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: It feels like things are opening up a bit, which bodes well for an in-person event like WasteExpo. What are you looking forward to at WasteExpo this year?
Staley: Yes, a lot of folks seem to be feeling more comfortable about the direction of the pandemic. Still an interesting year, but excited to get back to business as usual.
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: Everyone always looks forward to the EREF Auction at WasteExpo, and I’m curious to hear what it looks like this year and what attendees can expect.
Staley: It’s a little different this year, but we plan to have a presence on the show floor so we’ll be there. We will be conducting the auction virtually, but we’ll have the elements of the auction in the booth, and people can place bids in the booth. We just won’t have the live auctioneer but plan to have that back in 2022 in full force. We’ve had great participation from our donors already.
In the latest episode of the Waste360 NothingWasted! podcast, we catch up with waste industry veteran – Bill Caesar, who is now operating partner at Generate Capital.
Learn what Caesar has been doing since the GFL acquisition, the evolution of the circular economy, investing in sustainable technologies, human-centered leadership and more. And did you know he was in the CIA?
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: Could you tell us a little about your background before you joined Generate?
Caesar: I was formerly the CEO of a company called WCA waste a traditional solid waste collection, disposal, and recycling company headquartered in Houston, Texas. We were owned by a private equity firm, and we took that business from about $250 million in revenue when I got there in 2014 to a little over $400 million in revenue when we sold the business in 2020. Before WCA, I spent four years at Waste Management and ran the recycling business. I also had responsibility for the
You are in for a ride in this week’s NothingWasted! podcast with Marcus Eriksen, author, scientist, marine and co-founder of Leap Lab and The 5 Gyres Institute.
Leap Lab is a network of science centers committed to building self-reliant communities. The 5 Gyres Institute is a leader in the global movement against plastic pollution with more than 10 years of expertise in scientific research and engagement on plastic pollution issues; it has taken 19 research expeditions in all five subtropical gyres as well as many of the world’s lakes and rivers, in search of plastic.
We spoke with Eriksen about the role of the waste industry in fostering circular economies, turning science into policy, sailing across the ocean in a plastic-bottle boat and more.
Meet Kailey Donewald, founder and CEO of Sacred Serve, she has done what big ice cream brands have not. Sacred Serve’s new packaging is the first of its kind with zero plastics or polymers, making it 100% recyclable, compostable and biodegradable.
Sacred Serve produces cold-crafted gelato made from organic, non-GMO, and fair-trade ingredients and packaged in a unique recyclable and compostable container.
In this episode of NothingWasted!,we chat with Donewald about the process of sourcing a sustainable carton, the power of consumers in driving packaging innovations and more.
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: Please tell me about Sacred Serve’s story and how you got where you are.
In this episode of NothingWasted!, we chat with Jonathan Quinn, e-commerce packaging market manager at NOVA Chemicals. NOVA Chemicals develops and manufactures chemicals and plastic resins that are designed to make everyday life healthier, easier, and safer.
We spoke with Quinn about the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce packaging, the importance of collaboration, his work with the Flexible Packaging Association and more.
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: How did you got started in the packaging industry?
Quinn: I grew up around the flexible-packaging industry because my dad was the president and CEO of a couple of packaging companies. I have pictures of me and a box of resin when I was two; I was in the lab doing elongation testing when I was five, because that was the cool thing to do, or at least I thought. So, growing up, I had the goal to one day work in a corner office next to my dad. I went to Clemson and majored in packaging and business. In my early care