Keynote speaker: Kish Rajan, CEO, Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery
Adding Value Through Reuse
By embracing innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability, Concord, California-based Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery (MDRR) has differentiated itself as a leader in the environmental services industry. Going well beyond the essential garbage, recycling, and organics services the company provides, MDRR increases the value of every material stream it collects and processes. They call this philosophy Community Resource Optimization, and reuse is one of its most critical components. The power of MDRR’s reuse program is evident in the numbers. Last year alone, the company recovered reusable items from 37,000 households, rehomed 165,000+ pounds of books, and redistributed more than 2 million pounds of donatable items that would otherwise have ended up in the landfill. As our keynote speaker, MDRR’s CEO Kish Rajan will share his unique perspective on what makes the company’s reuse program so successful and why adopting a circular economy is crucial to combatting the climate crisis. |
Kish Rajan is the forward-thinking, data-driven, and tech-minded CEO at Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery. Under Kish’s leadership and guided by a philosophy called Community Resource Optimization, MDRR is committed to increasing the value of every type of material the company collects and processes. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support renewable energy production, create new products from reclaimed materials, and improve the quality of the communities it serves, MDRR works tirelessly to develop and implement innovative solutions for diverting organic material and useful commodities away from landfills. From the time he first joined MDRR in 2019 as Chief Administrative Officer, Kish has leveraged his long track record of success in the private and public sectors to help his co-workers identify and pursue new growth opportunities that benefit both business and community. He earned his J.D from Golden Gate University and put his legal skills to great use with influential roles in federal, state, and local government as well as in the mobile technology industry. He obtained his B.A from UC Berkeley in history, an experience that trained him to understand multiple perspectives and overcome complex challenges. Using his unique background in both the public and private sectors, Kish is adept at solving big problems, increasing efficiencies, and gaining consensus across disparate constituencies to get the highest impact projects done. |
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