A Greener Future

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Rochelle Byrne

Executive Director

Rochelle founded A Greener Future in 2014 after coordinating a shoreline cleanup in her community and deciding that one cleanup per year wasn't enough to solve the problem.

Over the years, the organization has transitioned from one person picking up litter to 1,200 annual volunteers who have assisted in picking up over 4.2 million pieces of litter. The experience of picking up and tracking litter eventually led Rochelle toward the zero-waste movement. She lives a low-waste lifestyle with her husband, Mike, and her 7-year-old son, Linden.