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Kelly McBee

Circular Economy Manager

As Circular Economy Manager, Kelly works with companies to improve their circular economy operations, including limiting natural resource extraction and supporting robust repair, reuse, and recycling programs. Kelly specializes in sustainable consumer goods packaging, plastic pollution prevention, nurdles, and electronic waste.

Kelly is the author of As You Sow’s 2021 Corporate Plastic Pollution Scorecard and leads research efforts on As You Sow's other periodic publications evaluating corporate progress towards a circular economy, including Waste & Opportunity 2020: Searching for Corporate Leadership. Additionally, Kelly manages As You Sow’s Plastic Solutions Investor Alliance, an international coalition of more than 50 institutional investors with more than $2.6 trillion in combined assets, working to engage publicly traded consumer goods companies on the threats posed by plastic pollution and waste.

Prior to joining As You Sow, Kelly was a legislative analyst and advocate working to pass circular economy policies for the state of California. Kelly received her BA from University of California Davis, where she studied global and environmental health.