James Ecker
Director Organics Project Development & Technology
- Role
- Director of Organics Project Development & Technology at WM
- Location
- Portland, ME, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Ecker
Nationally respected professional with 35 years of direct experience in the business of…
Experience
Director of Organics Project Development & Technology
May 2012 — Present · CA
Corporate lead for the technical and business development of traditional and next generation organic waste processing and recycling facilities and solutions throughout North America. Primary focus is on the processing of food waste, yard waste and other organic feedstocks into value added products, such as compost, fertilizers and energy. Since 2012, our team has expanded WM\'s organic waste recycling network to over 45 facilities processing and recycling 3.8+ million tons per year of organic waste. Corporate lead for development initiatives that interface with the municipal water resources recovery sector, including co-digestion of food wastes and the management of residuals and biosolids. Led the development and deployment of WM\'s CORe technology for processing food waste to create a product for digestion at local water resource recovery facilities, which use it to create renewable energy in the form of electricity or renewable natural gas (RNG). We now have long-term programs operating in several major urban areas, including New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and northern New Jersey. In addition to leading WM\'s project development team, I oversee and deploy R&D resources to execute on company initiatives and near to market solutions. This has resulted in several innovations and patents, including USPTO #11,795,090 \"Method For Processing Sewage Sludge Using Pyrolysis To Eliminate PFAS and Other Undesirable Materials\", issued in October, 2024. Provide subject matter expertise on organics management to WM Areas throughout the US & Canada, including strategic planning, technology selection, operations, and partnership development.
Education
Bucknell University
BS Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering
1977 — 1981
Duke University
Masters Program, Environmental Engineering
1987 — 1988
Skills
- Business Development
- Biosolids
- Sustainability
- Operations Management
- Strategic Planning
- Wastewater Treatment
- Waste Management
- Environmental Engineering
- Recycling
- Renewable Energy
- Team Leadership
- Solid Waste
- General Management
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