Reid Lifset

Reid Lifset’s research focuses on the application of industrial ecology to novel problems and research areas, the evolution of extended producer responsibility (EPR), resource and material efficiency, the environmental impact of the digital economy, and the development of the circular economy. He is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, an international peer-reviewed bi-monthly journal. He is a member of the United Nations International Resource Panel and a member of the editorial board of the journal Waste and Biomass Valorisation. In 2015 he was awarded the Society Prize from the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) and has chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology. He has served on the U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board and has advised organizations including the U.S.  EPA, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Coalition of Northeast Governors, the Luce Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.