Garth Hickle

Garth Hickle is an independent consultant with an emphasis on environmental product policy and the circular economy. Previously, he led the product stewardship program for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and oversaw the implementation of EPR programs for rechargeable batteries, electronics, and architectural paint.

He has served as a board member of the Global Product Stewardship Council, the Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the Global Product Stewardship Council, and Conservation Minnesota. 

Garth is also a senior lecturer and visiting scholar at the University of Minnesota. He has published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Resource Conservation and Recycling, and Business Strategy and the Environment. Garth holds a MA in Public Administration from Hamline University, an MSEL  from Vermont Law School, and a PhD in Industrial Ecology and Sustainability from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.