SAN JOSE, CA, November 5 – GreenWaste®, a full-service resource recovery and recycling company, is excited to announce a strategic leadership update to advance the company’s focus on operational excellence and long-term growth.  GreenWaste welcomes Clete Elms as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Clete brings over a decade of executive leadership experience in the waste and recycling industry, with a proven track record in operational excellence. As COO, Clete will oversee day-to-day operations and reinforce GreenWaste’s commitment to providing safe, reliable, innovative, and sustainable waste solutions.

Prior to joining GreenWaste, Clete served as CEO of Australia-based Wastech Engineering and as Head of Infrastructure (Post Collections) at Cleanaway Waste Management.

GreenWaste is also excited to announce Greg Ryan, who has served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for 3 years and has been with the company and its predecessors for over 28 years, has happily accepted GreenWaste’s new position of Chief Development Officer (CDO).  In this role, Greg will drive critical growth initiatives, including the permitting and expansion of new and existing processing facilities.

“Our company is entering an exciting new chapter, and these leadership updates underscore our commitment to operational excellence and growth,” said Tracy Adams, CEO of GreenWaste. “We are thrilled to welcome Clete, whose wealth of experience will help us continue to deliver exceptional services to the communities we serve.  Greg has been pivotal in developing our world-class recycling, composting, and resource recovery facilities, and we look forward to his continued impact in the CDO role.”

GreenWaste’s network of state-of-the-art facilities include California’s first and only High Diversion Organic Waste Processing Facility and the largest commercial dry fermentation anaerobic digestion facility in the United States. To see all of GreenWaste’s resource recovery and recycling facilities, visit GreenWaste.com/Facilities.

GreenWaste is confident that the expansion of its executive team will drive ongoing innovation and support its long-term success.

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About GreenWaste:
GreenWaste’s mission is to focus on innovation, people and commitment to be green first to revolutionize how we transform the world’s waste. GreenWaste specializes in the collection and processing of residential and commercial solid waste, recyclable materials, organic materials and construction and demolition debris. GreenWaste’s current and predecessor companies have been innovation pioneers in the recycling industry for almost four decades.  For more information about GreenWaste, go to: www.GreenWaste.com.

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