{"id":588,"date":"2026-04-09T08:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulareconomyhotspotbudapest.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=588"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:26:11","slug":"szaky-tom","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/circulareconomyhotspotbudapest.com\/hu\/speaker\/szaky-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Szaky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-ld1n0-90d688e14521aac179c3cf2ab42265ed av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-h4aes-f849739cbd89a9900a1fa67f0513b2a5 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mnr7l2lw-e54a46a20c28b3671cbc2434d791c2d7'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Tom Szaky<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>CEO, TerraCycle<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mnr7onqp-5658145bc31ad45cc097c3688d72108a'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle, an international leader in recycling, recycled content, and reuse. 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