Scott Seydel

Scott Seydel

Global Green USA

TED Attendee
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Bio

Scott Seydel, Board Chair, Global Green, President & CEO Seydel Companies, Chemol Company o The Seydel Companies have earned national recognition for their recycling and resource conservation research from The Society of Plastics Engineers, the Association of Plastics Recyclers, the International Council and several textile associations. The Company has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration’s WasteWise Partnership Award for 8 years, was selected as the top WasteWise small business in the nation for four of those years, and the first national winner of EPA’s Climate Change Champions Award o Chemol Company produces petroleum chemical alternatives made from vegetable oils and animal lards and tallows in a product lineup that includes lubricants, fabric softeners, paper coatings, cosmetic emollients, candle waxes, seed coatings, substituting over 40 million pounds of petroleum paraffinics annually. • Serving as Board Chairman of Elemental Impact,(www.elementalimpact.org) • Founder of the Recyclable Transfer Packaging Coalition • Founder of the Coalition for Resource Recovery addressing recapture and recycling of New York City’s solid waste exports to outlying states (www.theCoRR.org) • Immediate past Board Chair of the GreenBlue Institute (www.GreenBlue.org) Founding Executive Committee Member of GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (www.SustainablePacking.org). • Executive Committee and Founding Member of ATLANTA RECYCLES • Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Container Recycling Institute • past Chairmen of Georgia State University’s Robinson College Board • Chaired the Boards of the Atlanta YMCA, The Georgia Hi-Tech Alliance, the Georgia World Congress Institute and the Atlanta Chamber’s International Committee during the 1996 Olympic Games. • Director for the Brandon Hall School, the Schenck School, the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School, and as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Darlington School in Rome. • Co-author of a college textile chemistry textbook, and a frequent contributor of articles and technical reviews for the trade press, and has been a frequent guest speaker on environmental conservation and global sustainability at industry conferences, seminars, and universities.

I'm passionate about

Resource Recovery and Recycling, Solar and Wind Energy and Energy Storage, Water Purity, Green House Gas Reduction

Areas of expertise

Environmental Chemistry, Environmental design, Solid Waste Recovery