{"id":74779,"date":"2021-11-18T07:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exittechnlive.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/podcast\/brett-ekart-pt2-podcaster-and-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:47:16","slug":"brett-ekart-pt2-podcaster-en-ceo","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/exittechnologies.com\/nl\/blog\/podcast\/brett-ekart-pt2-podcaster-en-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Ekart pt2 - Podcaster en CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff vervolgt het gesprek met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brett-ekart-1a0a25169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brett Ekart<\/a>, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/umrecycling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verenigde Metalen Recycling<\/a> en de gastheer van <a href=\"https:\/\/ascraplife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Een scraplife podcast<\/a>. UMR is een familiebedrijf van de derde generatie, opgericht in 1972. Brett heeft het bedrijf in zijn tijd laten groeien van dertig naar driehonderd werknemers. Dit is een geweldig gesprek over podcasting, houden van wat je doet, groene economie\u00ebn en de uitdagende logistiek van windenergie en elektrische auto's. Dit is deel 1 in een 2-delige serie over de <a href=\"https:\/\/exittechnologies.com\/nl\/itad-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">ITAD-praat podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff continues the conversation with Brett Ekart, the CEO of United Metals Recycling and the host of A Scrap Life Podcast. UMR is third generation family business, founded in 1972. Brett has grown the business from thirty to three-hundred employees in his tenure. 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