Lily Laurence

Lily is a Senior Associate in Communications and Engagement at Cascadia Consulting Group. She leads Bay Area project teams covering a broad range of topics including zero waste, food recovery, and circularity.  She has worked in the sustainability field as a business strategist, change manager, project manager, facilitator and community engagement lead. Organization:Cascadia Consulting GroupTitle:Senior … Read more

Bob Gedert

Bob Gedert has 45 years of experience in building local economic development practices with zero-waste goals through private-public partnerships that utilize local markets for recyclables through innovative entrepreneurship and collaborative business networks. In his retirement, he is teaching climate change classes at Xavier University in Cincinnati and publishing his first book on the relationship of … Read more

Ruth Abbe

Ruth Abbe

Ruth Abbe is a Zero Waste practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in recycling and composting program and facility development and outreach and technical assistance. As president of Zero Waste USA, she is working with municipalities across the U.S. to develop the social and physical infrastructure to achieve Zero Waste. As co-chair of … Read more