Author Archive | Christina Seidel

Carey McIver, formerly Manager of Solid Waste for the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), is a solid waste management specialist with over twenty-five years of hands-on experience designing, delivering, and evaluating plans, policies, programs and facilities for waste diversion, recovery and disposal. Under her leadership the RDN implemented an award-winning Zero Waste Program that reduced […]

Laura has followed her passion for environmental protection throughout her career. Following a few years in the non-profit sector, Laura took a rewarding opportunity at CIBC, when assessing the environmental risk of business ventures was a relatively new area for the banking industry. Laura relocated to Calgary in 1997 to join Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) […]

Leanne Olson is a photo-based artist based in Edmonton. She has a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Film & Media Studies from the University of Alberta and has maintained a photography practice since 110mm film was around. Olson’s practice centres on documenting impermanence and adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Olson also has a […]

Sean has worked in the non-profit world for fifteen years and currently works with SARC and SARCAN Recycling as the Manager of Communications and Culture. He received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan with a specialization in Marketing and Management. Sean is proud to live in downtown Saskatoon with two exceptionally lazy […]

Joe was born and raised around the Calgary area and has worked in the waste & recycling industry for 15 years. He completed a Bachelor of Management degree from the University of Lethbridge while working full-time for the City of Lethbridge and has been managing the Foothills Regional Landfill & Resource Recovery Centre for 6 […]

Jack was born in Westlock, Alberta, in 1943. He has been married to Doris for 54 years and has two children, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Jack has worked in sand and gravel for 30 years, and in the recycling industry for 26 years. In his free time, Jack enjoys volunteering with kids sports, and […]

David Schaaf has recently retired from the position of Waste & Recycling Services Manager for the City of Lethbridge. He held this position from 2003 till 2018. He has been with the City of Lethbridge since 1991, working in a variety of areas including Fleet management, Facility management, and Information technology. He graduated from the […]

Alfred Wong is the co-founder and President of Micron Waste Technologies, a publicly listed technology company developing organic waste and greywater treatment systems. Mr. Wong was previously CEO and General Manager of a waste recycling company in Asia Pacific and was the first in the region to develop a mobile platform for users to track […]

Jim started his career in waste management in 1980 when he got tired of being away from home for months on end to work on municipal construction projects. He applied for a job with Alberta Environment with no idea what he was getting into. As it turned out, waste management became Jim’s life-long passion. He […]

Wayne is the Chief Executive Officer of the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB), where he is responsible for helping London’s boroughs to increase recycling rates and established the Circular London programme helping to accelerate the development of the circular economy in London. He has been working for LWARB since 2008. Prior to this he […]