Sourabh Kaushal

Sourabh Kaushal is an Electronics and Communication Engineer, Space Explorer and INK Fellow in association with TED.

He is doing research on Space Debris Mitigation and Space transportation system for the last half decade. As a passionate for Space Science and Technology, he has proposed … Read More

Roz Savage

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, environmental campaigner, and keynote speaker. She holds four world records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian. She uses her ocean rowing adventures to inspire action on the top environmental challenges facing the … Read More

Philip Heylen

Philip Heylen is the Vice Mayor of Antwerp city’s Culture, Economy, City Maintenance and Property and an Advisor to be Waste Wise. He has participated as a key note speaker in Belgium and abroad on topics like culture, economy, sustainable development, waste … Read More

Pandora Thomas

Pandora Thomas is a passionate global citizen who works as a teacher, writer, designer and speaker. She studied at Columbia and Tufts University and with several permaculture and greenbuilding design programs.

Her writing includes a children’s book, various curricula and a manual … Read More

Jacquie Ottman

Jacquie Ottman is the Founder of We Hate To Waste and an Advisor to be Waste Wise.

Since 1989, as founder and principal of the NYC-based J. Ottman Consulting, Inc., Jacquie Ottman has been advising Fortune 500 companies and several U.S. … Read More

Douglas Woodring

Doug Woodring is the co-founder of the Ocean Recovery Alliance, which is focused on bringing innovative solutions, technology, collaborations and policy together to impact positive improvements for the health of the ocean. Two global preventative projects on the issues of plastic waste were … Read More

Asher Jay

Creative conservationist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Asher Jay, uses groundbreaking design, multimedia arts, literature, and lectures to inspire global action to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, advance environmental issues, and promote humanitarian causes. Albeit she received an education in Fashion Design and Marketing … Read More

Alvaro Soler Arpa

Alvaro Soler Arpa graduated in drawing, at the ´Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Olot´, and later in illustration, at the ´Escuela Llotja de Barcelona´. After a career of 15 years in the field of advertising and cinema, drawing story boards for … Read More

Arlene Blum

Arlene Blum, PhD is a biophysical chemist, author, mountaineer, a Visiting Scholar in Chemistry at UC Berkeley and executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute. The Institute brings government, industry, scientists and citizens groups together to support chemical policies to protect human health … Read More

Abby Barrows

Abby Barrows grew up on an island in Maine with the ocean as her playground. Read More

Margaret Bates

Margaret Bates is Professor Sustainable Wastes Management at the University of Northampton. Learn more…Read More

Sanjay Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a Water, Sanitation and Waste Management Expert working at Skat consulting in SwitzerlandRead More

2016 be Waste Wise 30 Influencers – Individuals

We’re are proud to announce the 30 individuals who made it to our Waste Influencers List in 2016. We analyzed 750 accounts to find this year’s Waste Influencers, an increase from 440 in 2015 and only 95 in 2013. The list … Read More

Wheelabrator Technologies

Wheelabrator Technologies is an industry leader in the safe and environmentally sound conversion of municipal solid waste (MSW) — and other renewable waste fuels — into clean energy.Read More

Raz Godelnik

Raz Godelnik is an Assistant Professor and the Co-Director of the MS in Strategic Design & Management program at Parsons School of Design in New York. Currently, his research projects focus on the impact of the sharing economy on traditional … Read More

Barbara Herridge

Barbara Herridge is the External Relations Manager at North London Waste Authority (NLWA). Learn more…Read More

Vanessa Pillay

Vanessa Pillay is the Organization & Programme Officer at WIEGO. Learn more…Read More

Ana Ogando

Ana Carolina Ogando is an independent research consultant, a Gender Researcher at WIEGO and an affiliated researcher The Women’s Studies Center at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Learn more…Read More

Sonia Dias

Sonia Dias is a Waste Sector Specialist at WIEGO and one of Brazil’s leading expert in waste-related management. Learn more…Read More

Peter Lefort

Peter Lefort manages the Community Action Group (CAG) Project in Oxfordshire, supporting over 60 community groups to take action on a wide range of environmental and social issues.Read More

Karen Cannard

Karen Cannard is the co-founder of The Rubbish Diet, the UK’s ‘slimming club for bins.’Read More

Christopher Lund

Christopher Lund is Senior Vice President of Gershman, Brickner & Bratton (GBB) Inc. Learn more…Read More

Sarahjane Widdowson

Sarahjane Widdowson is a Principal Waste Management Consultant at Ricardo Energy and Environment. Learn more…Read More

S. Jyoti Kumar

Mr. S. Jyoti Kumar is the Director and Head of Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre (APTDC). Learn more…Read More

V. Srinivas Chary

Prof V. Srinivas Chary is the Director of Urban Program at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, India. Learn more…Read More

Lucien Yoppa

Lucien Yoppa is a Project Officer at Fondation Camerounaise de la Terre Vivante (FCTV). Learn more…Read More

