How Two Mums Built a World-First in Recycled Packaging, with Bex & Kate

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Episode 145

This week on the Ways to Wealth Podcast, Charlie speaks to Bex and Kate, co-founders of The Better Packaging Co. Bex came from tech startups and IBM. Kate left consulting to launch a magazine. Both stepped away to raise young families before channelling everything into Better Packaging in 2018. They started with compostable packaging, then went back to the drawing board when the science told them it wasn't enough. What they built next was something the industry said couldn't be done.

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