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December 2022
State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR)
The State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit on a mission to advance recycling through partnerships, education, and advocacy. We work to help recycling professionals, educate the public and lawmakers, expand access to recycling, develop infrastructure, and grow recycling markets in Texas. http://recyclingstar.org
Chris Sparnicht
COOLNow Program Manager for Zero Waste USA.Web Consultant – Laughter On Water Athens, GA. A Certified Zero Waste Associate, Chris has been helping environmental and citizen-science nonprofits throughout the US and Canada for a couple decades with graphical, video, IT and website challenges. He has been helping manage GreenYes Google Group for about the same amount of time. He … Read more
Rob Watson
Rob Watson, LEED Fellow, is an international leader in market transformation in solid waste, green buildings and sustainable tourism. Best known as the “Founding Father of LEED,” which he launched in 1993. Under Rob’s direction, LEED became the world’s largest, fastest-growing green building standard. Author Thomas Friedman called Rob “one of the best environmental minds … Read more
Sure-Close Inc
Sure-Close – Food scrap collection that works! Successful food scrap separation begins in the Kitchen. Maximize participation – choose Sure-Close kitchen containers. A superior closure/latch and over a dozen other features make Sure-Close the best ventilated food scrap container on the market today with over 2 million units sold. A lid which stays upright when … Read more
Natalie Lessa
Natalie is behavior change specialist with over a decade of experience planning and implementing sustainability programs in communities throughout California. She is the Founder of ReCREATE Waste Collaborative LLC and leads the firm’s education and outreach projects, helping municipal, nonprofit and private clients maximize diversion and plan for compliance with SB 1383, AB 341 and … Read more
Sponsor NZWC 2022!
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Freddy Coronado
Freddy has been an advisor, and organizer with Zero Waste Youth USA since 2014. The youth organization is a volunteer-run organization based out of the San Francisco Bay Area that connects students and young professionals passionate for the Zero Waste and climate action movements. Freddy and ZWY organizing members have produced 9 annual conferences dubbed … Read more
Lori Mendez
A civil litigator for 32 years in San Diego, Ms. Mendez is legal counsel to the Save the AlbatrossCoalition. After obtaining a Master of Advance Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation in 2018 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and leading the transformation of that campus and U.S. San Diego to be single-use plastic-free, Ms. Mendez … Read more
Chrise de Tournay Birkhahn
Chrise is an independent Zero Waste specialist, educator, and advocate. As the Zero Waste Commission’s Chair, she designed and facilitated the public outreach and input-gathering efforts for the City of Berkeley’s 2019 landmark Single-Use Disposable Food Ware & Litter Reduction Ordinance. This process resulted in proposing to Council key revision recommendations that were instrumental in … Read more