With her company Ambrosia, Amanda Weeks, Co-Founder and CEO, has worked to build a scalable solution for food waste recycling. Ambrosia uses biological and mechanical processes to recover water from food waste and create value byproducts. Earlier...

In northern Colorado, Becca Walkinshaw, sustainability specialist at Gallegos Sanitation, Incorporated (GSI), works with municipalities and cities to create more sustainable waste management outcomes. ...

With a career in the waste and recycling industry that began in 2009 as the recycling manager for Montgomery County, Pa., Chris Kaasmann, has grown from his initial role of providing recycling education and technical assistance to the county’s...

Climate change has been a catalyst for modifying the ways cities operate, and Rubicon's Conor Riffle has seen how technology has assisted with the transition to sustainable practices...

As the plant manager at the Onslow County Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in North Carolina, Will Howard collaborated with CP Manufacturing on building and testing the first generation of a sorting system known as the “McMRF.” Howard joined Waste...

The awards honor the next generation of leaders who are shaping the future of the waste and recycling industry.

In her role as Capital & Innovation Director at ReFED, Alexandria (Alex) Coari catalyzes critical funding to fight food waste...