Anne Peters - President, Gracestone, Inc.

Moderator - Reverse Logistics Workshops Seminars

Panel - "Environmental Issues in Reverse Logistics" - Denver 2006

Anne Peters is president of Gracestone, Inc., a consulting firm based in Colorado providing comprehensive services in recycling and resource management. She has been active in recycling, solid waste, and energy conservation projects for over 25 years, with a strong specialty in electronics recycling – policy, programs, project development, and market research.

In electronics recycling, she has worked for public, private and non-profit sector clients, including OEMs, NGOs, and state and local government. Most recently, Gracestone is aiding an Asian OEM in setting up its first electronics recycling (or reverse supply) system in the U.S. She has advised OEMs on implementing environmental compliance, policy, and practices.

Gracestone is part of a team conducting a baseline survey of the electronics recycling industry for the state of Oregon. The firm has also examined the job & economic impacts of the electronics industry, and has built a number of very sensitive national- and state-level models estimating quantities of e-waste and associated costs under different policy scenarios. Gracestone has also conducted surveys on certification of electronics recyclers.

Peters is presently volunteering to help electronics recyclers in her home state of Colorado address problems associated with "sham" recycling. She is co-chair of the Policy Committee of the Colorado Association for Recycling, and a member of the Boulder County Zero Waste Technical Committee.

Peters has published extensively in this field, and has spoken at local, state, national, and international conferences on the subject.

Anne has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from the University of Santa Monica. To reach her, email annep@indra.com.