Christian Zurbrügg

Christian Zurbrügg is a Member of the Directorate and Senior Researcher at Eawag/Sandec . Learn more…Read More

Jeff Kirschner

Jeff Kirschner is a serial entrepreneur with a love for storytelling. Jeff is also the Founder Litterati –a social venture to create a litter-free planet. Learn more…Read More

Nimmi Damodaran

Nimmi Damodaran is the Vice President of Stratus Consulting and has over 25 years of experience in environmental policy issues. Learn more…Read More

Marcus Eriksen

Marcus Eriksen is the Research Director and co-founder of the 5 Gyres Institute. Learn more about his work and contributions to be Waste Wise…Read More

Andrew Almack

Andrew Almack is the Founder of Plastics for Change and has previously worked with Plastic Bank. Learn more…Read More

Katherine O’Dea

Katherine O’Dea is a seasoned sustainability expert, non-profit leader, conservationist and the Director of Save Our Shores. Learn more…Read More

Dianna Cohen

Dianna Cohen is a Los Angeles-based multi-media visual artist, painter and curator and the CEO & co-founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition . Learn more…Read More

Zoë Lenkiewicz

Zoë Lenkiewicz is an independent waste communications professional. She is a moderator and panelist for be Waste Wise. Learn more…Read More

Gijs Langeveld

Gijs Langeveld is an entrepreneur and CFO at BinBang. Learn more…Read More

Sophie van den Berg

Sophie van den Berg is a Solid Waste Expert and Recycling Business Developer at WASTE Advisers with more 30 years of international experience. Learn more…Read More

Ferran Rosa

Ferran Rosa is the Policy Officer at Zero Waste Europe. He joins the 2015 Global Dialogue on Waste to discuss Culture, Consumption and Waste Management. Learn more…Read More

Diana Dehm

Diana Dehm is the Founder of the Trash On Your Back Challenge and Founder , Producer, and Host of Sustainability News & Entertainment™ Radio. Learn more…Read More

Thomas Vogler

Thomas Vogler is Head of Project Management at Hitachi Zosen India. He holds a masterís degree in Mechanical Engineering and in Business Administration. He is with Hitachi Zosen since 2007 and was involved in several Waste to Energy projects in … Read More

Sandra Cointreau

Sandra Cointreau is a civil/environmental engineer committed to doing hands-on field work and creative planning to address the problems of waste management, water resource protection and conservation of natural resources.  She has worked in over 60 countries on these issues, … Read More

Peter Jones

Retiring formally after 25 years in the waste sector Peter T Jones is now involved in expounding and delivery of the emergent circular economy. Interest in the concept developed after initiating the Biffaward Mass Balance Programme from 1997 to 2008. … Read More

Linda Godfrey

Dr Linda Godfrey is a Principal Scientist within the Council for Scientific and Industrial Researchís (CSIR) operating unit Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), based in Pretoria, South Africa. Her research interests include ñ the role of the waste sector … Read More

Geraldine Brennan

Geraldine Brennan is a Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London exploring systems-based business model innovation within the case study of a closed-loop or circular economy. Her research interests include understanding the strengths and weaknesses of … Read More

Gary Crawford

Gary Crawford is currently employed by Veolia Environmental Services (VES), as its Vice President of Sustainable Development. He is based in Paris, France. He has over 25 years of experience in the waste industry and has held various operational, technical … Read More

Derek Greedy

Derek Greedy first worked in the waste management industry as a regulator from 1975 – 1985. Derek then held operational and technical positions for two of the major waste management operators in the UK both of whom were predominantly focused … Read More

Asit Nema

Asit Nema is a civil engineer and holds double masters in environmental/sanitary engineering from IIT Kanpur and from UNESCO-IHE, Delft (The Netherlands). He brings over 25 years of experience in engineering and management consulting in the field of environment management and urban … Read More

Alexandre Lemille

Alexandre Lemille is the founder and managing director of Wizeimpact (Pty) Ltd (wizeimpact.co.za), a South African based company that seek to transform wealth-focused linear corporate into value-centric circular ventures. At Wizeimpact, Alex promotes the concept of Circular Economy with a … Read More

Adam Minter

Adam Minter is a columnist with Bloomberg View based in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to living in Kuala Lumpur, he spent twelve years living and writing in Shanghai, China. In addition to his work with Bloomberg, Adam has covered Asia’s recycling … Read More

Madhumitha Rajendran

Madhumitha Rajendran is a Research Analyst at be Waste Wise, where her work involves finding experts in waste management, and connecting with them. She also carries out research into topics for panel discussions, and potential organisations to approach for funding … Read More

Srikrishna Balachandran

Srikrishna Balachandran is an Energy & Environmental Engineer associated with the Climate change academically as well as professionally. He has been part of the Climate Change Advisory team of Ernst & Young. In this role, he was part of the … Read More