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in response to
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 7465
WASTE REDUCTION & RECYCLING
MASTER PLAN
In support of the City’s Goals for
From
Zero Waste Associates
a partnership of Richard Anthony Associates
and Gary Liss & Associates
with support from
Zero Waste Strategies, Inc. and
HDR Engineering
February 4, 2013
ZERO WASTE ASSOCIATES
4395 Gold Trail Way, Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-7850
February 4, 2013
James B. O’Neill II, Director of Purchasing & Risk Management
City of Fort Collins Purchasing Division
215 North Mason Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Dear Mr. O’Neill:
We are pleased to provide the attached proposal to the Fort Collins Environmental Services Department to
prepare a Waste Reduction and Recycling Master Plan on the Road to Zero Waste for the City of Fort Collins,
Colorado.
Zero Waste Associates (ZWA) is a partnership between Gary Liss & Associates (GLA) and Richard Anthony
Associates (RAA). GLA and RAA have worked on more Zero Waste community plans than anyone else in the
United States. We have also literally written the book on Zero Waste: the definitions, principles and approaches
to pursue for Zero Waste Communities and Zero Waste Businesses for the global Zero Waste International
Alliance (see attached). They are also both instructors in the first Certified Training in the nation on Zero Waste
offered by the CA Resource Recovery Association. If you really want to get on the Road to Zero Waste, we are
uniquely qualified to show you the way.
ZWA has assembled a world-class team for this project that includes Zero Waste Strategies, Inc. in Boulder,
CO and HDR Engineering. Eric Lombardi is President of Zero Waste Strategies in Boulder CO and is a recycling
pioneer. He will support our team in the analysis of local markets for materials and applicable state and local
policies. Ruth Abbe of HDR Engineering has led the development of some of the most comprehensive Zero
Waste Plans in the nation (e.g., Los Angeles and Austin). She will support our team in the economic analyses
and evaluation of technologies. HDR also has a local office in Fort Collins and will provide logistical support for
our team when they travel to Fort Collins.
In addition to global leadership in Zero Waste, our team is experienced in long-term planning projects for waste
reduction and recycling. We have the skills to work with a diverse set of stakeholders to develop outcomes and
have proven our abilities to do so in the most challenging arenas in the nation. Our team is familiar with
innovations for waste goals and management that are being implemented in other communities and have
documented those innovations for other clients recently. ZWA will work with staff to use this as a key opportunity
to increase cooperation with the Fort Collins community with innovative alliances and continued improvements in
the areas of economic health, environmental services, and social sustainability. ZWA proposed scope of work is
consistent with comparable Plans we have developed. We also provided that the first task once selected will be
to negotiate a final scope of services that includes flexibility for ZWA to respond to services requested by City
staff during the planning process. With our unparalleled expertise and flexible, collaborative approach, ZWA has
the best knowledge and abilities to perform this work in a timely and efficient manner.
Our proposed price is $51,000 for the basic scope of work detailed in this proposal. This offer is good for 45 days
after opening of proposals. Please contact me with any questions @ (916) 652-7850. We are available at your
convenience to discuss this proposal and appreciate the opportunity to be of service.
Sincerely,
Gary Liss for Zero Waste Associates
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Table of Contents
Content Page Number
1. Methods and Approach……………………………………………………..2
2. Scope of Work Deliverables………………………………………………16
3. Qualifications and Experience……………………………………………17
4. List of Project Personnel……………………………………………….….21
5. Organization Chart/Proposed Project Team……………………………23
6. Availability…………………………………………………………………….25
7. Estimated Hours by Task…………………………………………………..26
8. Schedule of Rates and Cost by Task…………………………………….27
9. Vendor Statement……………………………………………………………28
ATTACHMENTS
A. RESUMES……………………………………………………………………..30
B. SAMPLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN FROM AUSTIN……………42
C. SAMPLE MENU OF POLICY OPTIONS FROM AUSTIN………………..48
D. SAMPLE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM AUSTIN……………………..56
E. GLOBAL PRINCIPLES FOR ZERO WASTE COMMUNITIES………….58
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1. Methods and Approach
Project Understanding
Through a concerted effort over 20 years Fort Collins has achieved a remarkable 47%
waste diversion rate from a combination of industrial, commercial, and residential sources
of discarded materials. The City has stimulated a dramatic public and private investment in
reuse, recycling and composting initiatives that led to that success. The goal to divert 50%
of Fort Collins’ waste from landfills that set in 1999 was almost achieved and demonstrated
to the community that a planned, methodical approach to adopting innovative policies,
programs and facilities could dramatically increase recycling in Fort Collins.
Over the past decade, the City has also adopted more comprehensive Sustainability
policies and goals and just recently reorganized its entire City organization to be a leader in
how communities can work towards a true triple bottom line sustainable economy. The City
has also recognized that waste diversion programs can contribute significantly to both
sustainability and reducing greenhouse gases, in a cost effective way.
With its goal for 2010 having almost been achieved, this project is designed to update the
City’s goal with respect to solid waste to reflect community aspirations. This Waste
Reduction and Recycling Plan will evaluate the merits, prospects and potential of pursing a
Road to Zero Waste to reduce waste disposal in landfills or incinerators. The City is looking
for a consulting team that will inspire and engage stakeholders and the public at large to
contribute significantly to fashioning a new vision for a sustainable way to manage the
City’s discarded resources in the 21st Century. The Plan that is prepared will be submitted
to the City Council for adoption by the end of this calendar year.
By calling for this Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan to pursue a Road to Zero Waste,
the City has recognized that just adopting a goal of Zero Waste could stimulate more
innovative thinking about waste management. Rather than considering discarded materials
as problems to the City, Zero Waste recognizes these as resources that just need to be
better managed to reinvest in the local economy. A Zero Waste approach will create local
jobs, help local businesses operate more efficiently at reduced costs and liabilities, and
reduce greenhouse gases. Using a Zero Waste approach to the planning process ensures
that everything will be considered that could contribute towards that goal. It sparks the
imagination of residents and businesses to think outside the box, and bring new ideas and
resources to the table.
Fort Collins’ City Plan will serve as the “parent” document for the Road to Zero Waste. The
consultant will work closely with City departments to ensure alignment with adopted land
use plans, stewardship of municipal assets and utility service, and visions for Fort Collins
as a sustainable community of the future.
Fort Collins does not operate by itself. The City has partnered with the neighboring city of
Loveland and the County in owning Larimer County Landfill. The City also is served by at
least 12 private collection companies that deliver to the Larimer County Landfill and two
private landfills located outside of the county. As a result, the Plan will need to address
how to work with these existing partners to achieve goals not only for the City of Fort
Collins, but for the whole region. This is very similar to our Austin engagement where, by
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the end of the planning process, we were able to obtain letters of support from the 10
county region surrounding the City of Austin pledging to help the City implement its Zero
Waste Plan once adopted.
As the RFP notes very clearly, there are a number of other community values that will be
reflected in the Plan including:
1 Expanded re-use, recycling and composting to recover material resources from
discarded wastes, which also create jobs and local revenue
2 Support for climate protection that align with Colorado’s statewide goal to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 2005 levels by 2050
3 Increased reduction of waste at the source as a fundamental approach
4 Appropriate collection systems for more types of discards, with attention to
“carbon footprints” for transportation methods
5 Consideration for source separation of material resources if it can help optimize
recovery
6 Application of Triple Bottom Line (TBL) evaluations, life-cycle analyses, and
greenhouse gas emissions calculations to develop and prioritize implementation strategies
7 Product stewardship and extended producer responsibility programs that recognize
that discarded products have value as potential feedstock, second-life products, and energy
resources
8 Zero Waste programs based on the premise that waste generation represents an
economic inefficiency that can be eliminated
9 Waste-to-Energy facilities that recover renewable energy from solid waste using
conversion technologies such as bio-digestion, gasification and pyrolysis that have the
potential to derive the highest resource value from waste materials
10 Use of recovered landfill gas as a fuel source
11 Inventory and analysis of the assets and liabilities inherent in public ownership of
local facilities/infrastructure for managing local waste streams
12 Options for, and role of City in, establishing new infrastructure to best manage the
community’s waste stream, including the potential future Larimer County landfill
Task 1 Confirm the Scope of work
Task 1A - Confirm the scope of work and final Plan outline.
At the outset of the project, the ZWA Team will meet by phone with City staff to review the
proposed scope of work included in the final contract. ZWA has clearly proposed to take a
methodical Zero Waste approach to this project, to go beyond traditional waste
management planning. ZWA will work with City staff to ensure that both parties have the
same understanding of the scope, project goals and expected outcomes. On this call, ZWA
Team and City staff will agree on a schedule for the 1st and 2nd Public Open Houses on the
first trip of ZWA to Fort Collins.
On the 1st trip ZWA will present hard copy examples of Plans from other communities. ZWA
and City staff will agree on the format desired for the Fort Collins Waste Reduction and
Recycling Plan on the Road to Zero Waste (Plan). A typical Zero Waste Plan reviews the
existing system; evaluates service opportunities; recommends policies, programs and
facilities needed; recommends a budget and timeline (including dates for interim goals to be
achieved); and compares the environmental and employment impacts between the existing
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and proposed systems. The order and flow of information presented may follow that
approach or as otherwise agreed upon with the City.
Deliverable: Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan scope of work and table of contents.
Task 2 Public Involvement
ZWA is dedicated to obtaining extensive input from the community throughout the project
and reporting on each stage of development of the Plan components while the Plan is in
progress. It was clear from the RFP that the City of Fort Collins shares those values. We
have conducted hundreds of workshops, focus groups, charrettes, and public meetings.
One of our team members, Ruth Abbe, has even been certified by the National Charrette
Institute and has recently conducted successful planning charrettes in Austin, Dallas and
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Attached is a sample of the public involvement strategy that we used in the City of Austin.
It appears that something as aggressive as that would be appropriate in Fort Collins. It will
be important to have a two-way dialog and a lot of interactive discussion, not just
presenting information with questions and answers.
Our basic approach is to schedule trips every 4-6 weeks during the course of the project for
3 days at a time. While we are on a trip, we like to schedule as many meetings and tours of
local facilities and stakeholders as possible, as shown in our Austin schedules (see
Attachment B). We propose a combination of Public Open Houses, meetings with City
Council or other community groups in Fort Collins and meetings with stakeholders on each
of the 3-4 trips that we will make. The total number of meetings will be far beyond those
required in the RFP. The exact number and targets for meetings will be determined at least
2 weeks before each trip, and ZWA will work with City staff to arrange the meetings
desired. At least one of the ZWA principals will participate in each trip and two from the full
ZWA Team.
