Thanks to Waste Management's SVP of government affairs and corporate comms, an increasingly receptive audience is learning how much good garbage can do.

When most of us look at a landfill we see trash - lots of trash. When Barry Caldwell looks at a landfill he sees an opportunity to create high-octane fuel or industrial chemicals out of what consumers throw away.

As SVP of government affairs and corporate communications for Waste Management, Caldwell wants the rest of ...