Founder & CEO of UsedCardboardBoxes and UCBZeroWaste; Trailblazing Eco-Entrepreneur
Marty Metro Biography
Marty Metro is the founder and CEO of UsedCardboardBoxes, the largest reseller of used gaylord totes and shipping boxes in North America and UCBZeroWaste. UCBZeroWaste built technology and processes that enables the buying used/empty boxes and gaylord totes from large US food, beverage, and CPG manufacturers.
Metro is an entrepreneurial trailblazer with an unyielding “if at first you don’t succeed” spirit. In 2002, well before the environmental movement took off as we know it, Marty launched Boomerang Boxes, a chain of eco-friendly retail stores that bought/sold USED moving boxes, but just 3 years in, it became clear his attempt was premature, undercapitalized and riddled with logistic flaws. In short, it was simply not “sustainable."
Devastated but not discouraged, Metro took a “day job” as a technology consultant (leveraging his then-outdated knowledge of SAP) and spent nights and weekends rehashing his mistakes. After revising the business plan, raising capital, and launching a scalable, tech-centric model – UsedCardboardBoxes.com grew to a national reuse logistics firm working with many of the largest, most trusted companies in the country.
Metro and his team leveraged the knowledge, experience and technology they had created over the years, to tackle ALL solid waste, via UCBZeroWaste. This new asset-light company is a waste reduction firm that helps its clients manage ALL commodities, ALL vendors, ALL logistics, ALL monthly invoicing and ALL reporting, using its own proprietary software called WATER (Waste Analytics & Tracking for Environmental Reporting). UCBZeroWaste’s program and software are now used by some of the largest, most recognizable brands in the country, including McCormick Spice (#14 Most Sustainable Corporation and #1 in Food).
Additions to the portfolio include both UCBPalletSolutions and UCBOrganicWaste… and UCBEnvironmental was created to manage and support all of these offerings.
Metro graduated Cum Laude from the University of Maryland and holds an MBA in Information Systems & Management from the University of Arizona, before beginning his career as a SAP consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
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Marty Metro Speaking Topics
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Teach a Man to Fish and he MIGHT save the whales.
A successful green business must help itself, before it helps others. Green businesses shouldn’t focus too much on saving the whales until they can pay for their own boat!
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Business Planning from Top to Bottom, Left to Right
No business plan is ever “right”. However, a good format will help you see what you need to make, and when, so you know how wrong you are!
Marty Metro Videos
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Marty Metro is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Business Growth, Business Leadership, Change Management, Corporate Strategy, Culture, Economy, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Environment, ESG, Ethics & Integrity, Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing, Peak Performance, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Sales, Social Entrepreneurship, Strategic Leadership, Supply Chain, Sustainability -
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Marty Metro is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Teach a Man to Fish and he MIGHT save the whales., Business Planning from Top to Bottom, Left to Right, Business is as Easy as 1, 2, 3. Yeah, RIGHT!, Times are Changin’, Are you Getting’ Yours? and Why "Green Businesses" Fail (but businesses that go green, THRIVE!). The estimated speaking fee range to book Marty Metro for your event is available upon request. Marty Metro generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jasmine Crowe-Houston, Mike Wallace, Natalie Kyriacou OAM, Pia Heidenmark Cook and Joel Makower. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Marty Metro for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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