Task 2A - Stakeholder meetings
The ZWA team will work with the City to conduct public meetings designed to obtain input
on policy, program and facility options for inclusion in the Plan. Such public meetings are
needed to ensure key stakeholders and influence-leaders in Fort Collins will understand
recommendations developed in the Plan. This will dramatically increase the likelihood of
implementation of the Plan's recommendations, as they will represent the best thinking
from the entire community. It also often results in surprising connections of local resources
and expertise that fosters innovation and new program development. For the public
meetings, ZWA will work with City staff to identify potential participants to invite to these
meetings, including: reuse, recycling and composting industry representatives, regulators,
citizen groups, local businesses, residents, City Boards and Commissions, colleges and
universities and farmers. Different members of the ZWA team will attend depending on the
focus of the meetings and availability.
ZWA will prepare invitations and news releases for the City to mail and email to
stakeholders encouraging participation in this public process. ZWA proposes to use
established City connections to promote these efforts, and to include articles in local media
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and newsletters. ZWA would like to build on existing outreach programs of the City, County
and neighboring cities for community outreach and participation as well. Additionally, ZWA
will reach out to have all Plan processes promoted and highlighted at local sustainability
and recycling events in the area, on Studio 14 and in other local media.
ZWA also proposes to engage a local DBE firm for help on logistical support and outreach
to the community. ZWA will work with the City to identify the local DBE that is best suited
for this task. ZWA has budgeted for their participation. The City and ZWA may agree on
other promotional and outreach strategies during the course of the project that leverage
other opportunities and resources or can be covered by other City funds that may be
available for direct expenses, such as advertising and printing.
The ZWA Team recommends four Public Open House meetings. Each of these evening
meetings will focus on a separate aspect of Zero Waste: a) reduce and reuse; b) recycling;
c) organics; and, d) product stewardship and lifestyle issues (including plastic litter, City
opportunities to lead by example, and school programs). The ZWA team will ensure that
attendees participate to the full extent they desire toward the common goal of identifying
policies, programs and facilities to be included in the Plan. Two of these Public Open
House meetings will be conducted in each of the 1st 2 trips.
At the first of these meetings, ZWA will also provide an overview of Zero Waste and the
planning process and request input from those attending about what they would like to see
included in the Plan in general. ZWA would also like the City to provide an overview of what
has contributed to the City achieving 47% waste diversion. The second trip will focus on the
3rd and 4th topics. The third trip will be to present the Draft Plan and to obtain final
comments and input from stakeholders, residents and businesses before finalizing the
Plan. A member of the ZWA Team will also make a presentation of the Final Plan to City
Council if budget remains and staff desires.
Deliverable: Identify stakeholders and hold four public meetings targeting stakeholders to
identify interest, needs and networks within the following topic areas: a) Reduce and
Reuse; b) Recycling; c) Organics; and d) Product Stewardship and Lifestyle issues. Hold at
least 4 different types of meetings per day on each trip (a minimum of 36 meetings by the
end of three trips of 3 days each).
Task 2B - Meetings with the Staff, City Council and Boards and Commissions
On each trip, ZWA principals will meet first with City staff to review plans for that trip and
coordinate on last minute presentation and logistic details. ZWA will also review with City
staff issues to be addressed in each of the public meetings to obtain input to help guide the
discussion. ZWA requests that City staff join with ZWA in tours of local facilities at least on
the first trip so that we can debrief after those tours while in transit and get a better
understanding of the City’s perspective on local services and facilities.
ZWA would like to schedule the first trip to coincide with a Council meeting where ZWA will
be able to get input directly from the Council on their goals and expectations for this Plan.
This could be an agenda item at a regularly scheduled Council meeting, a more informal
special Council workshop on this topic, or a meeting of the Council Futures Committee.
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Between trips, ZWA will also participate by phone in any other regular meetings of Council,
Boards and Commissions or stakeholders requested by City staff.
Deliverable: Meet with Council on 1st trip. Coordinate with staff before all public
presentations. Additional meetings with Council and Boards/Commissions as requested.
Task 3 – Analysis of Existing Services and Programs
Task 3A - Analyze Programs and Services Related or Impacted By Implementation of Zero
Waste Goals.
Building upon the existing infrastructure is a part of the Zero Waste process, and involves
utilizing existing facilities for development of more reuse, recycling and composting
activities. The ZWA team offers the latest knowledge in policies, programs, equipment and
facility design, and has demonstrated success in working with stakeholders to improve the
efficient use of discarded resources and reduce client city’s respective carbon footprints.
The City has studied existing wasting patterns and data in Fort Collins. Principals of the
ZWA have helped many jurisdictions develop winning approaches for managing resources
and reducing wasting. The ZWA team’s experience creating and monitoring these
programs have been demonstrated throughout the nation for the past 30 years. Both the
San Jose and San Diego programs, managed by Gary and Rick respectively, won state
and national awards.
To initiate this phase of work, ZWA will review key documents, policies and data to provide
a brief overview of the existing system, including all the reports posted on the City’s website
at: http://www.fcgov.com/recycling/reports.php and other information on:
• Waste generated, diverted and disposed tonnages (including volume of materials
wasted annually and where wasting occurs, such as in production of products and
packages, getting them to local markets, local consumption, and/or end-of-life disposal);
• Waste composition data;
• Demographic data (such as population and number of businesses by sector);
• Existing public and private solid waste infrastructure and services for reuse, recycling
and composting (including local guides to reuse, recycling and composting provided to
the public);
• Local reuse, recycling and composting websites;
• Rate structures;
• Ordinances; and
• City sustainability and climate change policies and programs.
The City has done a great job of both analysis of the system and publicly posting those
analyses so this first phase of the process should move quickly.
After review of the publicly posted documents, ZWA will request copies of other documents
and URLs available from the City and research other sources for data required for the ZWA
Team to develop a thorough understanding of the current policies, programs and facilities
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that constitute the discard management system for reuse, recycling, composting and
regulated materials in Fort Collins.
Deliverable: A summary of the current data, policies, programs and facilities for inclusion
in the Plan.
Task 3B - Commodities and Environmental Analysis
Wasteberg = 71 tons
upstream for every
ton MSW
Wasteberg = 71 tons
upstream for every
ton MSW
Times have changed in the management of resources on
this planet. Current research indicates that environmental
emissions resulting from community waste management
systems and the waste of resources in our discards are
having dramatic cumulative impacts on the planet. The UN
Urban Environment Accords recognize this and include
Zero Waste as one of the accords required to achieve Zero
Waste by 2040.
ZWA will conduct a resource commodity and job analysis to
predict potential revenue and new jobs needed. The
commodity analysis will evaluate available waste generation
data according to 12 market categories and summarize the
quantity and value of materials being discarded. ZWA will
then estimate the number of jobs that could be created from
recovery of these resources.
ZWA will also review the environmental benefits of recovery of these resources and
highlight the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions that could occur as a result of
such efforts. ZWA will apply the EPA WARM Model1 and provide an analysis of
greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts from Fort Collin’s discards.
Deliverables: Commodity Analysis and WARM model reports.
Task 3C - Service Opportunities Analysis and Recommendations
With the assistance of City staff, the ZWA team will evaluate Service Opportunities. Service
opportunities are where there are needed services to get to Zero Waste that could be
provided by the public or private sector. This will include an overlay of waste composition
data with data on existing reuse, recycling and composting services. ZWA will work with
City staff to identify opportunities for expanded services to decrease the volume and toxicity
of waste being landfilled and to prevent waste from being generated.
ZWA and City staff will target commodities and business sectors with the highest disposal
volumes (per waste composition data), highest value, and most toxic in reviewing service
needs. ZWA and City staff will also evaluate whether different services are needed for
specific business sectors (e.g., large businesses compared to small businesses or different
types of businesses). The ZWA team will help identify services needed to help businesses
design waste out of their production processes and to reuse their excess inventory or
surplus assets (both products and packaging).
1 See: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/calculators/Warm_home.html
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An analysis will be developed to demonstrate the importance of targeting different materials
in the waste stream that consume large amounts of space in the landfill or those that are
particularly toxic. As landfill space is a volume-based system, it is important to consider the
implications in developing priorities for Zero Waste programs and policies to address high-
volume wastes. Reducing the toxicity of wastes is critical to reducing the risks and long-
term liabilities to the City from its contributions to the region’s landfills.
From this analysis, gaps will be identified where more services need to be provided. ZWA
will help evaluate whether public or private services are most appropriate to fill these gaps
and how to proceed to address those gaps. ZWA will evaluate the potential for expanding
existing facilities versus the potential for developing new facilities locally and/or regionally.
ZWA will also work with City staff to evaluate short-term and long-term prospects for
extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems to be implemented to fill gaps in services.
Deliverable: Service Opportunities Analysis.
Task 4 – Develop a Draft Plan
Task 4A - Goals and Policies
ZWA has in-depth knowledge of how local and regional governments work. The ZWA team
has decades of experience in program development and implementation to provide the City
of Fort Collins with the most current, comprehensive best management practice
recommendations. Many communities are finding that the most cost effective way to
encourage more waste diversion is to adopt clear rules and policies governing discarding of
materials. The City’s Pay As You Throw rate policy is a good example of this for the
residential sector.
One of the most significant arenas for policies is the relationship the City wants to achieve
with local businesses and out-of-region products and packaging producers. In view of the
fact that 75% of all discarded materials are manufactured goods and packaging2, Fort
Collins has adopted many incentives to stimulate business recycling. As part of this Plan,
the City could consider other policies to encourage, incentivize or require local businesses
to follow, such as:
1. Meet waste diversion targets
2. Source separate designated materials
3. Recycle construction/demolition debris
4. Deconstruct existing buildings
5. Develop LEED-certified Green Buildings
6. Recycle and compost at multi-family dwellings
7. Include food scraps in city composting programs
8. Adopt Zero Waste goals and get recognized as Zero Waste Businesses
9. Develop Zero Waste plans
2 75% of municipal solid waste nationally, as defined by USEPA. Source: Bill Sheehan, Product Policy Institute,
www.productpolicy.org. Note: this does not include construction and demolition debris, which is another major
component of the waste stream that needs to be addressed locally.
