rob howe

An entrepreneur, educator, communicator, and zero-waste specialist, Rob's expertise ranges from high-tech sales and marketing to teaching internationally to grass-roots environmental organizing. Rob is the former CEO of Recology Solutions, Inc., a sustainable packaging products and services company. He rebuilt and repositioned the company, adding a national sales team and service arm and founding the concept of zero waste design and 

practice for business. Prior to Recology, Rob took a sabbatical in Indonesia, where he witnessed the damaging environmental  aspects of increased human activity. He returned to the US with a commitment to incorporate sustainable practices in the business community.

Before moving to Indonesia, Rob led a successful business development career spanning 13 years in Information Technology.  He managed Fortune 500 clients at the executive level with firms such as Wireless Infrastructure Technology Services, Availant, Genuity, and MCI.  Today, as the Founder and Executive Director for the Zero Waste Initiative in Northern Massachusetts, as well as a leader in the Seacoast Energy & Environmental Design (SEED) Coalition, he is actively promoting efforts for citywide zero waste and sustainability practices.

Rob has a BA from the University of Vermont in French and Philosophy, attended l’Université de Nice, speaks French and Bahasa Indonesia, and has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Central America, Southeast Asia and Europe. He currently lives in Newburyport, MA with his wife Laurel where they dutifully compost, reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Sustainnovation Consulting, Inc. link at: http://www.sustainnovation.com