Ashpreet Kaur has a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Panjab University, India. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology with a concentration in Sociology at the University of University of Florida. Her research focuses on the Zero Waste performance of higher education institutions of the USA. After graduating, she is interested in working … Read more
My pursuit as both an academic and practitioner is to help create sustainable and just transitions to less wasteful systems. I am a PhD candidate in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. Based on community-driven development, I focus my contributions on how I can bring my resources to best serve a community to … Read more
Joanie Burns is a sustainability professional with 28 years of environmental policy and planning experience, working with a wide range of public and private sector organizations in the U.S. and internationally. Ms. Burns has developed and delivered waste reduction and recycling/composting programs for public sector agencies/institutions and businesses with aggressive sustainability goals. This includes coordination … Read more
Krietta Marley is the Director of Operations & Product at Foodprint Group, a Brooklyn-based Zero Waste consultancy. Krietta has over seven years of experience in sustainability and the food service industry, and is a certified TRUE Zero Waste advisor. At Foodprint, she has led clients through the design, development, and implementation of Zero Waste programs … Read more
Jordan Fengel is the Sustainability Manager for the U.S. & Canada for Tetra Pak, a global packaging company leading in sustainability transformation. Also, Jordan is the Director of Government Affairs for the Carton Council trade organization. He is on the Board of Directors for AMERIPEN and is the former Executive Director of the State of … Read more
Daniel Sánchez describes himself as a global citizen and entrepreneur committed to sustainability. He is Co-Founder of Elica Avante, a social enterprise that promotes circular economy and consumer behavior change by implementing Zero Waste programs for companies and consumers, always with a multi-stakeholder approach. He has worked as a consultant for over 9 years in … Read more
Thank you for agreeing to speak at the 2021 National Zero Waste Virtual Conference! We are pleased to have you as a part of this amazing event. Click here to view/download the pdf version of this document. Checklist TASK AND DEADLINE___ a) Register for the Conference …..……………………. ASAP___ b) Upload Bio and Headshot ………………………….. ASAP___ c) … Read more
“Achieving Zero Waste is not going to be easy, but like sustainability it is a moral imperative unless we wish to see the complete demise of any semblance of a lifestyle over and beyond the barbaric.” A thought-provoking and entertaining speaker, Paul will brief us on his recent work and on what is happening around … Read more
The Gulf Coast is not only the home of the many oil and gas companies, but also of plastic companies using petroleum feedstocks. Yvette (they/them) is the founder and director of Fenceline Watch, a Houston-based environmental justice organization dedicated to eradicating toxic multigenerational harm from oil, gas, and petrochemical facilities. Yvette formally served as a … Read more
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