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10. Adhere to Zero Waste Business Principles3
There are a number of other policies that could be considered by Fort Collins as part of the
planning process, including:
• Product and disposal bans
• Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing
• Extended Producer Responsibility
• Green Building
• Precautionary Principle
• Franchise clauses
• Garbage rates
• Recycling permits
• Planning conditions of approval
(including deposits)
• Zoning (especially land for reuse
and recycling)
• Siting and environmental justice
and neighborhood concerns
• Alternative work forces development
Many of these policies help define the most economical options for discarded materials in
Fort Collins; adopting them can make eliminating waste, reuse, recycling and composting
easier and more attractive to businesses and residents.
The project team will develop a detailed menu of policy options for review with City staff.
Once City staff has indicated policies it would be comfortable in considering further, ZWA
will prepare a brief menu of policy options for review and comment by the public.
Deliverables: Detailed and summary Menu of Policy Options and recommendations for
adoption after public input.
Task 4B - Programs/Reduce and Reuse
One of the key opportunities on the Road to Zero Waste is greater focus on reduce and
reuse. In many Zero Waste Plans, ZWA has found that reusables may constitute only 2-
6% of the tons discarded, but represent over 40% of the value of the materials that could be
recovered. There is a lot of embodied energy and work that was done to get products to
market. One of the reasons Zero Waste was developed as a concept in the 1990s was to
get more people to focus more on reducing and reusing. The Palo Alto Zero Waste Plan
that we wrote coined the phrase: Zero Waste = focusing first on reducing and reusing, then
recycling and composting the rest.
ZWA will examine existing public and private reuse programs. Local reuse organizations
will be asked to attend a Public Open House to discuss current and needed rules and rule
changes and actions. Purchasing directors from local and regional agencies will be asked
3 See: http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/
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to share systems they have implemented for targeted materials or products (e.g.,
household hazardous wastes). This task will include the City purchasing and property
management system.
Deliverables; Recommendations for new programs and/or services for recovery of
reusable materials, products or packaging.
Task 4C - Programs/Organics
A major challenge throughout the nation is
the lack of permitted facilities that can take
discarded food and yard materials. ZWA is
well suited for this task as team members
have considerable experience with landfills
and composting facilities and extensive
knowledge of the rules governing their
operations.
ZWA will look at source reduction and decentralized options for food scraps and other
compostable organics as well as curbside and dockside collection programs. The City’s
innovative use of Earth Tubs using ARRA funding has demonstrated the need and
opportunity for more focus in this area. ZWA will evaluate the design and phased
implementation of the Integrated Recycling Facility (IRF) and how and when different
organics processing needs could be met with that facility, and whether other facilities would
still be needed.
Deliverable; Recommended programs for reducing, reusing, recycling or composting
discarded organics for residents and commercial properties, including an evaluation of
residential and commercial collections and processing options and the IRF.
Task 4D - Programs/Recycling
ZWA will evaluate existing recycling programs in the City of Fort Collins for gaps and make
recommendations if needed. Recommendations will be based on a review of materials
allowed, availability and convenience of services. This will include an evaluation of the
implementation of the new Integrated Recycling Facility (IRF) that is designed primarily for
self-haulers. The Recycling Public Open House will provide input.
Deliverable: Recycling program recommendations.
Task 4E - Regulated Materials
ZWA will evaluate current City and business opportunities to discard regulated materials
like pharmaceuticals, batteries, fluorescent lights, paints, oil, and pesticide containers. The
City’s permanent household hazardous waste (HHW) facility and HHW collection events
will be evaluated to determine if additional services are needed to complement those.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) options will consider how they could be make it
easier for residents and businesses to properly discard such products, materials and
packaging. Availability and opportunity will be key issues. The policy portion of the Plan will
cover Take Back ordinances to address many of these materials, products and packaging.
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ZWA will hold a Public Open House on Product Stewardship issues to get public input and
examine the need for new programs.
Deliverable: Recommendations for new programs for regulated materials.
Task 4F - Public Education
The success of most of this planning will rise or fall based on what social marketing
program is chosen to promote the goals and new policies and programs in Fort Collins.
The 4th Public Open House will also address Lifestyle issues to get ideas of how and where
the City can best influence the change in behavior required to get to Zero Waste. Waste
Not, Want Not is as American as apple pie. How we return to those core values is what will
be explored.
In most other Zero Waste Plans, ZWA has found that a program that includes awareness,
training, education and reinforcement with fair rules at the top will enable system and
behavior change. New programs might include; new policy education, City staff training
programs, organic source reduction programs for home and commercial properties;
business audits, recognition and Zero Waste plans; Zero Waste Schools Programs, and
Zero Waste programs for the City parks and downtown.
Deliverable: Recommendations for Zero Waste education and outreach programs that
could be conducted by staff or others.
Task 4G - Facilities
ZWA has found that in most areas
there is a need for some new facilities,
such as composting facilities
discussed above. This is where ZWA
will evaluate waste-to-energy facilities
using conversion technologies such
as bio-digestion, gasification and
pyrolysis and the use of recovered
landfill gas as a fuel source
In some communities, there are efforts
to develop a Resource Recovery Park
as a facility that can take all discards
hauled directly from the public. The
results of the service opportunity
analysis for the City of Fort Collins will
explore whether the Integrated Recycling Facility (IRF) has been designed with all the
attributes of a Resource Recovery Park, or whether there still is a need for something more
located in Fort Collins or the region. It will also help the City explore how and when to take
the next steps in phasing in of the IRF in Fort Collins. It will also identify what types of
facilities are needed to support the new policies and programs described above.
Deliverable: Listing of all facilities needed, evaluation of technologies, and an evaluation of
the IRF and a Resource Recovery Park approach.
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Task 4H - Cost Estimate
ZWA will estimate the cost for policies, programs and facilities recommended above.
Deliverable: Estimated costs for Plan implementation.
Task 4I - Draft Plan for Public Review
ZWA will compile all the above components into the Draft Plan in a format agreed upon with
City staff and make it available for public review and comment. At the third trip, ZWA will
present the Draft Plan and get feedback on changes desired from stakeholders and the
public.
Deliverable: Draft Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan.
Task 5 - Final Plan review and Approval
This task will revise the Draft Plan according to input provided from stakeholders and the
public, and approved by City staff.
Task 5A - Timeline and Implementation Plan
ZWA will then project the timing for implementing of proposed projects over the next ten
years and list tasks to be completed in the next five years as an Implementation Plan.
Deliverable: An estimated Timeline and Implementation plan for at least a ten year
planning period.
Task 5B - Support for Presentations
This task will include the editing and preparation needed to get the Final Plan ready for
public hearing and staff support at the City Council and concerned Boards.
Deliverable: Final plan and presentations.
Task 6 - Project Management
ZWA will ensure that all project tasks are performed on-time and within budget. ZWA will
coordinate with City staff on a regular basis and return phone calls and emails within 24
hours. ZWA will submit invoices on a regular monthly basis and will submit five copies of
all reports along with electronic copies. Gary Liss will be the primary contact for ZWA.
Richard Anthony Associates will contract with the City on behalf of ZWA and submit
required insurance and invoices.
Deliverable: Prompt submittal of all deliverables and administrative documents.
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Task 7 (Optional) - Additional Support
These are subject to negotiation with City staff of final scope for these tasks.
Task 7A – Waste-to-clean-energy Evaluation
ZWA may briefly evaluate alternative waste-to-clean-energy options for the Fort Zed
district. ZWA will prepare brief descriptions (about 2 to 3 paragraphs each) of the various
types of emerging technologies for processing both source-separated materials
(recyclables and organics) and residual materials (post source-separated materials). ZWA
will discuss actual experience with these types of technologies based on the results of
recent trips throughout the world by HDR engineers’ to inspect various reference facilities.
The technologies that will be discussed are anaerobic and aerobic digestion, thermal
processing (gasification, plasma arc and pyrolysis), hydrolysis and mechanical processing.
The purpose of these discussions will be to provide the City with an understanding of the
current state of development of these technologies.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the experience in with projects operating or in
development in the U.S.
Deliverable: Evaluation of alternative waste-to-clean-energy options for Fort Zed district.
Task 7B – Evaluation of Additional Services at Landfill
ZWA may provide a detailed look at the feasibility for Larimer County landfill to
accommodate new recycling and waste management practices at the facility. ZWA would
evaluate the site, acreage, materials flow by generator type (self-haul, municipal,
construction and demolition), and estimated characterization of incoming materials. We
would then identify opportunities for increased diversion activities, which could include:
• The development of a Resource Recovery Park for self-haul materials
• Additional processing of self-haul materials and construction and demolition debris
Different material types require different handling approaches in order to maximize
diversion. We will identify the opportunities for targeting these highly recoverable materials:
• Bulky items (appliances, carpet, mattresses, etc.)
• Traditional recyclables (paper, metals, glass, plastics)
• Compostable materials (yard trimmings, food scraps, compostable paper)
• Reusable items
• Construction materials (aggregate materials, wood, sheetrock, plastics)
Resource Recovery Parks can include small centers for drop-off of hard to recycle items,
including mattresses, large blocks of Styrofoam, and textiles. Resource Recovery Parks
can also include areas for drop off donation or buyback and co-locates reuse, recycling and
composting, processing, manufacturing, and distribution activities.
A Resource Recovery Park can make the landfill or transfer station more sustainable by
diversifying revenue, conserving capacity, and extending the useful life of those facilities.
ZWA will assess the activities at the Larimer Landfill, which could currently be classified as
a Resource Recovery Park, and make suggestions on how to enhance and expand
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activities in both the near and longer term to further develop the site as a Resource
Recovery Park.
Deliverable: Evaluation of Larimer County Landfill additional services.
Task 7C – Siting of Composting Facility
In many communities, to pursue Zero Waste requires a composting system for food scraps,
food-soiled paper, yard trimmings and other organics and/or an anaerobic digestion system
for clean food scraps. Siting of such facilities is not always easy. This could be considered
as part of Tasks 6A and 6B, or may need some additional exploration. ZWA is highlighting
that this may require more in-depth analysis than would normally be part of a master
planning process like this and could proceed under the Options provision of the RFP scope
of work.
Task 7D – Plan Implementation Support
This task would involve the future support of the Plan after approval. The types of projects
to be identified in the Plan could include: assistance in drafting new Ordinances; City staff
training programs; developing organics collection and processing programs; expanded
business Zero Waste Assessments; Zero Waste Recognition Program; schools program;
City Parks and downtown; and/or Resource Recovery Park feasibility study and conceptual
design.
