, policy, and impact into circular solutions that reach beyond the buzzwords.
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Victoria Tully, GEDSI & MEL Specialist
Victoria is a super thoughtful evaluator and strategist with a background in gender equity, inclusion and impact measurement. Rigour and empathy are two key strengths she brings in when designing programs that work for the people they’re meant to serve.
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Bert Keesman, Circular Trade Specialist
Bert has decades of experience in international trade in the waste & circular economy space. He is the guy to go to for expertise in circular value chains, industrial symbiosis and cross-border collaboration.
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Digna Akkermans, Value Chain Storyteller
Digna is a sustainability consultant with a background in cultural anthropology. She applies this anthropological lens to reveal the human stories within value chains, helping organisations communicate sustainability through real experiences rather than abstract data.
Our Partners
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Seavents helps festivals and events design waste-smart and sustainable experiences via hands-on circular solutions. TWNS supports Seavents with on-the-ground sorting, waste audits, and festival-goer engagement to help recover resources and keep materials out of landfill and the incinerator!
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MetaSus is a Dutch consultancy specialising in international waste and circular economy trade development. The Waste Not Spot partners with MetaSus to co-lead inbound and outbound trade delegations focused on advancing circular solutions around the globe.
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Plastic Bank builds ethical recycling ecosystems that stop ocean plastic while improving livelihoods in vulnerable communities. As an official ambassador, The Waste Not Spot promotes Plastic Bank as a trusted CSR solution for companies seeking impactful and reportable action on plastic waste and social value. Need an intro? We’re happy to make a warm introduction :)
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Caribbean Blue Solutions is an emerging initiative tackling the Sargassum seaweed crisis via blue economy energy solutions that protect coastlines, uplift communities and regenerate marine ecosystems. It was developed under TWNS umbrella and connects partners across the Caribbean to pilot scalable, nature-positive interventions.
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Value Chain Voices is a storytelling initiative that brings visibility to the people behind supply chains and social impact projects. TWNS collaborates with VCV to help organisations share the human stories across their value chains through compelling visuals and narrative tools.
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Klimatic Group
Klimatic Group is a venture clienting firm accelerating the deployment of climate-critical technologies in the built environment, mobility, and energy sectors. Together, TWNS and Klimatic Group provide end-to-end support for circular and climate innovation with deep-tech scouting, due diligence, and pilot deployment.
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Circular Clarity is a mission-driven advisory group helping businesses, governments, and NGOs transition from linear to circular via research, strategy, and innovation. TWNS partners with Circular Clarity on project design and development, research, especially in regenerative tourism, coastal resilience, and international development contexts.
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iWasteNot Systems (great name) designs software tools to support local governments, universities, businesses, and communities in managing waste more effectively and transparently, especially in the asset management and reuse space. TWNS partners with iWasteNot Systems to empower clients’ decision-making, tracking, and community engagement.
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No Harm Tech
No Harm Tech is a global ecosystem supporting the deployment of climate and circular technologies through curated partnerships and service matchmaking. As an Ally Partner, TWNS provides the circular economy expertise to innovators in the No Harm ecosystem via strategic insights and project support to climate tech companies on the path to impact.
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Africa Collect Textiles (ACT) works to address the second-hand textiles crisis in Kenya by building local solutions for textile collection, reuse, recycling, and circular value creation. TWNS collaborates with ACT to identify partners and funding, including grants, subsidies and CSR budgets, to tackle textile dumping and support a fair, social, and circular textile system on the ground.
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Rubbish Ideas is the team behind The Rubbish Portal, a great waste & carbon tracking platform that was built for venues and events aiming to slash their environmental impact. TWNS partners with Rubbish Ideas to offer our clients access to the Rubbish Portal tool to better support data collection, waste monitoring, and reporting to help them meet their circularity and sustainability goals.
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La Loyka Impact Consulting helps purpose-driven organisations craft compelling fundraising campaigns, manage donors, and write winning grant proposals. TWNS partners with La Lokya to support clients with expert guidance on fundraising strategy, grant writing, and campaign execution to make sure good ideas get the funding they deserve.
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