Mimi Wu

Artist, Athlete, Change Agent, Entrepreneur, Global soul, Idea generator, Social entrepreneur, Startup, World traveler

Creator, systems thinker, and impact-driven entrepreneur committed to solving the global plastic pollution crisis and building a collaborative and empathetic world. Pro-level dancer. Global citizen (American who’s lived in the US, Myanmar, Uganda, and Germany). I have deep operational and strategic expertise in circularity, building a sustainable D2C consumer brand, building in the Global South, supply chains, and manufacturing. As co-founder/CEO of Myanmar Recycles, I pioneered one of the world's only industrial-scale used plastic bag recycling and collection companies -- in a country that lacks waste management infrastructure. With Myanmar Recycles, I also co-founded an industry advocacy group with the World Bank Group and piloted the world's first plastic credits. Post-Myanmar coup February 2021, I launched a Global Green Solutions, where I helped companies commercialize global recycling technologies and waste management systems, advised NASA on global plastic waste management (which was incorporated into their strategy), and advocated on behalf of SMEs and Global South within the UN’s Global Plastic Treaty negotiations process. I’m a former consultant at the World Bank Group with 15+ years of go-to-market experience in resource-limited markets (Southeast Asia, East Africa), North America, and Europe in the fields of ESG, circularity, global public health, and financial inclusion. I’m also a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow and the community’s North America Community Activator.

building a collaborative and empathetic world that prioritizes human and planetary health & progress!

We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis (as a former industrial-scale plastic recycler!) -- we need to stop making plastic products, which are completely poisoning our bodies and wrecking the planet

Circular economy, Dancing (many styles), Emerging country venture building, Entrepreneurship, Global community building, Global public health, Plastic recycling, Recycling supply chain development, Sustainable baby diapers, Sustainable consumer goods, waste management

Dancing