Deliverable: Projects to be determined and negotiated as a Change Order.
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PROPOSED PROJECT SCHEDULE
Time is of the essence for this agreement. The proposal will include a schedule to
undertake the tasks included in the scope of work. The project is anticipated to start by May
1, 2013.
Work Schedule
The scope of work will be performed in the following timeline after a letter authorizing ZWA
to begin is received from the City.
Months from Start
Task/Deliverable: 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Summarize Existing System x x
2. Public Involvement x x x x x
3. Commodity and Service Opportunity Analyses x x
4. Draft Plan x x x x
5. Final Plan x x
6. Project Management x x x x x x
7. Optional Tasks 7A & 7B x x
Meeting Schedule
ZWA proposes the following meeting schedule:
Meeting Schedule Months from Start
Task/Deliverable: 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Kickoff Phone Call to finalize Scope and Plans for
Public Open Houses
x
2. 1st Trip - Tour facilities and conduct 1st and 2nd Public
Open Houses
x
3. 2nd Trip - Conduct 3rd and 4th Public Open Houses x
4. 3rd Trip - Draft Plan presented x
5. Final Plan presented (optional) x
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2. Scope of Work Deliverables
1. Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan scope of work and Plan table of contents.
2. Identify stakeholders (reuse, organic, recycling and consumer issues) and hold four
public meetings targeting stakeholders to identify interest, needs and networks within
the following topic areas: a) Reduce and Reuse; b) Recycling; c) Organics; and d)
Product Stewardship and Lifestyle issues. Meeting with Council on 1st trip. Coordinate
with staff before all public presentations. Conduct minimum of 36 meetings.
3. A summary of the current data, policies, programs and facilities for inclusion in the Plan.
Commodity Analysis and WARM model reports. Service Opportunities Analysis. All
these and subsequent reports shall be submitted in electronic format along with five
unbound, double-sided hard-copies printed on paper with 100% recycled content.
4. Detailed and summary Menu of Policy Options and recommendations for adoption after
public input. Recommendations for new programs and/or services for recovery of
reusable materials, products or packaging. Recommended programs for reducing,
reusing, recycling or composting discarded organics for residents and commercial
properties, including an evaluation of residential and commercial collections and
processing options. Recycling program recommendations. Recommendations for new
programs for regulated materials. Recommendations for Zero Waste education and
outreach programs that could be conducted by staff or others. Listing of all facilities
needed, evaluation of technologies and a description of a Resource Recovery Park
approach. Estimated costs for Plan implementation. Draft Waste Reduction and
Recycling Plan.
5. An estimated Timeline and Implementation plan for at least a ten year planning period.
Final plan and presentations. The Final Plan will include:
A 2-page executive summary
Recommendation for a new goal that places Fort Collins on the Road to Zero
Waste
Prioritized policies and objectives, programs (defined approaches, mechanisms
and strategies) and facilities needed to achieve goal, including descriptions,
metrics to evaluate progress, greenhouse gas reductions and estimated costs
Recommendations on how to develop or participate in a regional coalition to
address goal
Summary of community involvement actions
6. Project Management
7. (Optional Tasks) Additional Support possibly including: Evaluation of alternative waste-
to-clean-energy options for Fort Zed district; Evaluation of Larimer County Landfill
additional services; siting of composting or other facilities; and/or assistance in
implementing Plan. That work would be incorporated into the Professional Services
Agreement using the scheduled rates already provided by way of a Change Order
process to be initiated by the City, with the Scope of Work mutually agreed upon.
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3. Qualifications and Experience
Number of years in the business:
Gary Liss & Associates: 14 as GLA; 16 years on Zero Waste; 39 years in the waste and
recycling industry (mostly working in or for local governments)
Richard Anthony Associates: 14 as RAA, 16 years on Zero Waste; 43 years in the waste
and recycling industry (mostly working in or for local governments)
Overview of services offered, qualifications:
Zero Waste Associates (ZWA) is a DBA partnership formed between Richard Anthony
Associates (RAA) and Gary Liss & Associates (GLA). RAA and GLA have developed or
contributed to the majority of Zero Waste community plans produced in the United States
today. In fact, we have worked on more Zero Waste community plans than any other
individual or business in the United States.
Our collective experience literally spans the globe, ranging from California to Hong Kong,
Austin to East Anglia, UK. We have organized and participated in workshops and programs
about Zero Waste in France, England, Switzerland, Italy, China, Japan, the Philippines,
Canada, Mexico and throughout the United States.
GLA and RAA are the lead authors of the Global Principles for Zero Waste Communities as
adopted by the Zero Waste International Alliance (www.ZWIA.org) to guide the
development of Zero Waste by communities throughout the world.
For more details, see attached resumes.
Our Services include:
■Planning, policy, program development, and analysis for Zero Waste
■Drafting Zero Waste Plans (for communities and businesses)
■Managing Procurements for local governments, including development of RFPs and
contracts
■Conducting feasibility studies and helping to develop Resource Recovery Parks
■Developing local government incentive programs and policies to achieve more waste
reduction, including new rules for residents and businesses and advocacy for Extended
Producer Responsibility
■Zero Waste implementation support, including program and policy work, outreach, and
training and education
We have helped the following communities with Zero Waste plans and/or implementing
Zero Waste policies and programs:
• Arkadelphia, Arkansas
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Austin, Texas
• Boulder, Colorado
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• Burbank, California
• Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District
• Culver City, California
• Del Norte County, California
• Durango, Colorado
• Glendale, California
• Hawai’i County (aka Big Island, Hawai’i)
• Hong Kong
• Los Angeles, California
• Nelson, British Columbia
• Newark, New Jersey
• Oakland, California
• Oceanside, California
• Palo Alto, California
• San Diego County, California
• San Jose, California
• San Luis Obispo County, California
• Santa Monica, California
• Telluride, Colorado
• Waveney, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Sample Zero Waste Plans:
• Austin Adopted Zero Waste Strategic Plan (GLA was lead, with RAA help)
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws/downloads/zerowaste_plan.pdf
• Austin Adopted Resource Recovery Master Plan (GLA and RAA assisted HDR on this)
www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Trash_and_Recycling/MasterPlan_Final_12
.30.pdf
• Telluride, CO Zero Waste Plan (GLA)
http://www.mountain-village.co.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=125
• Oceanside Adopted ZW Plan (ZWA):
http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=28827
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Sample Projects:
Oceanside Zero Waste Plan (August 2011 to June 2012 for City of Oceanside, CA)
ZWA was responsible for developing Zero Waste Strategic Resource Management Action
Plan for the City of Oceanside California. Team toured all reuse, recycling and solid waste
facilities in area. Conducted extensive public outreach, including 4 public meetings,
participated in meetings with individual stakeholders, and provided input to City website.
Drafted Menu of Policies, Programs and Facilities, Commodities and Environmental
Analysis, and Service Opportunity Analysis then drafted Zero Waste Plan. Edited several
times with input from staff and Integrated Waste Management Commission. Attended
Council meeting where Final Plan was presented. Draft was completed in 5 months; final
edits then transmittal to Council took another 5 months.
Contact:
Colleen Foster Management Analyst
Solid Waste and Recycling – Water Utilities
City of Oceanside
Oceanside, CA 92056
760-435-5021
<CFoster@ci.oceanside.ca.us>
Austin Zero Waste Strategic Plan (December 2007 - December 2008 for City of Austin,
TX)
This was the most comprehensive development of a Zero Waste Strategic Plan that was
led by Gary Liss & Associates (GLA) with assistance from Richard Anthony Associates
(RAA). GLA/RAA toured all reuse, recycling and solid waste facilities in area. Conducted
extensive public outreach, including general monthly public meetings for four months in a
row, participated in media interviews by TV and print media, conducted focus groups by
Resource Clusters (Reuse, Organics and C&D/Green Building), participated in meetings
with individual stakeholders, regional Council of Government, and local elected officials,
and provided input to City website. Drafted and obtained letters of support from local
County and 10-County Council of Governments. Drafted Menu of Policies, Programs and
Facilities and presented at monthly meeting. Drafted Commodities and Environmental
Analysis and presented at monthly meeting. Drafted Service Opportunity Analysis and
presented at monthly meeting. Drafted Zero Waste Plan and edited several times with
extensive input from staff. Process was completed in 13 months. Two years after this
project was completed, GLA and RAA were subs to HDR to develop the next steps to
implement the Zero Waste Strategic Plan, called the Austin Resource Recovery Master
Plan. That was begun in April 2010 and adopted in December 2012.
Contacts:
Melissa Martinez, MS, CPM (Project Manager for ZW Strategic Plan)
Solid Waste Services Department, Chief of Outreach and Technical Assistance Branch
Austin, TX 78767
(512) 974-1973
Melissa.Martinez@ci.austin.tx.us
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Bob Gedert (Project Manager for follow-up Resource Recovery Master Plan)
Director, Austin Resource Recovery Department
Austin, TX 78767
(512) 974-1926
bob.gedert@ci.austin.tx.us
Oakland Zero Waste Plan (May 2006 to November 2006 for City of Oakland)
GLA and RAA assisted City staff in the development of a Zero Waste Plan. Spoke at public
meetings arranged by City. Provided sample Zero Waste Plans from other Jurisdictions and
consulted on issues to be addressed in Zero Waste Plan. Wrote sections of Zero Waste
Plan assigned. Reviewed Draft Plan prepared by City Staff. Plan is at:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca/groups/pwa/documents/policy/oak025986.pdf
Contact:
Mark Gagliardi
City of Oakland Public Works Agency
Environmental Services Division,
Oakland, CA 94612-2034
(510) 238-6262
mgagliardi@oaklandnet.com
www.zerowasteoakland.com
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4. List of Project Personnel
Following is a summary of the professional qualifications of the ZWA Team, including
relevant background experience and capabilities for this work. More detailed resumes are
attached.
The project manager and contact with primary responsibility for this contract will be Gary
Liss, Principal of Gary Liss & Associates (GLA). GLA is a sole proprietorship based in
Loomis, CA (near Sacramento).
Contact information for GLA:
• Address: Gary Liss & Associates, 4395 Gold Trail Way, Loomis, CA 95650
• Website: www.garyliss.com
• E-mail: gary@garyliss.com
• Phone number: 916-652-7850
The ZWA project team will consist of Gary Liss and Associates (GLA), Richard Anthony
Associates (RAA), Zero Waste Strategies, Inc. (ZWS) and HDR Engineering. Key
participants include Gary Liss (Principal, GLA), Richard Anthony (Principal, RAA), Eric
Lombardi (ZWS) and Ruth Abbe (HDR).
