About Our Company

Get to Know Waste Re-Engineered and Its Founders!

The STORY BEHIND our green company

Waste Re-Engineered is an online platform that connects organic waste producers to sustainable manufacturers.

Sustainable manufacturers have a difficult time finding bulk raw material to buy and use for sustainable product production. Also, organic waste producers dump or burn material that can actually be monetized. We solve these problems by providing a platform that allows sustainable manufacturers and waste producers to easily connect and complete transactions.

Our MISSION is to facilitate the production of sustainable products by connecting organic waste producers to manufacturers.

Industry trends show many companies are creating sustainable products. For example, IKEA started a new product line made from rice straw, and Eco-Products has been creating compostable packaging and utensils from rice straw and wheat straw.

The graph on the right shows the large quantities of crops produced per year. For scale, 300 million tons of corn are produced per year. This high volume of crop production combined with the trend of companies creating sustainable products shows that the current industry environment is perfect for Waste Re-Engineered.

Our competitive advantage is that we focus on organic waste as opposed to plastic waste.

Meet Our Founders

Shannon Powelson

Shannon Powelson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Waste Re-Engineered. She is a junior at Johns Hopkins University studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Entrepreneurship. She is fascinated by the fact that waste, like orange peels, can actually be converted into products that can help save our planet from more pollution. She looks forward to exploring this topic more through this business. In her free time, she enjoys surfing, skiing, biking, photography, and playing her ukulele.

Asritha Guduru

Asritha is the CTO and Co-Founder of Waste Re-Engineered. She is a junior studying Chemistry and Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. Her interest in sustainability and waste renewal started when she worked at Starbucks; she was fascinated by the concept of using coffee grounds as a fertilizer for plants and wanted to learn more about how food waste can be used as different products. In her free time, she loves to bake, read, and watch Netflix.

Naiyah Atulomah

Naiyah Atulomah is the COO and Co-Founder of Waste Re-Engineered. She is studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and on the pre-med track at Johns Hopkins University. Her interest in sustainability started during her time as a Girl Scout with efforts in educating the community on how to be more environmentally friendly. Today, she uses her research skills to provide Waste Re-Engineered with in depth business analyses and reports. In her free time, Naiyah likes to bake and transform thrifted clothes into new pieces.

Margaret Wang

Margaret Wang is the CMO and Co-Founder of Waste Re-Engineered. She is majoring in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, with an interest in pre-med. She uses her skills in graphical art to help showcase the importance of sustainable businesses and renewable science in the modern age. When she's not at work, Margaret likes to refurbish clothing and practice drawing.