Our People

Maija has 12 years of experience in the solid waste management field. She has participated in many major waste management and recycling technical assistance projects including leading a multi-tenant office building recycling program for the City of San Jose and a project to provide technical assistance to government facilities throughout Santa Clara County. Maija has assisted businesses throughout San Jose, Cupertino, and Morgan Hill in increasing recycling activities and optimizing their waste management systems. Additionally, she conducted waste audits for the City of Palo Alto to help businesses become green certified. Maija has also gathered data for and prepared base year modification requests and conducted waste characterization studies and commercial sector waste assessments.

Maija has represented ACTERRA (formerly Bay Area Action + Peninsula Conservation Center) as a voting member on the Santa Clara County Technical Advisory Committee on Recycling and Solid Waste Issues for over 10 years. Maija has a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Davis. In her spare time, she provides backyard compost consultations for the Santa Clara County Home Composting Education Program.