Gary Liss is one of the leading experts on Zero Waste policy in the world. Mr. Liss has
over 39 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling fields. He has documented
Zero Waste Businesses, developed Zero Waste Community and Business Principles and
drafted Zero Waste Plans for communities. Gary has worked on more Zero Waste
Community Plans than anyone else in America. He has developed economic analyses as
part of Zero Waste Plans in: Nelson, British Columbia; Palo Alto and Oakland, California;
Telluride, Colorado; and Austin, Texas. Mr. Liss has conducted economic analyses of
Resource Recovery Parks in: Del Norte County and San Benito County, California; and
Waveney, U.K. Mr. Liss has also participated in over 20 citywide solid waste and recycling
system procurements, from both a public and private perspective, including: 8 as Solid
Waste Manager in San Jose, CA and 4 public procurements he directed as GLA
(Hawthorne, CA; Montara and Granada Sanitary Districts, CA; Del Norte County Waste
Management Authority, CA Transfer Station/MRF; and Lewiston, ID). Mr. Liss has
overseen several garbage rate reviews as well, including in San Luis Obispo County and
the Montara Sanitary District. www.garyliss.com
Richard Anthony is principal of Richard Anthony Associates, a consulting firm that focuses
on Zero Waste planning. Rick has worked on resource conservation and recovery plans for
almost 40 years, and is a former Department of Public Works solid waste manager from
both Fresno County (1979 -1987) and San Diego County (1987 -1998), California. He is
currently advisor on Zero Waste planning to the City of Los Angeles, California, City of
Austin, Texas, the Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, and the County of San
Luis Obispo County, California. He is the principal for the Zero Waste Glendale Plan.
www.RichardAnthonyAssociates.com
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Eric Lombardi is the President of Zero Waste Strategies, Inc. and Executive Director of
Eco-Cycle, Inc. (www.ecocycle.org). He will be working on this project as President of Zero
Waste Strategies, Inc. He is a specialist in resource recovery, social enterprise and public-
private project development. Eco-Cycle was a national pioneer in the recycling industry and
is now the largest community-based Zero Waste organization in the U.S.A. Lombardi is an
authority on creating comprehensive community-based programs and is often a keynote
speaker and consultant on the social and technical aspects of creating a “Zero Waste - Or
Darn Near” society.
Ruth Abbe is an HDR vice president and senior management consultant with more than 22
years of experience in recycling and composting program and facility development. She is
working with municipalities across the country to develop the social infrastructure and
physical infrastructure to achieve high diversion goals, including Austin, Texas, Dallas,
Texas, Los Angeles, California, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and San Francisco,
California. She has expertise in organics and commercial technical assistance, facility and
collection procurement, contract negotiation, program planning, financial analysis and
stakeholder engagement. She is current assisting the U.S. EPA in identifying models and
developing tools for communities in sustainable materials management
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5. Organization Chart/Proposed Project Team
Zero Waste Strategies, Inc.
Eric Lombardi
President
Local Markets, Policies & Programs
HDR Engineering
Ruth Abbe
National Zero Waste Practice Leader
Economic & Technical Analyses
ZERO WASTE ASSOCIATES
Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates
Primary Contact & Signatory
Richard Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates
Staffing Plan
Mr. Liss will provide project management and oversee implementation of the project. He will
manage the subcontractors to provide the desired services and deliverables within budget
and on time. Mr. Anthony will be the contracting authority for ZWA and will be responsible
for adhering to all contract requirements as the prime contractor. Mr. Anthony will submit
all invoices and be responsible for all financial accounting for this project.
Mr. Lombardi will be primarily responsible for providing knowledge of local markets,
policies, programs, services and facilities. Ms. Abbe will be primarily responsible for
economic analyses and evaluation of technologies. HDR also has a local office in Fort
Collins and will provide logistical support for our team when they travel to Fort Collins.
Staff Responsibilities
Task
Lead
Assist
1. Finalize Scope & Format
Gary Liss Richard Anthony
2. Public Involvement
Gary Liss
Rick Anthony
DBE Firm tbd
3A. Summarize Existing System Gary Liss Richard Anthony
3B. Commodity & Service
Opportunity Analyses
Richard Anthony Eric Lombardi
Gary Liss
4A. Menu of Policy Options Gary Liss Richard Anthony
Ruth Abbe
Eric Lombardi
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4B-G - Draft Plan Components
and 4I - Draft Plan
Gary Liss Richard Anthony
Ruth Abbe
Eric Lombardi
4H. Economic & Technical
Analyses
Ruth Abbe
Richard Anthony
Eric Lombardi
Gary Liss
5. Final Plan
Gary Liss
Rick Anthony
Eric Lombardi
Ruth Abbe
6. Project Management
Gary Liss
Rick Anthony
(and will execute contract
on behalf of ZWA)
7A & 7B Optional Tasks
Ruth Abbe Richard Anthony
Eric Lombardi
Gary Liss
7C & 7D Optional Tasks
Gary Liss Richard Anthony
Eric Lombardi
Ruth Abbe
Level of Effort/Hours by Task
Task
Staff
Hours
1. Finalize Scope & Format
Gary Liss
Richard Anthony
6
2. Public Involvement
Gary Liss
Rick Anthony
DBE Firm tbd
98
3. Summarize Existing System,
Commodity & Service Opportunity
Analyses
Gary Liss
Richard Anthony
Eric Lombardi
70
4. Evaluate and recommend
Policies, Programs and Facilities,
then Draft Plan
Gary Liss
Richard Anthony
Ruth Abbe
Eric Lombardi
140
5. Final Plan Gary Liss
Rick Anthony
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City Staff Support
ZWA will require the assistance of City of Fort Collins staff to complete this work. The
primary assistance needed will be in arranging meetings and tours with stakeholders,
Council, Boards and Public Open Houses. The schedule also assumes that City staff will
respond within 7-14 days with review and comments of deliverables, depending on the
length of the document.
6. Availability
All of the Team members have indicated that they are able to participate in this
project and will be able to complete their work on a timely basis if this project
proceeds on schedule.
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7. Estimated Hours by Task
Task
Hours4
1. Finalize Scope & Format 6
2. Public Involvement 98
3. Summarize Existing System, Commodity &
Service Opportunity Analyses 70
4. Evaluate and Recommend Policy, Program and
Facility Options and Draft Plan 140
5. Final Plan 16
6. Project Management 16
Total Hours 346
Total Labor Cost $45,000
Total Expenses (travel and copying) $6,000
Total Project Cost $51,000
4 Includes time required for meetings and conference calls
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8. Schedule of Rates and Cost By Task
Schedule of Rates:
Gary Liss, Rick Anthony and Eric Lombardi - $125/hour
Ruth Abbe - $200/hour
Cost by Task:
Task Total Cost
1. Finalize Scope & Format $750
2. Public Involvement $11,000
3. Summarize Existing System, Commodity &
Service Opportunity Analyses $9,050
4. Evaluate and Recommend Policy, Program
and Facility Options and Draft Plan $20,200
5. Final Plan $2,000
6. Project Management $2,000
Total Labor $45,000
Total Expenses (travel and copying) $6,000
Total Project Costs for RFP Scope $51,000
7. Optional Tasks 7 tbd
The proposed price assumes that subcontractors will meet all liability insurance
requirements. If the City requires subcontractors to meet other insurance requirements (like
Errors & Omissions), costs will be increased to cover additional insurance premiums.
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9. Vendor Statement:
I have read and understand the specifications and requirements for this bid and I
agree to comply with such specifications and requirements. I further agree that the
method of award is acceptable to my company. I also agree to complete
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT with the City of Fort Collins within 30
days of notice of award. If contract is not completed and signed within 30 days, City
reserves the right to cancel and award to the next highest rated firm.
FIRM NAME: Zero Waste Associates
ADDRESS: 3891 Kendall Street, San Diego, CA 92109
EMAIL ADDRESS: gary@garyliss.com PHONE: 916-652-7850
BIDDER’S NAME: Zero Waste Associates
SIGNATURE:
PRIMARY SERVICES ISSUES CONTACT: Gary Liss
TELEPHONE: 916-652-7850 FAX: 916-652-0485
EMAIL: gary@garyliss.com
CELL: 916-335-1637
EMERGENCY: 916-652-8606, Pat Miller
BACKUP: Richard Anthony, 858-2727-2905, ricanthony@aol.com
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ATTACHMENTS
A. RESUMES
B. SAMPLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN FROM AUSTIN
C. SAMPLE MENU OF POLICY OPTIONS FROM AUSTIN
D. SAMPLE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM AUSTIN
E. GLOBAL PRINCIPLES FOR ZERO WASTE COMMUNITIES
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Attachment A - Resumes
Gary Liss
Gary Liss & Associates
4395 Gold Trail Way, Loomis, CA 95650-8929
916-652-7850; Fax: 916-652-0485
gary@garyliss.com; www.garyliss.com
Gary Liss has over 39 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. Gary Liss
is now President of Gary Liss & Associates (GLA) which helps clients on: Zero Waste
Plans; Procurement of Garbage and Recycling Systems; Strategic Analyses of Garbage
Rates and Solid Waste Fees; Development of Commercial Recycling Incentives and
Programs; Policy and Program Analysis & Advocacy; and Organizing Resource Recovery
Parks. Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste and has helped more communities
develop Zero Waste plans than anyone else in the U.S. He is also a technical resource
person for the Clinton Climate Initiative to assist on major urban projects.
Mr. Liss was a founder and past President of the National Recycling Coalition and was
Secretary to the California State Senate Task Force on Waste Management in 1989, which
led to the adoption of AB939 and related recycling legislation in California. He was a
founder of the California Sustainable Business Council. The California Resource Recovery
Association (CRRA) selected him as Recycler of the Year in 2005. He was recently elected
to the Town Council in his home town of Loomis, CA and is now Mayor.
Mr. Liss was also Solid Waste Program Manager for the City of San Jose. He initiated and
managed their nationally recognized model recycling programs, which resulted in their
current overall diversion rate of 70%. He also worked to stimulate competition and harness
the forces of the marketplace to achieve the City’s policy goals. Mr. Liss also saved San
Jose more than $77 million over the next 30 years through competitive awards of a $200
million 30 year Disposal Contract and a $200 million 7 year Collection Contract.
