About The Guest
Eric holds a degree in Electrical Engineering (’93) from McGill University. In his junior years, Mr. Camirand piloted significant engineering projects for corporations such as Pétro-Canada, Hong Kong Airport Authorities and Canadian Airlines.
In 1994, as founder and CEO of Cinax Designs, he led a cutting edge software company through steady growth that culminated, in 2001, in a merger with Ravisent Technologies (NASDAQ:RVST).
Since then, Mr. Camirand has been active in the renewable energy and waste management sectors. In 2005, Mr. Camirand founded Electrigaz Technologies an engineering firm specialized exclusively in the study, design and realization of anaerobic digestion and biogas energy systems, widely recognized as a North American expert in the field of organic waste diversion.
In 2016, Mr. Camirand joined Waste Robotics as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead a young and passionate team of engineers in the development and delivery of intelligent robots for the waste recycling industry.
Waste Robotics : https://wasterobotic.com/en/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wasterobotics/
About The Episode
So in today’s episode we will be talking about waste management and automation and how it ties into the larger circularity movement. Most people think of recycling and the basic waste sorting that is done in their homes when initial ideas of waste, sustainability, and personal responsibility come up. And this is a fair point as growing media attention has focused on what individuals can do to reduce the waste that is created and contributing to popularised images such as the great pacific garbage patch. But as 34% of the world’s waste is created by the US, Europe, and Canada, the astounding amount of waste created is quite challenging to sort through by workers so that it can be recycled properly. And if not initially sorted properly, it can end up in landfills or worse, instead of being sifted into the larger circularity movement.
And to talk about how automation can play a key role in this today is Eric Camirand, CTO of Waste Robotics.
