Kirstie Pecci is an environmental, real estate and municipal attorney. In January she launched the Zero Waste Project as part of the Healthy Communities, Environmental Justice Program of the Conservation Law Foundation. 

Cole Rosengren is a staff reporter for Waste Dive and the host of Techno Trash on Boston Free Radio. 

This interview was organized as part of the Practicing Waste Management theme of the 2017 Global Dialogue on Waste.