2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 23-25, 2025 | Seattle, WA
Hyatt Regency Seattle
Clare Miflin
Executive Director
Center for Zero Waste Design
Bio:
Clare Miflin envisions a future without garbage, where urban systems are woven into ecosystems. In 2017, she led the development of the Zero Waste Design Guidelines, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, to show how to design the built environment to help cities achieve zero waste goals. An architect, systems thinker, and biomimicry certified professional, her goal is to support designers, communities, and policymakers by making zero waste strategies accessible and actionable, to improve buildings, neighborhoods, and cities.
Based in NYC, she is Executive Director of the Center for Zero Waste Design, a non-profit that develops circular strategies for cities, as well as Principal at ThinkWoven, a zero waste design consultancy.
Schedule
Tuesday, June 24
1:30pm - 2:30pm
[Breakout Session II] Circular Cities: Collaborating at the Local Level to Solve Food Waste
What does solving food waste look like at the most local level—in our neighborhoods, our communities, and our urban areas? How can strategic design and community-driven organizations make progress where policy has stalled? Join the experts helping to answer these questions and explore how urban planning, community collaboration, and last-mile solutions are driving progress at the local level.