Paul de Block

With 10 years in the recycling field, Paul has helped hundreds of businesses reduce their environmental impacts. He currently focuses on assisting commercial property managers, retail, and food industries such as restaurants, caterers, grocery markets, and industrial kitchens.

Paul lives his values through consciously making resource efficient choices in all aspects of his life: using public transportation, buying organic local foods, remodeling his small house with earth-friendly products, and generally attempting to live with mindful simplicity.

Pete Chism

Pete has 11 years experience in the field of waste management and prevention and has assisted hundreds of Portland businesses in making long-lasting changes in sustainability. As a recycling specialist, Pete provides hands-on assistance to law offices, events, hotels, restaurants and government agencies including colleges and universities.

An active bicycle commuter, compost advocate and amateur reuse artist, Pete promotes a sustainable lifestyle at work, home and in between.

Yvonne Garcia

Recycle at Work’s newest team member, Yvonne Garcia, is working with Portland businesses to improve recycling and waste reduction practices. Yvonne is a trained Master Recycler and works to educate the community on recycling issues through on-going volunteer opportunities. As a member of the Recycle at Work team she assists architecture/engineering firms, graphic design firms and non-profit organizations.

Genevieve Joplin

Having spent 8 years working in the natural and organic food industry, Genevieve now works with businesses to focus on completing the loop with food recycling by collecting food scraps for use as composting.  Impressed by the number of businesses who share the sense of doing the right thing, she enjoys seeing the “We Compost!“ signs on restaurants around town.  Genevieve looks forward to the future when kids grow up knowing more reuses for waste than disposal options.