I am pleased to see that the next generation is playing an active role in recycling, as reflected in the top 100. ferrous metals of his parents. She admits to taking a detour: reading psychology and analyzing the DNA of leadership in successful organizations. After earning her PhD, she was hired to drive Walt Disney’s business development. know-how for the scrap metal world. ” I try for excellence,” he tells me at the ISRI expo in Las Vegas. “I need our recycling medium to be the Disney of the industry. “
I met him at the E-Scrap convention in Florida in 2014, where he told me about his new company, eSmart Recycling. He immigrated from Venezuela to the United States to begin his career in recycling. He now runs a successful scrap electronics business that operates a special generation lab that trains disadvantaged young people on how to use a computer. Selvaggio considers himself a “social entrepreneur”. It ensures that repairable appliances are donated to charity; the total is more than 2000 devices.
Some other people talk with such a hobby that they immediately attract you. I had the thrill of meeting Faluyi at this year’s IFAT in Germany, where he entered the innovation scene to share his adventure with EPRON. She admits that it is not easy to manage nigeria’s first manufacturer obligation program, especially for the e-waste complex. But Faluyi is taking care of this and has now controlled the incorporation of 7 manufacturers and 3 recyclers; they jointly process about three hundred tons of e-waste per year.
“Only 1% of the world’s recycled metals come from the African continent,” Onovwigun told me on a zoom call after contacting the plumber-turned-recycler for a story. The CEO of Romco Metals is an ordinary traveler who travels every month. from its headquarters in London to 3 factories in Nigeria. Onovwigun has beaten malaria and covid and “is still standing. “It envisions an “ambitious” expansion, starting with a new recycling plant in Ghana. Romco recently recycles more than 5,000 tons of non-ferrous waste consistent with the quarter. Onovwigun reports that revenue, from $8. 1 million in the first quarter of this year, rose for the seventh year in a row, while production increased by 112%.
The youngest in Airaga’s circle followed in his father’s footsteps last summer. He joined the Johannesburg e-waste recycler in 2015, first as Marketing Director. His project was clear: to perpetuate the company. This led him to many television and radio studios, earning him the nickname “The Voice of Desco”. Returning to him for a business profile in 2020, Airaga, who grew up there, tells me he owes a lot to his father, Costa. . ” From a young age, he told me, ‘My ceiling is your floor. ‘His reasoning is, I brought you to this level, now you have to take it from here to succeed in new heights.
I don’t forget interviewing him in 2013, long before the crusade for the right to reparation became “sexy. “Wiens has made its network a network that reaches thousands of other people around the world on a daily basis. I respect the way I don’t hesitate to go against grain, pointing out where manufacturers fail from an eco-design perspective. .
The young engineer, legislative specialist in the professional organization Plastics Recyclers Europe, after working in the electronics recycler Coolrec. It includes plastics at the molecular point and is especially interested in e-waste, post-crushing waste and additives. He brings his expertise to the forefront. he studies projects such as PLAST2bCLEANED, which aims to expand an ecologically and economically viable recycling process for e-plastic waste.
Dutch entrepreneur Willemijn Peeters gave me the first impression on the radar when she won the Recycling Ambassador Award at PRSE 2018 in Amsterdam. We started talking about Searious Business, which it runs to help manufacturers and organizations “turn crisis into design. “He noted that his network extends far beyond “our backyard” and works with major foreign retailers, supermarket chains and governments to create premium products from plastic production waste and collected recyclable materials. Peeters adds: “Lately we are participating in an innovative project, called Vita Nova, which aims to improve the recyclability of flexible polyethylene.
Giles founded Ogel (Lego Spelled Backwards), a start-up that recycles plastic waste into flood prevention systems and cellular spaces like offices. He presented his cutting-edge concept on the hit TV screen Dragon’s Den and the judges were so inspired that they submitted £50,000 in investment to help bring Ogel to market. Reason enough to touch him and ask for details. Today, Giles runs a recycling workshop in the UK to produce interconnected panels made of 100% recycled polystyrene. “They can’t rust and are thick enough not to degrade or crack,” he tells me. Momentum is on his side, Giles is nominated in two categories of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
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