Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Bio
David Allaway has worked at the intersection of waste, materials, and environment for over 30 years. He is currently a senior policy analyst at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). In the 1990s David worked extensively on recycling, then shifted focus to waste prevention and broader sustainable materials management. He refocused on recycling in 2019 and 2020 as co-chair of Oregon’s Recycling Steering Committee. David recently served as an advisor to Paul Hawken’s Project Drawdown and the New York Times bestseller "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming." David has a B.A. in physics from Carleton College, Minnesota.