BE Persistent. Crystal Dreisbach is Executive Director of Don't Waste Durham which works to reduce the amount of trash produced in the community by preventing it in the first place. What started as a personal effort to appeal to local restaurants about the negative impact of styrofoam sprung into a vision to design a better system for take-out; a vision that included the input from the community it served. 50 Women, 50 States: North Carolina. Get show notes and downloads at beautifullyequipped.com/podcasts