Each year Recycling International publishes a Top 100 of most inspiring and innovative people in global recycling. The list spotlights industry veterans and impactful entrepreneurs as well as trendsetters and young talents.
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Here’s our full 2024 list!
- Sanjay Mehta, director at MTC Group (India)
- Amy Bird, ceo of Countrywide Metals Recycling (UK)
- Henk Alssema Owner of Vita Plastics (The Netherlands)
- Brandi Harleaux, ceo of South Post Oak Recycling Center (USA)
- Javier Perez, owner of Recicla Centro (Mexico)
- Brett Ekart, owner of United Metals Recycling(USA)
- Kurt Kyck, ceo of KMK Metals (Ireland)
- Kubilay Karul, general manager at SA Recycling (USA)
- Chris Sheppard, ceo of EMR (UK)
- Chandru Wadhwani, managing director of Extrupet (South Africa)
- Murat Özdemir, trade manager at Başatli (Turkey)
- Yongliang Wang, board member at ATRenew (China)
- Rose Mock, co-owner of Allied Scrap Processors (USA)
- Jacqueline Lotzkar, vice President at Pacific Metals Recycling (Canada)
- Stuart Kagan, founder of Buddy (South Africa)
- Johan van Peperzeel, founder of Van Peperzeel (The Netherlands)
- Karima Scarpetta, trader at Marex (Columbia)
- Colin Kelly, chair of Recycled Materials Association (USA)
- Dhawal Shah, partner at Metco (India)
- Kyle Wiens, ceo of iFixit (USA)
- Caroline Craenhals, ceo of Belgian Scrap Terminal (Belgium)
- John Shegerian, ceo of Electronic Recyclers International (USA)
- Jean-Philippe Fusier, ceo of MTB Recycling (France)
- Michael Braungart, author of Cradle-to-Cradle (Germany)
- Veena Sahawjalla, founder of the Smart Centre (Australia)
- Dawn Dungate, director of East London Textiles (UK)
- Ranjit Baxi, founder of Global Recycling Day (UK)
- Rik Debaere, ceo at Group Galloo Recycling (Belgium)
- Rom Patel, trader at Igneo (UK)
- Surendra Patawari, founder of Gemini (Belgium)
- Rafael Barros, director of Guaruilhos Comercio De Sucatas (Brazil)
- Susie Burrage, managing director of Recycled Products (UK)
- Layla Faradiba, managing director of Mukti (Indonesia)
- Ingrid Guddal, Head of recycling at Norsk Hydro (Norway)
- Joost de Kluijver, founder of Closing The Loop (The Netherlands)
- Massimiliano Gunari, plant manager at Iren Ambiente (Italy)
- Sedgwick Schlieszler, head of end-of-life services at Lime (France)
- Franziska Trautmann, co-owner of Glass Half Full (USA)
- George Voyatzis, vice president of Greenland America (Greece)
- Alejandro Jaramillo, owner of Glorem (Mexico)
- Mir Mujtaba, owner of Jupiter Metal Trading (UAE)
- Mogens Bach Christensen, ceo of HJ Hansen (Denmark)
- John Sacco, owner of Sierra International Machinery (USA)
- Marius Costache, general manager of GreenWEEE (Romania)
- Mike Webster, director of Stop Ocean Plastics (Indonesia)
- George Adams, owner of SA Recycling (USA)
- Natalia Altadill, ceo of Grupo Altadill (Spain)
- Evgenia Gordeeva, business development manager at EMR (Ukraine)
- Max Craipeau, ceo of Greencore (Indonesia)
- Vipan Garg, managing director of B Lal Steel Shredding (India)
- Derk-Jan van Heerden, founder of AELS (The Netherlands)
- Paul Coyte, trading manager at Hayes Metals (New Zealand)
- Tapio Kuusakoski, e-scrap business director of Kuusakoski (Finland)
- Dotan Kabak, founder of Sderot (Israel)
- Venkatesha Murthy, owner of Vans Chemistry (India)
- Alex Musembi, co-founder of Africa Collects Textiles (Kenya)
- Bartosz Kubicki, owner of Elektrorecykling (Poland)
- Felix Heinricy, founder of Resourcify (Germany)
- Autumn Barnes, trader at Georgia Pacific Recycling (USA)
- Leopoldo Clemente, ceo of LCD Group (Italy)
- Olivier Mbera, general manager at Enviroserve Green Park (Rwanda)
- Lim Teck Siang, director of Kim Hock Corporation (Singapore)
- Murat Bayram, director for non-ferrous at EMR (Germany)
- Christian Blackert, managing director of TSR Recycling (Germany)
- Caroline van der Perre, managing director of Raff Plastics (Belgium)
- Robin Wiener, president of ISRI (USA)
- Catherine Lenaerts, managing director of Febelauto (Belgium)
- Shelley Padnos, executive vice president of Padnos (USA)
- Anil Shah, president of Ni-Met Metals (UAE)
- Craig Thompson, ceo of Areera (UK)
- John van den Heuvel, ceo of Peute Group (The Netherlands)
- Stephan Karle, managing director of Karle Recycling (Germany)
- Bob Daviduk, ceo of rPlanet Earth (USA)
- Doug Kramer, owner of Kramer Metals (USA)
- Tom Bird, executive chairman at Enicor (UK)
- Daniela La Porta, owner of Elle-Elle (Italy)
- Sally Houghton, director at PRCC (USA)
- Julia Ettinger, secretary general of EuRIC, (Belgium)
- Tony Wibbeler, ceo of Bolder Industries (USA)
- Maryam Al Mansoori, general manager of Rebound (UAE)
- Cindy Miller, president of Stericycle (USA)
- Danny Pormes, founder of FastFeetGrinded (The Netherlands)
- Ibrahim Aboura, managing director of Aboura Metals (UAE)
- Marc Ehrlich, managing director of Vipa (Switzerland)
- Antonia Biggs, general manager of ANIR (Chile)
- Mariska Boer, co-owner of Boer Group (The Netherlands)
- Robin Ingenthron, owner of Good Point Recycling (USA)
- Nidhi Turakhia, ceo of Allied Alloys, (USA)
- Olivier François, president of EuRIC (France)
- Jay Robinovitz,, former ceo of Alter Trading (USA)
- Alev Somer, trade & Environment director at BIR (Belgium)
- Myles Cohen, founder of Circular Ventures Consultancy (USA)
- Thomas Holberg, coo of SK Tes Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
- Raymond Onovwigun, ceo of Romco Metals (Nigeria)
- Anthony Martignetti, ceo of Green-Tech Recycling (USA)
- Giulio Airaga, managing director of Desco Recycling (South Africa)
- Chloe Marie Songer, co-founder of SuperCircle (USA)
- Pascal Leroy, managing director of the WEEE Forum (Belgium)
- Jessica Alexanderson, founder of Recycling Is Like Magic (USA)
- Lisa O’Donoghue, founder of Votechnik (Ireland)
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