Mr. Liss taught “Economics of Solid Waste and Recycling" at San Jose State University and
the University of California at Santa Cruz, Extension Certificate Programs in Integrated
Waste Management. He has also lectured extensively at other universities and
professional association meetings and conferences. He is now a lecturer in the CRRA
Resource Management Certificate Program on “Clean Production,” “Intro to Zero Waste,”
“Zero Waste Businesses” and “Zero Waste Communities.”
EDUCATION
Masters in Public Administration, Rutgers University
Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering major), Tufts University
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Richard V. Anthony, Principal
Richard Anthony Associates
Zero Waste San Diego, Board Member
3891 Kendall Street, San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 272 2905
Ricanthony@aol.com ~ richardanthonyassociates.com
Richard V. Anthony began his career in Public Administration in 1971 as a manager of the
California State University Long Beach Recycling Center. He received a MS in Public
Administration in 1974. Mr. Anthony has worked his entire career in environmental program
management positions. He is an internationally recognized and published expert in the area
of Resource Management using the Zero Waste Systems approach. He has participated in
developing zero waste plans since 1998. In November 2009, he led an International
Dialog on Zero Waste in Puerto Princesa Philippines and in February 2009 in Naples Italy.
Richard Anthony is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of the California
Resource Recovery Association, the Grassroots Recycling Network, and the Zero Waste
International Alliance. In 2009 he participated in the development of Zero Waste Plans for
Los Angeles, Austin, Dubuque, and the Island of Hawaii. He is an Instructor in the
Californian Resource Recovery Association Certificate Program and Board Member of the
California Resource Management Training Institute.
Zero Waste Experience
• Organized and Spoke at Zero Waste Workshops and Panels for CRRA, GRRN,
NRC, ERF, GAIA, Sierra Club in the United States; and internationally in Canada,
China, Japan, Philippines, Mexico, UK, Sweden, Holland, France, Switzerland and
Italy.
• Zero Waste Plan Del Norte (feasibility study, cluster analysis, voids analysis, initial
planning documents.) Gary Liss et al 1996-8.
• Zero Waste Curriculum, San Diego Urban Corps CEO 1999
• Zero Waste Program Implementation for San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste
Authority 1998 – present.
• “Zero Waste Plan for Hong Kong Green Peace “ ILSR, Kelly Lease and Richard
Anthony 2001
• Organized Zero Waste Workshops for Swiss Academy of Science R Series
congresses in Geneva 2002, Beijing 2005, Davos 2007, and Nagoya 2009.
• International Dialog in San Francisco 2003 and Zero Waste Action Workshop in
Oakland 2004, Naples Italy 2009, and Puerto Princesa Philippines 2009.
• Founding Board Member Zero Waste International Alliance 2003
• Authored Chapter in Swiss Engineering Textbook Ludwig "Municipal Solid Waste
Management" Reduce Reuse Recycle, the Zero Waste Approach, 2003.
• Manager for the Zero Waste Communities, San Bernardino County 2002 -2005
• “Zero Waste Centre Feasibility Study” for the Waveney District of Suffolk County,
and Great Yarmouth of Norfolk County, England. 2005 to current.
• Participation in the Zero Waste Plans and Resource Analysis 2006 - current
o Palo Alto Zero Waste Plan
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o Oakland Zero Waste Plan
o Los Angeles Zero Waste Plan
o Austin, Texas Zero Waste Plan
o Central Vermont (GLA/RAA) Zero Waste implementation planning
o Carroll County Maryland (RAA/GLA/Jeff Morris) Zero Waste Analysis
o State of Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control “resource
analysis”
o San Jose Zero Waste Plan
o Island of Hawaii
o Dubuque, Iowa
Resource Management Experience
Richard Anthony is a active participant in his profession. He is a member of the Board of
Directors for the Zero Waste International Alliance www.ZWIA.org, Grassroots Recycling
Network www.grrn.org, California Resource Recovery Association www.crra.com, Keep
California Beautiful, and Chair of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Integrated Waste
Management for the County of San Diego.
Mr. Anthony has taken a special interest in Marine Debris. He has presented Captain
Moore at several International dialogs and CRRA conferences. He is a member of the
Committee against the Plague of Plastic. He was a member of the CA Costal Commission
committee on Marine Debris. He has been a lecturer on what to do with plastic in the
marine environment at the American Academy of Science meeting In Southern California in
2006 and on the same subject for the Department of Marine Science for the University of
Hawaii at Hilo. He presented on this subject at R09 in Nagoya Japan in September 2009
and in Puerto Princesa Philippines in November 2009.
Mr. Anthony helped San Bernardino County with Waste Reduction and Recycling from July
2001-04, provided Imperial County assistance in preparing their recycling plans. (1999-
2000). He was CAO of the San Diego Urban Corps a youth conservation group in 2000.
He assisted Del Norte County develop one of the first US Zero Waste Plans in 1998 and
the Del Mar Fairgrounds reduce their sewage bill by composting food discards.
Mr. Anthony has nearly 20 years of experience working inside County Public Works
Agencies as Principal Program Manager for the Fresno (79-87) and San Diego County
Public Works Department (87-98). He has implemented waste reduction and recycling
programs prescribed by the United States and the California Environmental Protection
Agencies, the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of
Conservation for private and public clients recognized by State and National peer groups as
best of the class.
Government Experience:
Manager:
County of Fresno, Public Works; Solid Waste Program Coordinator 1979-1987); State of
California, Senate Task Force for Solid Waste Management; Recycling Committee
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Chairman (1987-1989); County of San Diego, Public Works; Manager Wastewater,
Principal Solid Waste Program Manager (1987-1998).
Consultant:
Zero Waste Advisor to Cities of Los Angeles, Austin, San Jose, Santa Maria, Dubuque,
Counties of Island of Hawaii, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, San Bernardino, Del Norte,
San Diego, Central Vermont, citizens in Naples Italy and Councilman Uno Lim of Manila,
Philippines (2008- 2009).
County of San Luis Obispo’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Specialist (1998-present
County of Imperial, Waste Reduction and Recycling Consultant (1998-2000);
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Compliance, Delaware (2007),
Carroll County Maryland (2007), County of San Bernardino Waste Reduction and
Recycling Consultant (2001-2004)
Private Sector Experience:
Richard Anthony Associates, 1979-present, Principal; Urban Corps of San Diego 2000,
Chief Executive Officer; SCS Engineers; Project Scientist (1974-1979)
Honors:
Recycler of the Year; California Resource Recovery Association 2003; Best Regional
Recycling Program; National Recycling Coalition 1993; Best Recycling Program; California
Department of Conservation 1990; National Environmental Leader CRRA, National
Recycling Coalition 1987; Recycler of the Year; California Resource Recovery Association
1984.
Richard Anthony References:
City of Glendale California (April 2010 to November 2010; final plan adopted December
2011; worked for City of Glendale)
This Zero Waste Plan developed a Commercial mandatory recycling ordinance, new city
policies and an analysis of converting the old city landfill into a composting facility and
Resource Recovery Park. The project included stake holder meetings and surveys and
developed Zero Waste policies, programs and facilities. This plan was adopted a year after
project completed. Zero Waste Associates was lead on this Plan, with support from Hidden
Resources and Earth Resource Foundation.
Contact: Tom Brady (retired)
City of Glendale Public Works Department
548 W Chevy Chase Avenue
Glendale CA 91204
County of Hawaii (aka “Big Island”) Zero Waste Implementation Plan (September 2008
to February 2009; worked for the County)
This was a comprehensive process to develop a Zero Waste Implementation Plan led by
RAA over a 6-month period in 2008-2009. Conducted extensive public outreach, including
public meetings throughout the island over a two-week period, participated in meetings with
individual stakeholders, and provided input to County website. Team drafted list of New
Rules, which were presented for public review and comment at public meetings, as well as
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Commodities and Environmental Analysis, Service Opportunity Analysis, Zero Waste
Implementation Plan. The Plan was approved by the Council and State of Hawaii.
Contact: Mike Dworsky, Solid Waste Division Chief
County of Hawai’i Public Works
Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 7
Hilo, HI 96720-4224
(808) 961-8515
MDworsky@co.hawaii.hi.us
www.hawaii-county.com/directory/dir_envmng.htm
Waveney, UK Resource Recovery Park Feasibility Study (April 2005 to January 2006;
worked for Suffolk Connects, a nonprofit social enterprise)
RAA organized site visit and training program with leading Resource Recovery Park
experts from the U.S. in Waveney U.K in 2005, including: Dan Knapp, Mary Lou Van
Deventer and Mark Gorrell of Urban Ore and Eric Lombardi of Eco-Cycle, Boulder, CO.
Obtained detailed information about existing waste and recycling system and evaluated
potential sites for a RR Park. Conducted public outreach and spoke at local Zero Waste
conferences and project-related forums. Conducted waste audits for major businesses in
area to highlight opportunities to recycle more from businesses (which are not the
responsibility of local governments). Organized tour of CA reuse, recycling and composting
facilities for client and brainstormed how to develop the Resource Recovery Park in
Waveney, UK. Conducted economic analysis and evaluated feasibility of Resource
Recovery Park, and what would be included in that.
Contact: Maxine Narburgh, Managing Director
Bright Green [East of England] Ltd.
A Company Limited by Guarantee
12 Grove Road | Lowestoft | Suffolk | NR32 1EB
Tel: 01502 584061
Email: maxine.narburgh@btinternet.com
Web: http://www.eastex.org.uk/suffolk
San Luis Obispo Zero Waste Programs (Ongoing work from 1997 working for the
Authority)
RAA is a contracted Consultant to the San Luis Obispo Integrated Waste Management
Authority to develop Zero Waste Programs, including a Resource Recovery Park,
mandatory recycling ordinance, commercial bar and restaurant, take back recycling
programs and organics issues.
Contact: William Worrell, Manager
San Luis Obispo Integrated Waste Management Authority
870 Osos Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2717
(805) 782-8530
bworrell@iwma.com
www.iwma.com
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Eric Lombardi, President
Zero Waste Strategies, Inc.
5030 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO 80301
303-444-6634 x114
eric@ecocycle.org
Eric Lombardi is the President of Zero Waste Strategies, Inc. and Executive Director of
Eco-Cycle, Inc. (www.ecocycle.org). He will be working on this project as President of Zero
Waste Strategies, Inc. He is a specialist in resource recovery, social enterprise and public-
private project development. Eco-Cycle was a national pioneer in the recycling industry and
is now the largest community-based Zero Waste organization in the U.S.A. with a staff of
80 and processing of over 50,000 tons of diverse recycled materials per year (2011).
