Realising a waste-free world: Eliminate, circulate, regenerate

Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez

Co-founder and Co-CEO, Notpla

Notpla is a London-based start-up and recipient of the Earthshot Prize 2022, the most prestigious global prize for the environment in history. Their aim is to eliminate single-use plastic with a biodegradable material. Their edible ‘Ooho’ packaging has already been used for water and sauce sachets at the London Marathon and Glastonbury Festival. The key ingredient is seaweed which they say is a sustainable as it is abundant, grows fast, doesn’t need fertilizer, and actively sequesters carbon dioxide.

Anna Scavuzzo

Vice Mayor of Milan and Lead for Food Policy Milano

Anna Scavuzzo is Vice Mayor of the City of Milan and Deputy Mayor for Education since 2016. She is also in charge of the Milan Food Policy which was awarded the Earthshot Prize 2021. 

Within an innovative framework of the food system governance, she is developing actions in several fields: reducing food waste, healthy diets, local public procurement, and agriculture. As Deputy Mayor for Education, she works closely with the municipal agency for school canteens and she promotes policies for more organic local procurement and healthier diets. 

She received a Master's degree in Physics from the University of Milan and worked on applied info technologies, data analytics and public administration learning tools for a leading editorial group. 

www.foodpolicymilano.org

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Josh Newton

Cities Activation Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Josh is responsible for advancing ambitious circular economy policy and demonstration activities in cities across Europe. He provides advice and enables knowledge sharing to help city actors implement circular systemic solutions that tackle global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Previously, Josh was a sustainability/ CSR consultant working with leading FMCG, science and utilities companies. He was also a researcher to a UK Member of Parliament and shadow minister for transport & infrastructure.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/newton-joshua/

Arjan Hassing

Circular innovation strategist, Project lead CircuLaw, City of Amsterdam

Senior expert in circular economy and systems innovation with extensive knowledge on public-private cooperation. Arjan has been part of the strategy team responsible for the Circular Amsterdam 2020-2025 strategy and one of the initiators of the Circular Monitor Amsterdam. Previously he developed the first regional circular economy strategy in the Dutch Province of North-Holland. Arjan is now initiator and project lead of CircuLaw, a knowledge platform aimed at more and better use of existing legislation by local and regional governments.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjanhassing/