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Andreas Bartl
July 27, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Andreas Bartl is a senior scientist at TU Wien at the Institute of Chemical, Environmental, and Bioscience Engineering (ICEBE).Read More
Peter Förster
July 27, 2023 | be Waste WisePeter Förster is an expert with more than 12 years of specific experience in renewable energy, energy efficiency and circular economy in various countries in Latin America, Europe and Africa. In 2016 Peter joined GIZ as country manager of the … Read More
Natasha Dyer
July 13, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Lifelong zero-waster and recycler, when she is not found teaching members of her community about the importance of composting as a way to lessen their environmental impact or advising her local County Commissioners as a Sustainability Cabinet Member, Natasha Dyer serves as Acting Executive Director & Program Manager for the SWEEP Standard.Read More
Gary Liss
July 13, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Gary Liss has 50 years of experience in recycling, is a leading advocate of Zero Waste, and has worked on Zero Waste Plans in Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Oakland, San Jose, Boston, Austin, Fort Collins, Baltimore and Washington, DC.Read More
Andrew Mullen
June 28, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Following an Honours degree in Electronic engineering, Andrew has spent nearly 35 years working for major brands in White Goods and Consumer Electronics. During that time, he has had responsibility for After sales, product Safety & regulatory compliance as well as … Read More
Margo Reynolds
June 28, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Margo is a PhD researcher at the University of Exeter within the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub. Her research seeks to determine how to effectively disseminate and govern metrics to enable businesses to successfully transition to circular business models … Read More
Farah Amini
June 26, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Farah Amini has been involved in communication for development for more than 20 years. With a work portfolio in different sectors: water and sanitation, immunization, education, nature conservation, and election, she has spent six years leading national advocacy and behavior change campaign management.Read More
Dhani Fatimah
June 26, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Dhani is a Behavior change senior officer for Project STOP at Systemiq Indonesia.Read More
Mar Escarrabill
June 2, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Biologist, Masters in Science Communication and Masters in Human Rights and Citizenship. Mar has been working in Barcelona and Amsterdam on European Projects regarding citizen science, circular economy and science education as a project manager and concept developer.Read More
Nalini Sooklal
May 5, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Having held various positions within the Environmental sector regionally, Ms Sooklal is easily identified as an industry leader with a reputation for tenaciously protecting the environment’s interests and involvement in cutting-edge projects in sustainable development. Read More
Majeed Mohammed
May 5, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Majeed Mohammed has an MBA in Sustainable Energy Management from Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business. He is currently a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), gaining the qualification from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in 2015.Read More
Ronald Roach
May 5, 2023 | be Waste Wise
With a career spanning 30 years in the fields of operations management, project management, and waste management, Ronald Roach is an advocate for improved waste management not just in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago, but across the Caribbean.Read More
Sally Cawood
May 5, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Sally’s research and teaching sit at the intersection of human geography, urban studies, critical development studies, political ecology, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) engineering. Read More
Lucy Stevens
May 5, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Lucy leads Practical Action’s change ambition on Cities Fit for People. She has supported Practical Action’s work tackling poverty in urban slum communities since 2002. Read More
Lakshmi Raghupathy
April 25, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Lakshmi raghupathy has worked in environmental impact assessment, which included environmental clearances (EC) for industrial projects and specifying ecologically sensitive areas (ESA). She is an environmentalist, and works as a visiting faculty member in the TERI School of Advanced Studies.She represented the Government of … Read More
Surojit Bose
April 25, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Surojit is Head Sustainability at Hindustan Coca Cola, with experience of over 25 years in sustainability and climate change. Prior to HCCB he worked with PwC and EY in their Climate Change and Sustainability practice. He has worked extensively … Read More
Susan Johanna Slabbert
March 22, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Susan is the Head of Sustainability at Asia Pacific Rayon (APR). Originally from South Africa, Susan has more than 15 years of experience in environmental management and sustainable development. She currently leads the development and implementation of APR’s operational decarbonization and long … Read More
Fernanda Romero
March 20, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Fernanda is an Environmental Scientist and has a master’s degree in integrated environmental analysis, currently coordinating the technical department of the Brazilian Association of Public Cleansing and Waste Management Companies (ABRELPE).Read More
Aditi Ramola
March 20, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Aditi is the Technical Director at the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), where she manages international projects and partnerships with the UN, assists ISWA’s Working Groups, and helps develop innovative projects globally further to strengthen cooperation with ISWA’s partners and international organizations.Read More
Lorna Jackson
March 17, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Lorna has over seven years’ experience working within their award winning Centre for Social Innovation. Read More
Jane Beasley
March 16, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Dr Jane Beasley is a professionally qualified waste and resource manager and for the past 25 years has worked on a wide range of strategic and research projects focusing on how we can better manage our resources, providing support at local, regional, national and European levels. Read More
Sanjiv Kumar
March 4, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Mr. Sanjiv Kumar possesses 25+ years of work experience in Environmental Sustainability, Circular Economy, and Waste Management. He is currently heading the Strategic Growth and Transformation division of ReSustainability Limited (formerly known as Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited), a KKR-backed company. … Read More
Dr. Manoj Datta
March 4, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Dr. Manoj Datta is currently Emeritus Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Delhi where he has been teaching and conducting research since 1980. He has held the positions of Head of Civil Engineering Department and Dean … Read More
Swati Singh Sambyal
March 4, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Swati Singh Sambyal is a renowned researcher on resource management and circular economy. Swati has worked in India as well as across the Global South on development issues concerning integrated waste and resource management. She has been a part of … Read More
