Mallory Szczepanski, Vice President of Member Relations and Publications

February 24, 2016

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Center joined forces with environmental data expert Trucost and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to create Trash to Treasure, a report that uses data and research to break down the opportunities industries have to reduce waste and increase profitability.

Currently, both large and small companies are challenged with reconfiguring manufacturing and production to reduce waste and adopt more circular economy models. In 2014 alone, 5,589 of the largest publicly traded businesses sent 342 million metric tons of waste to landfills and incinerators.

In this gallery, you will find five key takeaways from the recently released Trash to Treasure report

About the Author(s)

Mallory Szczepanski

Vice President of Member Relations and Publications, NWRA

Mallory Szczepanski was previously the editorial director for Waste360. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Columbia College Chicago, where her research focused on magazine journalism. She also has previously worked for Contract magazine, Restaurant Business magazine, FoodService Director magazine and Concrete Construction magazine.

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