Lombardi is an authority on creating comprehensive community-based programs and is
often a keynote speaker and consultant on the social and technical aspects of creating a
“Zero Waste - Or Darn Near” society.
Lombardi is an international consultant, keynote speaker and workshop leader for
government and private sector clients across the USA, New Zealand, England, Italy,
France, Scotland, Romania, American Samoa, Wales and Saipan. His work has covered
the Waste/Climate Connection, the creation of recycling facilities, the collection and
marketing of “hard to recycle” (HTR) materials such as electronic scrap, the benefits of a
social enterprise approach, the politics of growing community recycling programs, and the
strategies for long-term recycling business survival.
Lombardi was invited to the Clinton White House in 1998 as one of the Top 100 USA
Recyclers, he co-founded and served as the Board President of the national GrassRoots
Recycling Network (www.GRRN.org), and is a co-founder of the global Zero Waste
International Alliance, based in Wales (www.ZWIA.org). He served from 1997-2004 on the
National Recycling Coalition’s (NRC) Policy Work Group, is a past Board member of the
Colorado Association for Recycling (CAFR), and was an executive Board member of the
NRC from 1991-1995. In 1992, he co-founded the U.S. National Nonprofit Recyclers
Council.
He has an advanced degree from Washington University (St. Louis) in Technology and
Human Affairs, and has been working at the interface of where society/technology/business
come together to bring beneficial change to all the stakeholders.
Eric Lombardi References:
City of Boulder
• Service provided … recycling collection, processing, materials marketing and public
education services; strategic planning; program analysis.
• Date of Service … numerous projects over the last 20 years;
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• Contact: Kara Mertz, Local Environmental Action Manager, City of Boulder, (303)
441-3153, MertzK@bouldercolorado.gov
County of Kauai, Hawaii
• Service provided … strategic planning with elected officials, government staff and
community education/facilitation/meetings;
• Date of Service … two different projects over the last five years;
• Contact: John Harder, Kauai County Waste Diversion Program Analyst,
jharder@kauai.gov, 808-241-4840
Guam Environmental Protection Agency
• Service provided … strategic visioning and presentation planning
• Date of Service … 2012, I subcontracted to LBA Associates and Matrix Design
Group
• Contacts:
1. Conchita San Nicolas Taitano, Air and Land Division Administrator,
671.475.1658/9; conchita.taitano@epa.guam.gov
2. Laurie Batchelder Adams, President, Colorado Association for Recycling and
LBA Associates, laurie@lbaassoc.com, 303-733-7943 (mobile)
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Ruth C. Abbe, Vice President
HDR Engineering
National Practice Leader, Zero Waste Planning
Ruth Abbe is an HDR vice president and senior management consultant
with more than 22 years of experience in facility and collection
procurement, contract negotiation, program planning, and financial
analysis. She is HDR’s national practice leader in Zero Waste planning
and leads the sustainability services group which focuses on Zero Waste
planning, toxics reduction, long term energy management and energy
efficiency, renewable energy, green house gas accounting, water
conservation, green building, and sustainable urban planning.
She has worked with more than 50 communities and private sector
clients to plan and develop their recycling and solid waste management
programs. She is familiar with state of the art collection and recovery
equipment and specifications, collection routing methods, and financing
plans. As a member of the City of Alameda Recycling Task Force, she
developed one of the first citywide residential single-stream collection
programs. She has assisted jurisdictions in planning and implementing
residential single-stream collection and residential and commercial
food waste collection programs, including program planning, public
outreach, technical assistance and employee training.
SOLID WASTE INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN AND
ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS
City of Lose Angeles, California
Developing a long-range strategic plan for the City of Los Angeles
Bureau of Sanitation. Conducted extensive stakeholder process to
identify the guiding principles of the plan and the policies, programs
and facilities needed to reach Zero Waste. Prepared a detailed facility
plan identifying the number and capacity of facilities that will be needed
including, resource recovery centers, material recovery facilities,
composting and anaerobic digestion facilities, mixed material
processing facilities, and alternative technologies for treating residual
waste. Currently, developing a financial plan which includes a detailed
rate model projecting the new program costs by year, diversion tons
and cost benefits analysis of implementing new programs. Assisting
the City in procuring an alternative technology facility for treating post-
source separated residual waste. Conducted stakeholder meetings,
evaluated proposals, and prepared citywide siting study.
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY PROCUREMENT
Humboldt Waste Management Authority, California
Assisting the Authority in procure a state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion facility for
processing source-separated organic materials, including commercial and industrial food
Education
B.A. Philosophy and Fine Arts, Amherst
College, 1986
Professional Affiliations
Zero Waste International Alliance,
Planning Board
Grassroots Recycling Network, Board
of Directors
Solid Waste Association of North
American, Gold Rush Chapter Board of
Directors
Californians Against Waste, Board of
Directors
Northern California Recycling
Association, Past President
HDR Tenure
22 Years
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scraps. Developed Request for Proposals and business terms, assisting the Authority in
technical evaluation of proposals and negotiations with selected vendor.
LOCAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
City of Dallas, Texas
Supported the development of the City of Dallas Local Solid Waste Management Plan.
Evaluated the City’s options for long-range policy, program and facility development. The
plan describes the policies and programs that could be implemented to achieve the City’s
goal of Zero Waste, with the interim steps of 40 percent diversion by 2020 and 60 percent
by 2030. The City will consider implementing future policy and program initiatives such as
increasing voluntary programs in the short term and future consideration of mandatory
requirements and processing residuals waste.
RESOURCE RECOVERY DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN
City of Austin, Texas
Assisted the City in developing its Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan. Evaluated City
programs, policies and facilities, private sector and other government programs,
reclaimed/recycled materials markets, options for regulating service providers, and
opportunities for regional cooperation. Prepared needs assessment, economic analysis,
funding and financial plan, and an implementation timeline as part of the Master Plan.
Conducted stakeholder outreach and public workshops. Supported the City in the
development of the final Master Plan, which was adopted by the City Council in December
2011.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Supported the development of the Mecklenburg County for the triennial solid waste
management plan update for the ten-year solid waste management plan (2012-2022). The
project included extensive public outreach and stakeholder input, assessment of current
conditions, development of potential strategies, development of waste reduction goals, and
recommendations for reaching the waste reduction goals. The SWMP was completed and
approved by the County commission as well as all seven municipal jurisdictions in the
County, and has been submitted to the State of North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources.
LONG RANGE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY PLAN
County of Santa Cruz, California
Project Manager. Conducted a stakeholder outreach process to engage public support for
new “zero waste transfer station”. Facilitated public meetings in each supervisorial district.
Developed a long range plan for the development of resource recovery facilities for the
County including: organics composting facility, construction and demolition facility,
materials recovery facility and transfer station, and potential alternative technology for
residual waste reduction. The County’s Buena Vista Landfill is scheduled to close by 2015
and the County must maximize diversion of materials and identify long-term capacity for
residual wastes. Tasks included: facility conceptual design, siting analysis, public meetings,
and implementation plan.
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75 PERCENT DIVERSION PLAN AND ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS
Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority, California
Project Manager. Conducted a series of public workshops with the Authority Board to
identify the policies, programs and facilities to reach the Authority’s goal of 75 percent
diversion and 50 years of facility capacity. Currently developing a 75 percent diversion plan
for the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority which will identify the programs and facilities
needed to reach the Authority’s goal of 75 percent diversion by 2015. Also conducting an
alternatives analysis to identify 50 years of disposal capacity for the Authority through
maximizing diversion, utilizing remaining capacity at existing Authority landfills, identifying
alternative landfills outside of the Authority, developing alternative technologies to reduce
the volume of residual wastes, and, potentially, developing new landfill capacity within the
Authority region.
ZERO WASTE OPERATIONAL PLAN
City of Palo Alto, California
Conducted public meetings with zero waste task force, city council committees, and full city
council. Developed a detailed operational plan identifying the policies, programs and
facilities that the City will need to reach 73 percent diversion by 2011 and 90 percent
diversion by 2022. Tasks included: waste characterization analysis, program and facility
descriptions, regional facility capacity analysis, economic analysis, and implementation
plan.
WASTE CHARACTERIZATOIN ANALYSIS
Cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale, California
Evaluated findings from the waste characterization study to identify the policies, programs
and facilities that could be implemented to achieve Zero Waste. Estimated diversion
potential by generator and material type.
ZERO WASTE PLANNING AND TOXICS USE REDUCTION
City and County of San Francisco, California
Providing ongoing technical assistance to San Francisco in the design and implementation
of the City’s Zero Waste programs: assisted City departments with modeling Zero Waste
behavior through implementation of recycling and organics programs; evaluated strategies
for mandatory recycling and product and packaging reduction (fees and bans); conducted
the City’s annual litter audit; compiling the City’s annual diversion and disposal estimates;
calculating the City’s potential greenhouse gas emissions reductions through its Zero
Waste initiatives; evaluating the City’s street sweepings for diversion from disposal; and
supporting the City in conducting its rate review process. Assisting the City with its toxic use
reduction program.
ZERO WASTE STRATEGIC PLAN
City of San Jose, California
Drafted the City’s zero waste strategic plan. Assisted in the development of the organics
processing implementation plan. Developed public outreach materials. Currently assisting
the City in procuring organics processing facilities.
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FOOD WASTE PROGRAM ANALYSIS
City of San Jose, California
Evaluated the City’s food waste diversion program. Conducted waste generator audits,
visual sorts at compost facilities, and interviews with program managers and generators.
Developed recommendations to increase diversion while retaining program revenues.
STOPWASTE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
StopWaste.Org, Alameda County, California
Supported the StopWaste Partnership to provide solid waste diversion and waste
prevention technical assistance to large- and medium-sized businesses and public
agencies in Alameda County. The StopWaste Partnership has more than 60 active clients,
with the goal of diverting 7,500 tons per year through the development of ongoing
relationships that begin with on-site assessments, development, and implementation of
recommendations, and continue with monitoring and reporting of diversion. Provided
organics technical assistance to large generators of organic materials.
