Glenda Gies

Glenda established Durham Recycling in 1978 and worked with local municipalities and the Region to introduce recycling services to residents and businesses across the Region. After working as an independent consultant with Canadian and international organizations, governments and private companies, Glenda joined Waste Diversion Ontario as Executive Director on April 1, 2003 and provided oversight of industry funding organizations in the development and implementation of diversion programs under the Waste Diversion Act. After leaving WDO in December 2010, Glenda provided consulting services in the field of producer responsibility, including leading project teams to develop a producer responsibility program for residential packaging and printed paper for Multi-Material British Columbia and a shared responsibility stewardship program for residential packaging and printed paper for Multi-Material Stewardship Western. On November 30, 2016, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change appointed Glenda as Chair of the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority.

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