Teri Muse, Red Badger and leader of the Ice Breakers Club introduced Rotarians to the wonderful world of Waste Management (WM) where she works as the Public Sector Solutions Manager.  WM’s core values include: Knowing more about customers & serving them better; Extracting more value from waste material; and Innovating to optimize performance.

WM employees over 42,000 people and serves 20 million customers.  WM extracts value from “Green Waste” compostable materials and from trash by recycling and generating methane gas from the trash.  All their trucks are run on natural gas produced at the landfill, which is located in El Sobrante near Corona, CA.  The landfill encompasses 1,333 acres which does attract trash picking Sea Gulls.  Sea Gull populations are kept in check by using a Falconer, a “green” solution.  Tours are available to Rotarians upon request.

Teri has a wonderful family, she is the youngest of 4 and was in the newspaper at 4 years old, consulting on “career path choices” advising the interviewer that it was a bit early to make that decision.  Teri also has a wonderful husband, dog that eats anything left unattended raw or cooked, and most importantly 4 children ranging in age from 13 to 24.  Teri noted how interesting it is to parent adult kids at home, Brian Hall relates, noting that they know everything and motivating them is a unique challenge.  Teri is a college graduate from Cal State LA; Public Relations & Journalism, loves to work in the yard, where she is also a overachiever with 4 Pergolas and drought resistant plants throughout.  Great talk Teri!!!!