Ron Gonen

CEO & Co-Founder

Closed Loop Partners

Ron Gonen is co-founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, an investment firm focused on the development of the circular economy via investments in sustainable consumer goods and packaging companies, innovative recycling technologies and advanced supply chains. Prior to Closed Loop Partners, Ron was deputy commissioner of Sanitation, Recycling and Sustainability for New York City, as well as co-founder and CEO of RecycleBank. Ron received an MBA from Columbia Business School, and has been an adjunct professor at his alma mater since 2010.

What will it take for the world to be waste free?

April 2, 2021

by Ron Gonen

Advocates of the take-make-waste system have characterized the linear economy as the optimally efficient free market. But nothing is efficient about it.
It's a circular world: AI, robotics and chemical recycling are redefining a $110 billion industry

May 22, 2019

by Ron Gonen

Yes, the system is under pressure but municipalities like New York and Minneapolis have figured out ways to find value in their recycling streams.
The Closed Loop Fund's first year: From aspiration to impact

September 29, 2015

by Rob Kaplan & Ron Gonen

The world's biggest companies formed an effort last year to invest in recycling. The co-founders reveal progress in creating markets for tricky plastic waste.
- Waste
Yes, recycling is still good business — if this happens

July 30, 2015

by Ron Gonen

A recycling crisis is looming, despite innovation from names including Sioneer, Momentum, Durst and Gotham. Here's the solution.
- Circular Economy

Ron Gonen

CEO & Co-Founder

Closed Loop Partners

What will it take for the world to be waste free?

It's a circular world: AI, robotics and chemical recycling are redefining a $110 billion industry

The Closed Loop Fund's first year: From aspiration to impact

Yes, recycling is still good business — if this happens