Dive Brief:

• Recyclebank, a company that creates incentives for recycling, announced Katherine Butkevich will become the company’s chief financial officer. 
• Butkevich will step into the new role immediately, where she will lead operational and financial management. The position will entail strategic planning, forecasting, partner analysis, and negotiations. 
• Butkevich comes to Recyclebank with a background in financial management and solid financial knowledge. She has 30 years of experience working with lower middle market consumer companies and large international organizations. Javier Flaim, the company’s CEO, said that Butkevich has already become an asset to the executive leadership team. 

Dive Insight:

Recyclebank recently marked its 10 year anniversary. Founded in 2004 in New York City, the sustainability company has over four million members in 300 communities around the country.

Recyclebank recycled almost 1.5 billion pounds of waste in 2013, an increase of 45% over the volume collected the previous year.