Eliminating the Idea of Waste: Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle

Join us for a talk centered around environmental ethics and the elimation of waste.

Tom Szaky is the CEO and founder of TerraCycle, a business that turns non-recyclable pre-consumer and post-consumer waste into raw material to be used in new products.

Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a global leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams. TerraCycle operates in 20 countries, working with some of the world’s largest brands, retailers and manufacturers to create national platforms to recycle products and packaging that otherwise go to landfill or incineration. It also created a new circular reuse platform called Loop that enables consumers to purchase products in reusable packaging.

Tom and TerraCycle have received hundreds of awards and recognition from organizations including the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Fortune Magazine and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Tom is the author of four books, Revolution in a Bottle, Outsmart Waste, Make Garbage Great and The Future of Packaging.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Environmental Studies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Public Policy Program, The Department of Economics, Business, and Finance, and the Sustainability Committee.