Mike Biddle
Founder and President, MBA Polymers
Waste: “Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.” So why would you ever create “waste” vs recycle Resources? @bewastewise
— Mike Biddle (@MikeBiddle) June 19, 2013
Mike Biddle is the Founder and President of MBA Polymers, President of Waste Free Oceans Americas and well known TED Speaker (his TED talk). He is the recipient of 2012 Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development, sometimes called the Nobel Prize for Environment and many other awards. MBA Polymers is a world leading recycler of plastics from complex waste streams.
Contributions
He was featured as The Garbage Man on Popular Science and shared his thoughts with The Guardian on why there isn’t more recycling in the United States.
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Uncovering the Challenges of Global Waste Management March 18, 2015 from our Articles, The 2013 Global Dialogue on Waste “Waste is not waste,” spouts Dr. Mike Biddle, Founder of MBA Polymers, “and the first problem is to stop calling it waste; these are resources.” A "one-fits-all" approach to waste management is not practical. This panel looks at different approaches and how they work around the world. Read More |
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Solving the Global Waste Management Challenge August 15, 2013 from our The 2013 Global Dialogue on Waste, Video Panels There are “composters”, bio guys, landfillers, waste to energy guys, anti-waste to energy guys, recyclers/zero-wasters, social mitigators, etc. As solid waste is one of the most complex and heterogeneous entities known to man, it stands to reason that a “one size fits all” solution is likely not practical. However, in some instances, we can see attitudes bordering on animosity when suggesting those with differing technology agendas consider working together. This is why our panelists will discuss various questions which help us understand how the we can work together to solve the global waste management challenge.Read More |
Upcoming Events
Mar
6
Wed
2019
3:00 pm
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snaps...
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snaps...
Mar 6 @ 3:00 pm
In partnership with World Bank A webinar which launches the World Bank report titled – What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050. Audience will get to interact with the co-authors[...]Read More
Mar
13
Wed
2019
1:00 pm
Reflections on Sustainable Resou...
Reflections on Sustainable Resou...
Mar 13 @ 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Adam Read & Mike Webster discuss what to be done next to break the reliance on donor funding and novel approaches to ensuring waste management in poorer countries is sustainable. Adam Read is the moderator of this interaction.[...]Read More