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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Recycling space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Cody Boggs
Chief Operating Officer of Battle motors
Cody Boggs is the Chief Operating Officer at Battle Motors.
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About Battle motors: Battle motors is a technology leader in the electrification of commercial vehicles.
Barbara R. Smith
Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Metals Company
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About Commercial Metals Company: Commercial Metals is a vertically integrated, Fortune 500 steel company that recycles, manufactures, fabricates, and trades steel globally.
Adam Pasquale
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Recycle Track Systems
Adam Pasquale, Co-Founder and COO, has over 20 years of New York City waste management experience. His family has been working in the New York City waste industry for nearly a century, with plenty of knowledge of best practices for implementing recycling programs attempting zero waste. In 1998, Adam took ownership of his family’s trash hauling and recycling businesses, Ideal Sanitation Service & Sam Pasquale Carting. In 2005 Adam sold the businesses to one of the largest waste and recycling companies in the tri-state area and successfully led the company to expand its fleet from just 40 trucks to over 400. Adam earned a degree in Finance from George Washington University. He likes to spend his free time snowboarding and practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
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About Recycle Track Systems: Recycle Track Systems helps companies track and optimize their pickups, from on-demand removal to integrated waste management.
Gary Nihart
COO & Co-Founder of Atlas Organics
COO at Atlas Organics.
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About Atlas Organics: Atlas Organics is a operator of a composting facility intended to offer organic food recycling services.
Tim Stuart
COO of Republic Services
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About Republic Services: Trust earned through action—day after day—that’s our pledge to you. With resolve and professionalism.
Kevin Walbridge
Executive Vice President & COO of Progressive Waste Solutions
Mr. Walbridge joined Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. in 2012 and assumed the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2014. His experience in the waste industry is varied and spans almost 30 years. His career has taken him to a variety of national and international locations, including a stint in Saudi Arabia with Browning-Ferris Industries Ltd. (BFI) (1982-1983). After BFI, he opened a branch of his family’s business in Phoenix, AZ. Mr. Walbridge was with Waste Management from 1985 to 1996, becoming President of Waste Management of Alameda County, CA, in 1993. In 1996, he returned to his family’s business, National ServAll, Inc. in Ft. Wayne, IN until Republic Industries bought the company in 1997. Mr. Walbridge was with Republic Services, Inc. from 1997 through late 2011, serving most recently as their Executive Vice President, Operations. Mr. Walbridge holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management with a minor in Natural Resources from Ball State University in Muncie, IN. He is also a graduate of Yale’s Corporate Environmental Program. Mr. Walbridge is past president of the Detachable Container Association. He is a past Chairman and currently a member of the board of directors for the Environmental Research and Education Foundation.
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About Progressive Waste Solutions: Progressive Waste Solution’s story is one of innovation, growth and a commitment to environmental sustainability.
Renaud de Viel Castel
Chief Operating Officer of Rubicon
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About Rubicon: Rubicon is a software platform that provides smart waste and recycling solutions for businesses and governments worldwide.
Jeanny Yao
Co-founder & COO of Novoloop
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About Novoloop: Advanced upcycling company creating quality chemicals and materials made from plastic waste
Charles Yhap
Chief Operating Officer and CoFounder of CleanRobotics
Charles is an experienced social entrepreneur and has worked in the fields of human rights and environmental protection. He has 10 years of experience and thrives in a mission driven start-up organization.
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About CleanRobotics, CleanRobotics: CleanRobotics makes recycling affordable for businesses, and profitable for recyclers.
Aaron Kamenash
COO of Camston Wrather
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About Camston Wrather: Camston recovers gold, precious metals and polymers from electronic waste using green technology transforming bits to atoms.
Eric T. Langevin
COO of Kadant
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About Kadant: Kadant Inc. is a supplier of equipment used in the global papermaking and paper recycling
Greg Yorston
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Waste Industries
Greg joined the company in early 2013 as Senior Vice President of Operations and assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2014. Greg brings over 27 years of experience working directly within the waste industry. Before joining Waste Industries, Greg’s background included detailed and highly experienced work across multiple states, including his time holding the position of Corporate Vice President for Operations and Business Solutions. His background also includes 12 years as an Area Vice President with full responsibility for collection, recycling and landfill disposal services in NC, SC and GA for a competing company.
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About Waste Industries: Waste Industries has proudly provided its customers with the highest quality, cost effective, and environmentally sound solutions.
Riley Rowland
Co-Founder & COO of Everflux Technologies
Riley has spent the last six years working closely with General Courier of South Portland, ME to increase productivity while lowering fuel consumption and carbon emissions, first as Freight Coordinator, and for the last two years as Freight and Warehouse Operations Manager. He also studied and received a degree in HVAC/R systems from Northeast Technical Institute. Riley is a native of Maine, where his family has employed sustainable and organic farming techniques since he was a child. Growing up homesteading with his family sparked his interest in complete life cycle farming and minimizing waste. He moved to California to join lifelong friend Daniel, in the pursuit of growing Everflux, while leaving the world a more green and sustainable place for future generations.
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About Everflux Technologies: Everflux develops technologies that promote cradle-to-cradle resource recycling, regenerative farming and landscaping
David Schreiber
COO & Co-Founder of RecycleUp
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About RecycleUp: RecycleUp is an early-stage technology company that uses mobile solutions to transform our relationship with waste.
Josh McCullough
Chief Operating Officer of Ground Up Biosolutions
Josh McCullough is Chief Operating Officer at Ground Up Biosolutions.
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About Ground Up Biosolutions: Ground Up Biosolutions, LLC was established to commercialize a patent pending process.
Robert Tate
Chief Operating Officer of American Document Services
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About American Document Services: American Document Services (ADS) is a locally/Veteran owned records management company located in Las Cruces, NM.
Judy Matijevich
Chief Operating Officer of PartsTrader Markets Limited
Judy Matijevich is the Chief Operating Officer at PartsTrader.
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About PartsTrader Markets Limited: Online marketplace for auto parts trading more than $1.4B per annum with tens of thousands of business users in the US and New Zealand.