Sue Maxwell is the chair of Zero Waste BC, a non-profit organization working to drive systemic change towards Zero Waste in BC. She is also a consultant for Ecoinspire which for fifteen years has focused on sustainability and zero waste planning, working with governments, EPR programs and businesses.
She has been a councillor in Whistler and an active volunteer for waste reduction and community planning. She has volunteered with the Climate Caucus (cochair of the Zero Waste/Circular Economy Working Group), Whistler Zero Waste Committee, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Solid Waste Management Plan Monitoring Advisory Committee, Metro Vancouver Public/Technical Solid Waste Advisory Committee, the BC Intermunicipal Working Group on Zero Waste, Recycling Council of BC Board and Policy Committee and others. She has a Master of Arts in Environment and Management from Royal Roads University and her thesis was on zero waste.