Myra J. Hird, ​​is Professor, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Queen's National Scholar in the School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University. Professor Hird is Director of Waste Flows, an interdisciplinary research project focused on waste as a global scientific-technical and socio-ethical issue. Hird has published 12 books and over 80 articles and book chapters on a diversity of topics relating to waste and science studies. Hird represented Canada at the G7 Microplastics meeting in Paris in 2019.