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Food Waste Legislation: Approaches from Europe and US
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseFood waste is one of the biggest challenges that the world faces today, contributing to climate change and resource depletion.Read More
Marco Ricci – Jürgensen
July 24, 2019 | be Waste Wiserco Ricci – Jürgensen is highly considered as an expert who conceives waste and recycling issues going beyond technical detailsRead More
John Fischer
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseJohn Fischer is Branch Chief for Commercial Waste Reduction and Waste Planning at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).Read More
Kat Heinrich
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseKat Heinrich is a food waste specialist in Australia and winner of the 2017 GISA Women in Waste Leadership Award.Read More
Marine Plastic Pollution – Sources, Forces and Courses of Action
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseThis expert panel reflects on the arrival of plastics in the marine environment, consider how we got here and most importantly what we can do.Read More
Louise Edge
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseLouise Edge is an Environmental Campaign Coordinator at GreenpeaceRead More
Libby Peake
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseLibby Peake is senior policy adviser on resource stewardship at Green Alliance, a UK based independent charity and think tank focused on achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.Read More
John Gertsakis
July 8, 2019 | be Waste WiseJohn Gertsakis is a sustainability practitioner with experience as an industry adviser, consultant, research academic and advocate. He is the co-founder of the newly formed Ewaste Watch Institute, and he co-authored Australia’s first report on e-waste recycling in 1995 titled: Short Circuiting Waste from Electronic Products. Read More
Beyond E-waste Recycling – Electronics Consumption and the Challenge of Sustainability
July 8, 2019 | be Waste WiseEwaste Watch in Australia acts in the public interest to protect human health and the environment by accelerating increased levels of electronics sustainability from cradle to cradle. Read More
Optimizing Food Rescue Programs: Prioritizing Strategies to Deliver the Best Community Value
May 3, 2019 | be Waste WiseExpanding food recovery programs is a critical action in a community’s overall strategy to reduce wasted food, but some efforts may deliver more community value than others.Read More
Madeline Keating
May 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseMadeline Keating is an Urban Fellow with NRDC’s Healthy People and Thriving Communities Program and is the City Lead in Denver for NRDC’s Food Matters project.Read More
Elaine Blatt
May 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseElaine Blatt is a Senior Policy and Program Analyst at Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Read More
Peter Canepa
May 2, 2019 | be Waste WisePeter Canepa joined the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in January 2017, providing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expertise to Oregon’s Materials Management program.Read More
Vaughan Levitzke
April 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseVaughan Levitzke has more than 35 years’ experience in government, project management and leadership. Vaughan established Zero Waste SA in 2003 and is responsible for a multitude of programs and projects carried out by Zero Waste SA and its partner organisations, … Read More
Reflections on Sustainable Resource Management in Developing Economies
April 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseNovel approaches to ensure waste management in poorer countries is sustainable.Read More
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050
March 15, 2019 | be Waste WiseA webinar which launches the World Bank report of the same name. Read More
Catalina Marulanda
March 15, 2019 | be Waste WiseCatalina Marulanda is currently the Practice Manager of the Urban Development Unit in the South Asia Region at the World Bank Group. Read More
Silpa Kaza
March 15, 2019 | be Waste WiseSilpa Kaza is an Urban Development Specialist in the World Bank’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice.Read More
Managing Plastics In Your Community And The Environment
January 8, 2019 | be Waste WiseWe’ll train you on how to identify, collect and reprocess the number of different plastic types using simple and practical approaches.Read More
Promising Innovation in Materials Science & Product Design
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseOrganized on 5th Sep, 2018, as part of The 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste QUICK SUMMARY & QUOTES DANIELLA RUSSO, Founder & CEO, Think Beyond Plastic
- The world of plastic hasn’t changed in the last 50 years and it is … Read More
Next Steps to Eliminate Avoidable Plastic Waste Systematically
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseEmma Burlow & Kate Bailey participate in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste. Read More
Communications for Adaptive & Resilient Recycling Systems
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseMitch Hedlund & Stephen Bates participate in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste.Read More
Connecting Waste Hierarchy & Circular Economy
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseAd Lansink, the author of Challenging Changes, discusses the circular economy in the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste.Read More
New Recycling Systems for United States
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseJim Frey & Beth Schmitt discuss new syetms for the United States. This panel was organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste. Read More
Status of Landfill Diversion Options
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseThis panel was organised as part of the New Systems for North America, theme of the 2018 Global Dialogue on WasteRead More
