Heather Troutman

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I am a passionate environmentalist and disruptive innovator. We live in an interconnected world of services, resources and needs; as such, real-solutions finding comes at the integrated systems level. I strongly believe that industry is most aptly equipped to lead the way to more sustainable - more circular - means of human development, with appropriate support from smart-policy incentives and rigorous scientific and academic research. By simple definition, waste is a cost and resources are valuable. We have entered a new industrial era, which optimizes value and resources in powerful and meaningful ways. This is the work that I will be engaged in. I encourage you to visit my SlideSh...

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