Waste Managers

Finding treasure in others’ trash (and worse) with the Forbes 30 Under 30, in 30 words or less.

anoop Jain Sanitation & Health Rights in India | 30

Northwestern grad brought in more than $300,000 and engineered a waterfiltration system powered by the methane gas generated by human waste. The water costs Indian customers just $0.008 a liter.

casey Mcneil Reecycle | 27

Secured $1 million in grants from the National Science Foundation, Caltech, Baylor and MIT to use his proprietary solvent to extract valuable rare-earth metals from electronics in U.S. landfills.

EMILY Woods Sanivation | 30

Dried human feces—yes, that stuff; it’s endlessly renewable—makes an excellent charcoal substitute after treatment. Woods has raised $600,000 to bring Sanivation’s solid-fuel program to towns across Kenya.