WasteCap Nebraska welcomes new staff members Julie Diegel and John Huffer.

Julie Diegel joins WasteCap as our new Take It Back Nebraska Project Coordinator.  Diegel will be focused on developing a statewide network of retailers to take back used electronics and fluorescent lighting for recycling and proper management.  Ms. Diegel recently worked with the Nebraska League of Conservation Voters and co-chaired Lincoln Earth Day 2009. She brings several years of experience from a variety of interests and roles in the community, including Executive Director of Lux Center for the Arts, administrator of a retirement community, and owner of a landscape maintenance company. Diegel has served on several non-profit boards, and is currently Treasurer of the board for the Haydon Art Center and volunteers as their bookkeeper.

John Huffer joins WasteCap as a Construction & Demolition Waste Management Intern.  Huffer will aid in the development and implementation of a new construction and demolition waste management program.  He is a senior Construction Management major in the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He brings with him experience from: Kiewit Building Group, where he worked on the Air Force Weathering Agency Project at Offut Air Force Base, demolition work on Memorial Stadium on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus for Jensen Lumber Company, and research and development for Nox-Crete, a company that creates chemicals for construction purposes.

Welcome Julie and John!