Women in Wastemanagement

Amy Fanagan has found her passion:

“I’m here for life”

Amy Fanagan never thought about working in the waste industry until by pure chance she landed a job there. Now she is Group Customer Care Officer with the Greyhound Recycling Group in Dublin, Ireland. And she cannot imagine ever working in another sector.

Oct 4, 2024

Reading time: about 5 minutes

Women in Waste Management

"Challenges are there to help you grow"

Silvia Schweiger-Fuchs does not like to dwell on the past. She likes to look to the future ‒ and find solutions. As CEO of sorting and...
Jun 24, 2024

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#business talk

#circular economy
Celebrating Women of Waste:

Breaking Gender Barriers in the Circular Economy

It is often assumed that waste management is gender neutral. However, the reality is that gender inequalities persist in many aspects of...
Mar 8, 2024

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
ISWA study

Potential for women to tackle climate crisis - with the right support

The solid waste management (SWM) sector attracts well educated, highly motivated, impact driven and ambitious women, according to the...
Feb 1, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#circular economy

#climate change
Women in Waste Management

"The key to a fully circular economy is a transparent market and communication"

Her curiosity and the urge to make an impact led Lauriane Avril to work for recycling company Renewi. For almost two years now the French...
Jul 31, 2023

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#people and companies

#recycling
Women in Waste Management

“The waste management industry needs to find solutions to problems created by others”

What will the future problems regarding waste be in years to come? What technologies will be needed? How can we achieve a true circular...
Jun 12, 2023

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#people and companies

#research
Woman in Waste Management

“My motivation is not money but environmental justice”

As an environmental engineer, Rafaela Craizer has worked for big players as well as small companies. For her, working in the waste...
Mar 30, 2023

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#people and companies

#recycling

Woman in Waste Management

“Animal by-products are a very valuable raw material!”

What happens to the bits of animals that we don’t eat? Jane Brindle knows the answer. The qualified microbiologist works in the rendering...
Feb 16, 2023

Reading time: about 6 minutes
#hazardous waste

#people and companies
Women in Waste Management

"It’s never too late to reinvent yourself"

Entrepreneur, communications pro, Dale Carnegie trainer: Saretta Brown has a lot of credentials under her belt. Since 2018 she has been...
Nov 17, 2022

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#people and companies

#wastewater
Women in Waste Management

"We need true diversity. Not just in terms of gender."

Katie Mallinson fell in love with the waste management sector during her placement year at university. She found her place in the industry...
Aug 26, 2022

Reading time: about 6 minutes
#WiW
Women in Waste Management

"During the lockdowns people thanked us for being so brave to go out on the streets."

Eva Kozma is one of only five women working in the garbage collection fleet in Vienna. Five days a week she drives her truck through the...
Jul 8, 2022

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#collection and handling

#WiW
Women in Waste Management

“Being able to convert every problem into equations is really useful”

Karina Zile first studied mathematics, then obtained a PhD in computer science applied to genomics. Now she is setting out to change how...
Jun 1, 2022

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#WiW
Women in Waste Management

“Waste is sexy!”

Sian Cuffy-Young wants to change how we see waste. In her home country of Trinidad and Tobago, she educates people on how to best deal with...
May 3, 2022

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
Waste Education

"We want the Trash Lab to transform people’s relationship with waste"

How do we bring waste into the forefront of people’s minds so they realize the impacts of their waste generation? That was the question...
Apr 7, 2022

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#innovation

#people and companies
Women in Waste Management

“Nobody wants to talk about the waste problem. But we have to!”

How to prevent contaminated steel from ending up in landfills – that was the big question for Nathalie van de Poel. The Dutch-born...
Feb 28, 2022

Reading time: about 6 minutes
#innovation

#metals
Women in Waste Management

"As leaders we need to create an inclusive environment"

Tomra CEO Tove Andersen is the first woman to feature in our new series dedicated to women in waste management.
Jan 10, 2022

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#people and companies

#Top-News