NACTR - Key Persons

Bob Kenney

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Advisor / Nova Scotia Environment
New Member of the NACTR Advisory Board

Bob Kenney joins NACTR's Advisory Board We would like to welcome Bob Kenney as a new member of the NACTR Advisory Board. Bob's long environment focused tenure will be an asset to NACTR's team. Don't know Bob Kenney? Here is a quick summary: Bob Kenney has worked for the past 22 years for Nova Scotia Environment in the resource management group. Bob's current work is focused on increased solid waste diversion and associated economic benefits by: Supporting new and existing waste diversion businesses and municipal diversion programs to enhance their efficiency, scale and value added outputs; Coordinating research and development projects in the private, public and academic sectors for waste materials that are challenging to effectively and efficiently collect and recycle (including plastics); Bob also co-chairs the Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment ‘Waste Resource Recovery Committee' which released Phase I and Phase II of the Canada Wide Plan on Zero Plastic Waste over the last two years.

Jonathan Cocker

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Advisor / BLG Canada 's Law Firm
First Sustainability Officer of the International Bar Association
New Member to Our Advisory Board

NACTR is happy to welcome Jonathan Cocker as a new member to our Advisory Board. We are delighted to have him with us on our team. Jonathans experience as a Partner at BLG Canada's Law Firm and vision towards a better sustainable future will help us on our mission.

Karen Storry

Job Titles:

Advisor
Member of the Advisory Board
Senior Engineer With Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Services

Karen is a Senior Engineer with Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Services. She has worked on various waste reduction and recycling projects over the past 10 plus years from feasibility studies on turning wood waste into particle board to implementing recycling programs in regional parks. Metro Vancouver estimates that 1.1 billion single-use items are disposed annually in the region. And, as the lead for the region's single-use item reduction work, it is Karen's job to research how we can reduce plastic waste through circular economy programs, polices and business practices. She is well versed in textile diversion and has played an integral part in Metro-Vancouver's ‘Think Thrice' campaign.