Garth Hickle

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Adjunct Professor
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Education
  • PhD, Industrial Ecology and Sustainability, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • MSEL (Master of Studies in Environmental Law), Vermont Law School; MA, public administration
  • Hamline University; BA, history, College of Wooster

Areas of Interest

Circular economy and product stewardship

Biography

Garth Hickle is an independent environmental consultant with an emphasis on the circular economy and product stewardship. He led the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency product stewardship program for 15 years and served as the MPCA technical lead on product stewardship at the legislature. He was lead author of the Minnesota solid waste policy report and contributed to the pollution prevention evaluation report. He represented MPCA in international and national initiatives and symposia on product stewardship, recycling policy, and sustainable materials management. Dr. Hickle is also a senior lecturer in bioproducts and biosystems engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Teaching

ESPM 3602: Regulations and Corporate Environmental Management