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Company Overview
Recyclist is a green tech company that creates cloud-based solutions to help communities move toward zero waste. Founded in 2014, the triple-bottom-line company currently offers four Software as a Service products. The Ultimate Recycling Guide is a fully localizable online guide that you can embed in your own website. The Public Education Platform is a turn-key website and communications tool that municipalities and haulers can use to support and promote their solid waste programs. The Commercial Outreach App is a data-driven tool that supports outreach and compliance efforts for businesses and multi-family properties. The Right-Sizing App is a web and mobile app that enables you to calculate service estimates and conduct waste assessments in the field, and to automatically generate PDF reports on the spot. Recyclist also offers technology consulting services to the solid waste and sustainability industries. Based in Truckee, California, the company has certifications as both a SB (Small Business) and a DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise).
Website: www.recyclist.co
Twitter: @recyclistco
Partial List of Clients:
Public:
City of Burbank
City of Cupertino
City of Lincoln
City of Napa
City of Santa Cruz
City of Stockton
City of Sunnyvale
City of Union City
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Merced County Regional Waste Management Authority
Placer County
Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority
Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority
San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority
Sonoma County
Town of Truckee
Private:
Burrtec
Milpitas Sanitation
Mission Trail Waste Systems
Republic Services
Sonoma County Resource Recovery
Sustainable Alternative Feed Enterprises
Waste Connections
Press & Press Releases
Resource Recycling: Internet Ads Drive Municipal Program Traffic – December 12, 2017
Online advertising can be an effective way to direct residents to local recycling program webpages, a recent study shows, but not all advertising platforms are equally effective… Read more »
Waste Dive: When and How to Use the Term ‘Zero Waste’ — and When to Avoid It – December 11, 2017
What if “zero waste” is too confusing a term? How do you find buy-in?… Read more »
Resource Recycling: The Untapped Potential of Digital Outreach – May 9, 2017
Numerous studies in 2016 pointed to the need for better recycling outreach. And though some allege that flat recycling rates are a sign that outreach has reached its peak, I would argue that it’s simply time to change the way we play the outreach game… Read more »
Tech Startup Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Online Recycling Platform – February 15, 2017
February marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Recyclist, a green tech startup that builds cloud-based solutions to help communities move toward zero waste. Recyclist’s products are currently used in cities and counties across California, with a total population reach of over 2 million… Read more »
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Founder
Emily Coven is a veteran digital communications strategist and technology innovator whose career highlights include creating PBS’s first online community outreach platform, executing digital public education campaigns on local and national levels, and producing web and mobile apps for TV/news networks and others, including MTV, KQED, Current TV, UC Berkeley, 23andMe and the author Michael Pollan. A Yale graduate with degrees in molecular biophysics and creative writing, Emily ran her own digital media agency for ten years before founding Recyclist in 2014. Read more about Emily’s story here »
June 14, 2018 — Sustainable Oregon 2018, Eugene, OR
June 4, 2018 — Colorado Association for Recycling Annual Summit, Snowmass, CO
May 22, 2018 — Northeast Resource Recovery Association Annual Conference, Manchester, NH
May 21, 2018 — Federation of New York Solid Waste Association, Lake George, NY
April 23, 2018 — WasteExpo, Las Vegas, NV
May 9, 2017 — Washington State Recycling Association Annual Conference, Pasco, WA
March 28, 2017 — SWANApalooza Road to Zero Waste Conference, Reno, NV
March 21, 2017 — Northern California Recycling Association Recycling Update, Berkeley, CA
February 16, 2017 — SWANA Gold Rush Chapter All About Organics Workshop, Sacramento, CA
August 10, 2016 — WasteCap Nebraska Community Education 101 Webinar
April 12, 2016 — SWANA Western Regional Symposium, San Luis Obispo, CA