Joseph Button has been the Sustainability Director at Straus Family Creamery since 2016. In his role, Joseph implements best-in-industry practices related to environmental sustainability throughout the mission-driven company’s operations, including achieving TRUE Zero-Waste Gold certification in 2019. Joseph also works to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of family organic dairy farms in Marin and … Read more
Director, Market Transformation & Development TRUE Zero Waste Certification As director of market transformation & development for the TRUE Zero Waste Certification, Stephanie Barger is responsible for the growth and development of the TRUE program. Barger helped launch TRUE, owned and administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) in 2017. GBCI is the premier organization … Read more
Dr. Lisa Skumatz – Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc Lisa Skumatz is an economist with over 38 years in solid waste research. She has conducted solid waste program and policy research around the nation, and published more than 100 articles on trash, recycling, organics, and reduction strategies. Lisa is known for her quantitative analysis expertise … Read more
Julie Sands Tyne has been with the City of San Diego’s Environmental Services Department for about 18 years and is a Supervising Recycling Specialist. Before ESD, she worked in environmental consulting on CEQA projects and Superfund sites, as well as for an English language newspaper in Paris, France. She currently oversees the commercial sector and … Read more
Miriam is a Program Director with UPSTREAM, and spends her days working to make throw-away a thing of the past. She is a leading architect of local and state policies aimed at promoting the reduce/reuse agenda and also focuses on accelerating and innovating reuse systems in food service at the community level and in public … Read more
Caroline Mitchell is the Lead Waste Reduction and Recycling Specialist at the City of Fort Collins. She develops waste reduction and recycling policy, coordinates education, and is the data person for Fort Collins, as well as supporting recycling in the business and multi-family sectors. Caroline has worked in the recycling industry for 17 years, working … Read more
Nina Bellucci Butler is the CEO of Stina Inc., a mission-based research and information technology firm, striving to harmonize human behavior with the natural world. Her team has developed a suite of tools (e.g., www.CircularityInAction.com) to support more sustainable choices in resource management. Stina’s information management system, relationships and understanding of the plastics recycling industry … Read more
[1989 – Present] 32 years in industry operations, 15 of which as General Manager. [2006 – 2014] Policy Advisor for the Recycling Council of BC (Policies created include: Zero Waste Hierarchy, EPR evaluation criteria & compostable bags). [2013 – Present] Board Member & Lead Policy Advisor of Zero Waste Canada – The Canadian National Affiliate … Read more
Sarah is a longtime expert on sustainable purchasing. Prior to joining the SPLC she was Director of the multi-stakeholder Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN) working on the elimination of worker exposure to toxic chemicals in the electronics supply chain. For more than a decade previously, Sarah led global purchaser and brand engagement with the EPEAT … Read more
Lisa Pellegrino is a self-professed “zero waste geek”. She takes great pride (and joy!) in transforming waste streams into supply chains, through fulfilling TerraCycle’s mission in eliminating the idea of waste. She got her MBA in Sustainable Systems and is the Strategic Partnerships Manager focused on building up TerraCycle’s public collection network for hard-to-recycle materials. … Read more