Construction & Demolition Waste in India – Challenges & Way Forward | With Brajesh Kr Dubey
January 19, 2023 | be Waste Wise
This webinar discusses the challenges in collection and transport, concerns about finances, complications in addressing pricing of recycled C&D waste products, collaboration between institute, industry and government & most importantly how from Indian context, there is a need for robust estimation and characterisation of C&D waste to design systems for material recovery.Read More
Pradeep Khandelwal
January 4, 2023 | be Waste Wise
Pradeep Khandelwal, having 38 years of professional experience, recently retired as Chief Engineer in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi). He has been associated with the organization for more than 35 years. He did his BTech in … Read More
Sudhirkumar Barai
January 4, 2023 | be Waste Wise 1
Sudhirkumar Barai is a Director and Senior Professor of Civil Engineering at BITS Pilani-Pilani campus, Rajasthan. He is also a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, India availing lien for the … Read More
Dr. Suneel Pandey
December 14, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Dr Suneel Pandey is Senior Fellow and Director, Environment & Waste Management Division, TERI. In addition, he is also working as Adjunct Faculty at TERI School of Advance Studies (TERI SAS). He has more than 30 years of consultancy/ research … Read More
Dr. N B Mazumdar
December 14, 2022 | be Waste Wise
As an international waste management expert, he has been involved with waste management and on-site sanitation for over four decades in different parts of the world, working with international organisations like WHO, ADB, IGES (Japan), Rotary international, Government of India, … Read More
Ms. Nalini Shekar
December 14, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Nalini Shekar is the co- founder and Executive Director of Hasiru Dala a wastepickers organization in Bangalore and also co-founded Kagad, Kach Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), union of wastepickers in Pune in 1997. Her passion lies in restoring the dignity of … Read More
Greenwashing & Its Impact Upon Business? | With Emma Burlow
December 1, 2022 | be Waste Wise
This webinar will give an insight into what is greenwashing, how it is derailing business sustainability & how critical it is for companies to take meaningful and industry-appropriate steps to avoid greenwashing and achieve their ESG goals.Read More
Heather Davies
November 14, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Motivated by a love of nature and the outdoors, Heather Davies from small footprint agency; works with organisations to communicate sustainability. Through her work, she generates trust, grows awareness and engages and educates teams, customers and future customers around the … Read More
Jonathan Wragg
November 14, 2022 | be Waste Wise 1
Jonathan Wragg, an independent packaging consultant, has a strong background in UK and European manufacturing sectors, specialising in sustainable plastic manufacturing. As such he is a firm believer in the positives around plastics and its huge … Read More
Tim Werner
September 19, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Dr. Tim Werner, MAusIMM, FRGS is an ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne. With a background in environmental engineering and geographical science, his research employs mixed methods from economic … Read More
Mohan Yellishetty
September 19, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Assoc. Prof. Mohan Yellishetty is an Australian Endeavour Fellow and Chartered Mining Engineer with an established teaching and research profile in the field of mining and environmental engineering. He possesses more than two decades of promising research and an altruistic … Read More
Rajesh Chadha
September 18, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Dr. Rajesh Chadha is a Senior Fellow at CSEP, Center for Social and Economic Progress. He was formerly a Professor & Research Director at NCAER. He has worked extensively on regional and multilateral issues pertaining to international trade. His other … Read More
Sapna Narula
September 18, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Prof Sapna Narula currently serves Nalanda University as a Professor & Dean of School of Management Studies. As a distinguished academician, she has made immense contributions to the ESG and sustainable business domain through her teaching, research and consultancy efforts. … Read More
Andrea Corzo
August 22, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Andrea is a lawyer with a specialization in environmental consultancy and a master’s degree in environment, human dimensions, and socioeconomics.Read More
Valeria Dagnino Contreras
August 22, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Valeria is the Programme Analyst for the Climate Bonds Initiative’s LatAm team and is based in Mexico City. She is responsible for supporting the delivery of key activities under the Latam programme and supporting the efforts to drive the development of the Green Finance market in the region.Read More
Vijai Singhal
August 11, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Vijai Singhal has worked in various capacities in Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board since 1984. Read More
Vidya Bhooshan Singh
August 11, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Vidya Bhooshan Singh has been working in the development sector for more than 10+ years in different thematic areas like Plastic Waste Management, SLWM, Water and Sanitation, Agriculture & Livelihood, and Environment, with different capacities in various states like Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan in India.Read More
Jordann Norbert
August 9, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Jordann has always had a passion for education and sustainable development, specifically within the Hospitality and Tourism sector. Read More
Daniels Langeberg
August 1, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Daniels founded EcoCaddy after returning from Shanghai, China, where he was working as an Urban Designer. Read More
Jose Almanzar
July 20, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Jose has been practicing environmental law for more than a decade, in addition to several years prior working as an environmental scientist.Read More
Brieanne Berry
July 20, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Dr. Berry studies systems of production-consumption-disposal to understand how we can build economies that are more fair and less wasteful.Read More
Michael Haedicke
July 20, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Michael Haedicke is an associate professor of sociology and a faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine. Read More
Matthew Karmel
July 20, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Matthew Karmel is passionate about sustainability and the environment. As an environmental attorney at the Riker Danzig law firm in New Jersey, Matthew’s practice includes traditional environmental counseling and litigation, as well as matters relating to sustainability, waste management, renewable energy, climate change, and environmental justice. Read More
Virender Kaul
June 29, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Virender Kaul is the Head of Operations at E Parisaraa Pvt Ltd. Read More
Prabhjot Sodhi
June 29, 2022 | be Waste Wise
Prabhjot has worked for the last 12 years in the implementation of Circular Economy (CE) including sector strategies, systems thinking, materials flow, recovery centre, competence development programs, business models, including the informal sector, and addressing EPR.Read More
