About be Waste Wise
Pandemic Effects on US Recycling Budgets | with Cole Rosengren
January 6, 2021 | be Waste WiseFollowing multiple years of pressure due to commodity market changes, municipalities in the U.S. are now experiencing additional budget challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Vita Quinn
January 6, 2021 | be Waste WiseVita Quinn’s utility experience includes cost apportionment and rate design for solid waste, recycling, stormwater, water, and sewer.Read More
Vincent Leray
January 6, 2021 | be Waste WiseVincent is combining his passion for community resilience with his knowledge of state and local governments and his experience with grant-making to unlock the potential of recycling programs nationwide.Read More
PFAS Disposal in the United States | with Cole Rosengren
November 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseThis webinar discusses the current landscape around PFAS disposal in the United States.Read More
E.A. (Ev) Crunden
November 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseE.A. (Ev) Crunden is a climate and environment reporter.Read More
Upcycling Food Waste | with Kat Heinrich
November 20, 2020 | be Waste WiseIn this webinar, we discuss some of the challenges and opportunities for upcycling food, as well as, international developments in upcycled food standards.Read More
Francesca Goodman-Smith
November 19, 2020 | be Waste WiseFrancesca Goodman-Smith is the Waste Minimisation Manager at Foodstuffs NZ, New Zealand’s largest grocery retail business.Read More
Lifestyles Post COVID – Perspectives from Australia and UK | with Sarah Ottaway
November 17, 2020 | be Waste WiseJoin our panellists, as they discuss the current, the possible future and what needs to be done to create lifestyles post COVID which balance the needs of people and planet.Read More
Jo Hand
November 17, 2020 | be Waste WiseJo Hand is co-founder of Giki Social Enterprise, the creators of digital products to help people live sustainably. The free Gikibadges app helps find sustainable and healthy products in the UK supermarket. Giki Zero, provides an interactive, step by step … Read More
Safeguarding the Plastic Recycling Value Chain | with Circulate Capital
September 25, 2020 | be Waste WiseCirculate Capital commissioned a study to understand challenges faced by the plastics recycling industry in South & Southeast Asia during COVID-19 and the interventions needed to sustain it.Read More
Dini Trisyanti
September 25, 2020 | be Waste WiseDini Trisyanti has been working over 15 years in technical assistance, research, and program development for community and institutional based waste management systems, extended producers responsibility, recycling, and waste to energy for The World Bank, ESP-USAID, GIZ, as well as ministerial and local governments of Indonesia.Read More
Crispian Lao
September 25, 2020 | be Waste WiseCommissioner Crispian Lao is the Vice Chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Commission under the Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, as the Private Sector Representative for the Recycling Industry.Read More
Tam Nguyen
September 25, 2020 | be Waste WiseTam is responsible for overseeing operational excellence and client servicing at GA Circular. In the day-to-day operations, he works with internal stakeholders, partners and clients to ensure successful project delivery. Prior to joining GA Circular, Tam founded his own business … Read More
Karina Cady
September 25, 2020 | be Waste WiseKarina leads impact and manages the monitoring and reporting process at Circulate Capital. Read More
Circular Economy Business Models in Practice – UK and US Perspectives | with Emma Burlow
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseThis webinar explores what makes CE business models work in practice with panelists from the UK and the US.Read More
Ann Beavis
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseAnn is the founder of Honeymaker the responsible marketing and business development consultancy that firmly believes there is a better way to deliver business, for sustainable growth, reduced environmental impact and a fairer society. Read More
Robert Goodwin
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseRobert Goodwin is the co-founder of OceanCycle, a social enterprise reimagining the circular economy through sourcing, certifying and reusing materials to prevent ocean plastic pollution.Read More
Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations in Latin America | with Vishwas Vidyaranya
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseThe panel discussion gives an insight into the latest developments on EPR in the region with case-studies from Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.Read More
Vishwas Vidyaranya
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseVishwas is the co-founder of Ambire, a company focused on consulting and digital solutions in circular economy and climate change.Read More
José Alejandro Martínez S
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseAlejandro is a circular economy expert with over 20 years of international experience in waste and environmental management, sustainability and Clean production.Read More
Michael Maggio
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseBased in New Jersey, Mike is a sustainability strategist and thought generator with over 20 years of extensive leadership experience.Read More
Carolina Palacio
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseCarolina Palacio, is a militant of the Argentinean Waste Pickers Federation within the Union of Popular Economy Workers (FACCyR – UTEP, in its Spanish acronym).Read More
Rodrigo Leiva Neumann
September 24, 2020 | be Waste WiseRodrigo’s 25-year career in waste management began in France, and continued in Chile where he managed national waste and recovery programs across several industry sectors as a Veolia Environment executive.Read More
Opportunities in Chemical Recycling in Developing Countries of Asia | with Ashwin Subramaniam
