### The sanitation industry needed a revolution.

##### The Wasted* founders came together through a series of mountaineering expeditions in the backcountry of the Arctic, Patagonia, Nepal, and in their backyard of Lake Tahoe. On these adventures, we were exposed to the human waste crisis happening in our pristine natural ecosystems — where untreated waste was leaking from pits into the surrounding environment.

### We decided to start one.

##### Inspired to leave these awe-inspiring places better than we found them, we hatched a plan to tackle the can. A two-year search for sustainable sanitation ensued. Surveying, installing, servicing, disassembling, and reassembling toilets, we strove to understand the problem and recognize a viable solution.

Truck in photo belongs to the Rich Earth Institute

In search of a solution, we understood scale was required, and quickly. The problem is far greater than we had ever imagined: in our portable sanitation infrastructure, 32 billion gallons of water is being wasted, and over 6 billion gallons of human waste is being unsustainably treated.

We also learned that our waste carries the nutrients needed to grow food — nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium — and that if we can keep pee and poo separate, we can transform our waste into fertilizer.

## Out of those core insights, Wasted* was born.

### We exist to ensure nothing is wasted*  
### We exist to ensure nothing is wasted*  
### We exist to ensure nothing is wasted*

### Our Founders

## Taylor Zehren*  
## Co-Founder & CEO  
## *Drove from Oregon to Argentina

## Thor Retzlaff*  
## Co-Founder & CMO  
## *Peed on all seven continents

## Brophy Tyree*  
## Co-Founder  
## *I can speak to trees

### Our People

## Rachel Binstock*  
## Chief of staff  
## *Can tie bowline knot one-handed

## Barry Bloom*  
## Chief Operating Officer  
## *Let's keep blooming together

## Benson Colella*  
## Multi-Disciplinary Engineer  
## *I’ve cracked a safe

## Denise Evans-Bourassa*  
## VP OF SALES  
## *Wasting nothing but the competition

## Sabrina Foglia*  
## office manager  
## *Hate heights, but love rollercoasters

## Tommy Lydon*  
## Dispatch  
## *I love to collect coins

## Dawn Tuzzo*  
## Dispatch  
## *Dedicated, hardworking, loving every day

## Armando Machado Jr*  
## vermont sales  
## *Birds, travel, sports, and food

## Richard Castellanos*  
## director of operations  
## *I enjoy playing fetch too

## Freddie Kerr*  
## account manager  
## *I beat Lyme Disease

## Matt Clarkin*  
## director of sales  
## *Plant trees, not excuses

## Lynn Gagne*  
## dispatch  
## *Nature loving, tree hugging hippie

## Xenakis Armand*  
## nutrient network technician  
## *Service isn't going to waste

## Jenn Ward*  
## nutrient network technician  
## *Just send it

## Hunter Cienciwa*  
## nutrient network technician  
## *Five word fun fact

## Aaron Cummings*  
## nutrient network technician  
## *Man, I love to eat

## Greg Corrigan*  
## vermont ops supervisor  
## *Life’s a journey, enjoy detours

## Luis Ortiz*  
## NUTRIENT NETWORK TECHNICIAN  
## *My grandkids think I'm cool

## Kyrie Bevins*  
## NUTRIENT NETWORK TECHNICIAN  
## *I am a funny guy

## Trona*  
## Chief Pup Officer  
## *I am part polar bear

## Remi*  
## Assistant pup manager  
## *I really like playing fetch

### Our Values

## Biophilia 🌳  
We hold a sacred celebration of the natural world and recognize Earth as our primary stakeholder. With a profound sense of interconnection, we consider all life in everything we do.

## Reverence 🙏🏽  
We have deep respect for all those that make our work possible: service technicians and customers, those who came before us and those who work alongside us. We hold ourselves and each other in high regard, prioritizing honest and integrity driven collaboration. We recognize that each of our individual actions – and how we do them – matters.

## Fun 😜  
In our approach to life and work, we maintain a perspective of levity and positivity. We embrace the notion that fun is not merely an outcome, but a lens through which we view the world. We take responsibility for consciously infusing fun into our professional endeavors.