Developing Local Markets for Recyclables
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseKate Davenport & Lynn Hoffman of Eureka Recycling discuss in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on WasteRead More
Status of Recycling & Opportunities for Innovation
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseCole Rosengren interviews Chaz Miller in the inaugural session of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste.Read More
Introducing ISWA’s Initiative for Mayors and Municipalities
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseWhy is ISWA specifically targeting mayors and municipalities?Read More
The Basics of the European Waste Collection Systems
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseAn in depth look at European Waste Collection Systems, providing excellent insight in topics from transportation systems to the latest collection and sorting system technologies. Read More
Christian Bremer
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseChristian Bremer is currently working as the Managing Director at SSI SCHÄFER. Read More
Jürgen Jacoby
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseJürgen Jacoby, is the International Sales & Business Development at Envac Optibag AB.Read More
Bernd Leowald
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseBernd Leowald is the head of the department Northwest at Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH). The SRH is the municipal waste management company in Hamburg with 2600 employees. The department Northwest is a part of Hamburg with 620.000 inhabitants and an area … Read More
D-NOSES: Optimizing Waste Management and Reducing Odour Pollution Through Citizen Science
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseThe DNOSES project is about creating a model for citizen science based interventions in odour nuisance/problem situations.Read More
Rosa Arias
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseRosa Arias is the Founder of Science for Change and the creator of the citizen science App OdourCollect, to build up collaborative odour maps.Read More
Growing Your Waste Recycling Business: Cleaning the Planet and Creating Jobs | WasteAid UK
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseIt’s one thing to want to set up a recycling business, it’s another to make it work. We’ll teach you the the principles of identifying end markets, maximizing quality and making a profit.Read More
Setting Up And Growing Your Organic Waste Management Initiative | WasteAid UK
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseWe’ll walk you through simple ways of handling and processing organic waste to maximize the end-value and financial & environmental returns.Read More
Preventing Marine Litter: Global Priorities | Costas Velis, ISWA Task Force on Marine Litter
October 10, 2018 | be Waste Wise 1A conversation with Costas Velis, ISWA Read More
Costas Velis
October 3, 2018 | be Waste WiseCostas Velis is the Chair of the ISWA Task Force on Marine Litter and Lecturer on Resource Efficiency Systems at University of Leeds.Read More
Plastic Free Q&A
September 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseDo you have questions about living plastic-free including why anyone would attempt it in first place and do not know whom to ask? This is the perfect panel for all your questions. Read More
Stiv Wilson
September 25, 2018 | be Waste WiseStiv Wilson is Director of Campaigns at The Story of Stuff project. Read More
Rebecca Prince-Ruiz
September 25, 2018 | be Waste WiseRebecca Prince-Ruiz is the founder of the for-purpose, Plastic Free July Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that brings the public and business together with the vision of a world without plastic waste. Read More
Kate Bailey
August 9, 2018 | be Waste WiseKate Bailey is a leading authority on Zero Waste best practices and focuses on the facts, details, and logistics that help Zero Waste initiatives succeed.Read More
Mitch Hedlund
August 9, 2018 | be Waste WisePrior to founding the nonprofit standardized label initiative and Recycle Across America®, Mitch Hedlund had over 20 years experience in marketing, communications, and branding, serving Fortune 500 companies, as well as midsized companies. Read More
Stephen Bates
August 6, 2018 | be Waste Wiseis an accomplished, and highly-effective International Government, Public Affairs and Behavioural Change Expert with over 25 years of experience leading Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, Community Relations and Operations within the global Waste and Resource Recovery sector.Read More
Natalie Starr
August 6, 2018 | be Waste WiseNatalie Starr has nearly twenty five years of experience in solid waste management, recycling and resource recovery, and energy consulting including twenty years with DSM Environmental where she is now a Principal.Read More
Lynn Hoffman & Kate Davenport
August 6, 2018 | be Waste WiseLynn Hoffman and Kate Davenport are the Co-Presidents of Eureka Recycling, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, whose mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable. Read More
Jim Frey
August 6, 2018 | be Waste WiseJim Frey offers over 35 years of expertise in recycling and waste management program development for public services and private enterprises. Read More
Emma Burlow
August 6, 2018 | be Waste WiseEmma Burlow is one of the UK’s leading specialists on circular economy and resource efficiency in businesses and has more than 20 years’ experience in the sectorRead More
Chaz Miller
August 6, 2018 | be Waste WiseChaz Miller’s career in waste and recycling spanned four decades with stints at the US EPA Office of Solid Waste, the Glass Packaging Institute and the National Waste and Recycling Association. Although he is now retired from full time work, he consults and continues to write his award-winning column “The Circular File” for Waste360.Read More
Beth Schmitt
August 6, 2018 | be Waste WiseBeth Schmitt is Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships at The Recycling Partnership.Read More