September 1, 2020 | be Waste WiseThis panel explores the opportunities for developing chemical recycling in developing countries in Asia and its barriers.Read More
Suhas Dixit
September 1, 2020 | be Waste WiseSuhas Dixit is the founder and director of APChemi. APChemi is leaders in pyrolysis based chemical recycling of plastic waste since last 12 years.Read More
Ying Staton
September 1, 2020 | be Waste WiseYing Staton is leading Plastic Energy’s corporate development in Asia, focusing on strategy, business development and finance, from the company’s Asian base in Singapore. Read More
Ashwin Subramaniam
September 1, 2020 | be Waste WiseAshwin is an environmental economics and policy consultant with 12 years of business and entrepreneurial experience across Asia.Read More
Informal Waste Recycling in India | with Shailendra Singh
August 21, 2020 | be Waste WiseHousehold waste in India follows the chain of waste picker to aggregator to recycler, and the entire chain operates informally.Read More
Haren Sanghavi
August 21, 2020 | be Waste WiseHaren Sanghavi is Managing Director of GMS – Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd.Read More
Siddharth Hande
August 21, 2020 | be Waste WiseSiddharth Hande is a spatial data analyst by training, interested in social entrepreneurship, technology, urban planning, informality and the circular economy in the developing world.Read More
Supriya Bhadakwad
August 21, 2020 | be Waste WiseSupriya Bhadakwad is a waste picker, and a board member of SWaCH, Pune.Read More
Harshad Barde
August 21, 2020 | be Waste WiseHarshad is currently Director of SWaCH Pune, India’s first autonomous cooperative of informal waste pickers, whose 3500 waste-picker members provide waste collection and management services to over 8 lakh properties in Pune.Read More
Food Waste and Cities: Helping Residents to Source-Separate using Behavioural Science | with Kat Heinrich
July 30, 2020 | be Waste WiseEven with services, many residents continue to dispose of food into residual waste bins. What can be done?Read More
Daan van den Elzen
July 30, 2020 | be Waste WiseDaan is Advisor on Waste Collection and Recycling for the City of Rotterdam. He developed the city’s Waste Management Directive and works on the program Rotterdam Circular where it involves waste management.Read More
Behaviour Change and Recycling Contamination | with Adam Read
July 20, 2020 | be Waste WiseThis webinar discussed common contaminants in recycling collections (suburbia, high-rise and rural), and reflect on campaigns and programmes that have attempted to limit contamination.Read More
Behaviour Change and Recycling Contamination – Insights and Reflections
July 20, 2020 | be Waste WiseAdam Read reflects on the webinar on behavioural change and recycling contamination which he moderated. Read More
Gemma Scott
July 20, 2020 | be Waste WiseGemma manages the Resource London activity to improve recycling performance in London’s purpose built flats.Read More
Sarah Ottaway
July 20, 2020 | be Waste WiseSarah Ottaway became SUEZ recycling and recovery UK’s Sustainability and Social Value Lead in 2019, after 12 years delivering various programmes related to service enhancement, innovation and behaviour change in SUEZ’s public sector operations.Read More
Circular Economy Mentoring – Access to Support / Networks | with Emma Burlow
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseThis webinar introduces two vital support networks where you can access mentoring support, the Circular Economy Club and Sustainability Mentors.Read More
Daniel O’Connor
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseDavid spends his time and expertise accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy. Read More
Inna Chilik
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseInna is coordinating Circular Economy Club (CEC) Mentors program, connecting CEC Members who have vast experience in implementing circularity with young students, professionals, and start-ups who are trying to embed the circular economy in their projectsRead More
International Developments in Single-Use Plastics Bans | with Jonathan Cocker
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseMarkets and legislators worldwide have increasing pressure to develop legislation banning single-use plastics.Read More
Jonathan Cocker
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseJonathan provides advice and representation to multinational companies on a variety of environmental and product compliance matters, including extended producer responsibilities, dangerous goods transportation, GHS, regulated wastes, consumer product and food safety, and contaminated lands matters.Read More
Sarah Edwards
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseSarah Edwards is CEO of Eunomia Research & Consulting in North America.Read More
Sumangali Krishnan
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseSumangali Krishnan is the Chief Business Officer at GA Circular (GA) and has developed and led various research, policy and on-ground projects aimed at developing a Circular Economy framework for Asia.Read More
Sally-Anne Käsner
June 18, 2020 | be Waste WiseSally-Anne is a Director of Circular-Vision, a Circular Economy strategy and design consultancy. Read More
Adam Read Interviews David Palmer-Jones
June 12, 2020 | be Waste WiseAdam Read talks to David about his life in the waste sector, and the evolution of waste management in UK, and his new role across Europe.Read More
David Palmer-Jones
June 12, 2020 | be Waste WiseDavid is responsible for SUEZ’s recycling and recovery business activities across Northern Europe, including the UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Serbia and the Czech Republic.Read More
Single Use Plastics and Extended Producers Responsibility in India | with Kaushik Chandrasekhar
May 20, 2020 | be Waste WiseThis panel gathers experts from the plastic waste management domain in India and addresses some of the most pressing questions from waste management professionals and practitioners.Read More