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Elise is the executive director of the Chicago social enterprise Rebuilding Exchange.

Waste is a valuable asset in the wrong place, at the wrong time. But in order to create real change and find valuable reuse opportunities, we have to first understand how the current waste systems work and understand our cultural and societal relationships to the concept of waste. @elisezelechowsk

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)