Tedd Ward, M.S.

Tedd Ward has supported creating jobs from discards and environmental design, ending welfare for wasting, and zero waste for the last thirty years.
After returning from Kenya as a teacher for the Peace Corps, Ward was a recycling market development consultant in Arcata as he earned his Masters’ degree and taught for two semesters in the Environmental Resources Engineering Department of Humboldt State University.
Ward has been Director of the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority since 2015. Ward served on the Statewide Commission for Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling in 2020, recommending thirty strategic actions to improve California’s recovery programs. Ward has served on the SB 54 Advisory Board and currently Chairs the California Product Stewardship Council. He also volunteers as Chair of Strategies for California’s Illegal Dumping Technical Advisory Committee, and is Co-Chair of CRRA’s Global Recycling Council.