Kirstie Pecci is the director of the Zero Waste Project and a Senior Fellow at Conservation Law Foundation. Kirstie is a former MASSPIRG Staff Attorney actively engaged in waste reduction and opposing the expansion of landfill and incinerator capacity. Kirstie is part of the Zero Waste Boston coalition, which advocates for zero waste solutions such as reuse, recycling, redesign and composting/anaerobic digestion in the City of Boston. She also founded the central Massachusetts group Residents for Alternative Trash Solutions to oppose a regional landfill expansion in her community and promote zero waste principles.
Kirstie started her legal career as an associate in Nixon Peabody’s Real Estate/Environmental Practice Group. A graduate of Boston College Law School and Harvard University, she lives in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Read some of Kirstie’s work here:
https://www.clf.org/blog/are-you-composting-yet-if-not-now-is-a-good-time-to-start/
https://www.clf.org/blog/why-municipal-solid-waste-is-a-problem/
Tune in 12/28 to hear Kirstie speak about zero waste and leaching toxins in landfills. 1190 AM KXFR, and streaming live on iHeartRadio, 3PM CST.