Scott Cassel is a leader in the extended producer responsibility (EPR) movement, with over 40 years of experience solving waste management issues in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. As CEO and Founder of the Product Stewardship Institute, Scott oversees research, policy design, and facilitated stakeholder engagement dialogues to develop and advocate for EPR policies. He is the author of Perspectives on Product Stewardship: navigating an extended producer responsibility path to a circular economy (Bernan Press, 2023), which describes the EPR movement in the U.S. and the facilitation technique PSI uses to develop EPR policy, and offers case studies on batteries, paint, and packaging. In 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) appointed Scott to its Marine Debris Foundation board of directors, where he works on policy, infrastructure development, and innovative technologies to clean up and prevent pollution of our waterways and ocean.