The Economic and Climate Benefits of Local Recycling Programs

Malak Anshassi, Assistant Professor, Florida Polytechnic University

Malak Anshassi is an assistant professor at Florida Polytechnic University, where she teaches solid waste management, sustainability and life cycle assessment courses. Her research focuses on incorporating life cycle thinking into solid waste management. She previously conducted research using principles from sustainable materials management (SMM) to analyze the application of life cycle thinking to Florida’s solid waste management system to achieve the 75% recycling rate target. In her current research, she formulates SMM-based solid waste management and policy approaches that decision-makers from any region of the world can use to measure their waste management system’s environmental and economic impacts.