ZERO WASTE FRANCHISING
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 9
For several years, Zero Waste practitioners have recognized that standard approaches to
procuring collection and processing services are inadequate for communities seeking to
achieve Zero Waste. Most contracts, franchise agreements, and rate structures fail to
sufficiently incentivize service providers and generators to reduce waste and increase
recycling and composting. In fact, some contract payment and rate structures actually
encourage and subsidize wasting. This project seeks to identify models for Zero Waste
system design and develop tools for implementing these systems. The project builds on the
work of the Zero Waste Brain Trust, which was formed in 2010 to collect and cultivate
game-changing concepts, and identify key strategies and incentives that will benefit all
stakeholders working towards Zero Waste. For this project, HDR will identify existing “best
practices” and results where known (changes in waste reduction or recycling rates, costs)
and identify cutting-edge, untested, visionary ideas. We will synthesize information obtained
during project to create a decision tree guide with Zero Waste system information that will
be presented as an online eGuide on the U.S. EPA Region 9 website.
PERMIT/FRANCHISE PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION
DEBRIS DIVERSION
County of Fresno, California
Assisted the County in procuring new collection services for the unincorporated areas. Our
services included identifying the most appropriate mechanisms for regulated solid waste
collection including exclusive or non-exclusive franchises, permit areas, and permit
requirements; developing the RFP and franchise agreements or permit requirements;
assisting the County in reviewing the proposals and negotiating the agreements; and
assisting the County in developing programs to increase the diversion of construction and
demolition debris. Options include banning construction and demolition debris at County
landfill, requiring generators to recycle, requiring haulers to recycle, and developing new
construction and demolition debris processing capacity.
PRESENTATIONS
“Zero Waste Contracting – The Labor Contract Component.” Presentation to the
California Resource Recovery Association 36th Annual Conference, August 2012.
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“Long Term Solid Waste Master Planning Case Studies.” Presentation to Federation of
New York Solid Waste Associations Annual Solid Waste & Recycling Conference, May
2011.
“Different Approaches to Creating a Zero Waste Plan.” Presentation to the Solid Waste
Association of North America Annual “Thinking Outside the Blue Box” Conference,
February 2011.
“How to Avoid ‘DAD’ or ‘SCID’ Stakeholder-Driven Planning and Decision-Making.”
Presentation to the Solid Waste Association of North America Annual WASTECON
Conference, August 2010.
“Grassroots Support to Climate Action and Zero Waste.” Presentation to the California
Resource Recovery Association 34th Annual Conference, August 2010.
“Zero Waste Community Plans.” Presentation to the Grassroots Recycling Network
Recycling and Zero Waste Conference, October 2009.
“Zero Waste Community Approaches to Organics Diversion.” Presentation to the
California Resource Recovery Association 33rd Annual Conference, August 2009.
“Climate Change and Solid Waste Management.” Presentation to the Environmental
Industry Association Women’s Council, November 2008.
“Municipal Approaches to Packaging Reduction.” Presentation to Toronto’s Packaging
Waste Reduction Forum, September 2008.
Ruth Abbe References
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2011-2012)
Laurette Hall, Environmental Manager
Mecklenburg County Solid Waste
700 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 336-8393
Laurette.Hall@MecklenburgCountyNC.Gov
City of Austin, Texas (2010-2011)
Bob Gedert, Director
Austin Resource Recovery (formerly Solid Waste Services)
1520 Rutherford Lane
Austin, TX 78754
(512) 974-1926
bob.gedert@austintexas.gov
City and County of San Francisco, California (2002-Present)
Robert Haley, Zero Waste Program Manager
Department of the Environment
11 Grove Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 355-3752
Robert.Haley@sfgov.org
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ars, Restaurants, grocers, food distributors, nurseries)
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amples of the Planning Matrix used to Organize Public Meetings and Stakeholder Meetings on
onthly Trips to Austin during Zero Waste Plan process are attached.
Attachment B - Sample Public Participation Strategy
From Appendix A, Austin Zero Waste Plan, “List of Zero Waste Plan Meetings”
January 2008
♦ Solid Waste Services Department (SWS) Staff
♦ Orientation Tour of Facilities (Balcones Recycling, Hornsby Bend Dillo Dirt Composting Program,
TRIAD Building Maintenance, Goodwill Industries, Center of Maximum Potential, Habitat for
Humanity, BFI Recycling, Ecology Action, Texas Disposal System)
♦ Austin Solid Waste Advisory Commission
February 2008
♦ Public Meeting
♦ Green Business (open to the public)
♦ City Staff
♦ Service Providers
♦ Austin Long Range Solid Waste Planning Task Force (invite Cap COG reps.)
♦ Austin Energy Green Building
♦ Texas Campaign for the Environment
March 2008
♦ City Council Candidates and City Council Aides (scheduled, but rained out)
♦ Public Meeting (scheduled, but rained out); Zero Waste Challenge issued
♦ Green Business Public meeting
♦ Organics Focus Group (Hotels, B
♦ Green Buildings + Construction and Demolition debris Focus Group - Architects, Contra
Developers, Austin Energy
Thrift shops and Reuse - Serv
♦ Austin Long Range Solid Waste Planning Task Force
♦ Elected officials and Business Leaders at Barr Mansion
♦ City Economic Development and Small Business Develo
♦ Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) SWAC
♦ Recycling and Composting Service Providers
A p il 2008
♦ SWS staf
♦ Citywide De
♦ City Council Aides
♦ Austin Long Range S olid Waste Planning Task
♦ Austin Small Business Development Program
♦ State Staff (TXDOT)
♦ Travis County (Comm. Gomez, Eckhardt, aides
♦ Austin Independent School District
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PROPOSED AUSTIN ZERO WASTE PLAN FEBRUARY MEETINGS (Draft 6, 1-28-08)
Date/Time Tuesday
Feb. 12
6:30-7 Pre-meeting;
7-9 pm Meeting
Wed.
Feb. 13
8:30-10 am + tour
Wed.
Feb. 13
11:30-
12:30
Wed.
Feb. 13
1-4 pm
Wed.
Feb. 13
5-6:15 pm
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PROPOSED AUSTIN ZERO WASTE PLAN MARCH MEETINGS (Draft 5, 3-10-08)
Date/Time
Tuesday
Mar. 18
3:30-4:15
pm
Tuesday
Mar. 18
4:30-5:30
pm
Tuesday
Mar. 18
7-9 pm
Wed.
Mar. 19
8:30-10 am
Wed.
Mar. 19
10:30-12
noon
Wed.
Mar.
19
12:30 –
2:30
Wed.
Mar. 19
3-4:45 pm
Wed.
Mar. 19
5:30-
6:30 pm
Wed.
Mar. 19
7-9 pm
Thurs.
Mar. 20
9-10:30 am
Thurs.
Mar. 20
11 am -
noon
Thurs.
3/20-
Noon-
1:30
Thurs.
Mar. 20
2-4 pm
Audience
City
Council
Candidates
City
Council
Aides
Public
Green Biz –
Organics
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PROPOSED AUSTIN ZERO WASTE PLAN APRIL MEETINGS (Draft 7, 4-14-08)
Date/Time
9-noon pm
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1:30 - 3:30
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8;30 - 9:30
Wed.
Apr. 16
10;30 am-
Wed.
Apr. 16
1:30-3:30
Wed.
Apr. 1
7- 8:30 pm
Thurs.
Apr. 17
8:30 - 9:30
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Attachment C – Austin Menu Of Policy Options
Austin Zero Waste Strategic Plan Appendix B
Public Recommended Policy & Program Options
A
UPSTREAM PROGRAM & POLICY OPTIONS
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Req sses and in k designated products i old in
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the area and join with other local governments in the region to do the same.
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DOWNSTREAM PROGRAM & POLICY OPTIONS
Goal : Lead by example. Reduce/recycle City of Austin agency waste.
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives
Evaluate employee education and outreach programs to increase participation in recycling and
reduction efforts.
communicate
encourage other
ecycling services, and
s. Once composting program is in
Evaluate employee incentives to encourage recycling.
Department Challenges similar to the Combined Charities Event Challenges
Offer recognition to the departments that recycle the most material.
Utilize inter-office website, e eetings, and magazines to
information
Establish “green teams” in each department or office building to
mails, m
employees to recycle, continually evaluate reduction efforts and r
recommend improvements to the City’s departmental programs.
Educate employees to distinguish between recycling system
place, use colors and graphics to support the message that one color (blue) is for recyclables and
another color (green) is for compostables.
New Rules and Zero
s, require that all materials be reused,
recy
Review ices and develop specifications with “green” in mind. This
coul of computers with minimal packaging,
purc
Adopt P
equire city facilities and public projects to use the mulch and compost made from the City’s
cycled materials in sub-base (e.g., recycled concrete aggregate), road
ixes (e.g., crumb rubber) and surface treatments (e.g., glass traffic beads) in all public projects
equire buildings leased to house City departments and services to provide space for recycling
nergy stop including landfill gas as a green energy source in its “Green
Advocacy
Require all public venues and special events, starting with large events, to implement a
Waste program.
For City solid waste contracts of their own facilitie
cled, or composted, and only inerts be buried in landfill
current purchasing pract
d include requiring reduced packaging, delivery
hasing office supplies with a certain amount of post-consumer recycled content, etc.
recautionary Principle for City purchases and Zero Waste purchasing goals.
R
composting program towards landscaping local roads, public venues, and public property.
Require the use of other re
m
in Austin and surrounding areas. Include C&D derived aggregate material as part of City Public
Works Master specification. Work with TxDOT engineers to develop specifications.
R
and/or offer recycling services.
Austin E
Choice” program. The recovery of gases should be required for environmental
reasons, and not provided incentives. Any incentives given to landfills make
Zero Waste less economic.
New City
Programs
Provi ce buildings and
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fac
er food is
ilities.
Once organic composting program is fully functional, include organics bins wherev
served in public locations.
Goal: Reduce waste from single family homes.
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives
Evaluate rate structure for incentives. Once single stream recycling program is
closer-to-linear Pay-As-You-Throw rates to provide greater incentive
comprehensive organics program is implemented, that includes food
rates for less frequent
garbage collection service.
implemented:
Adopt
for residents to reduce wastes.
o Once
scraps and food soiled paper, adopt a linear pay-as-you-throw rate structure,8
and
o Develop a pilot program to evaluate how to offer lower
New Rules and
Advocacy
Adopt policy that no compostable organics should go to landfill.
Once single stream recycling program and “all” organics programs are implemented,
establish rules to keep “wet” garbage separate from “dry” materials.
New City Program
lables and compostables from the
public.
Partner with nonprofit organizations, thrift shops, home stores, supermarkets and
throughout
the City to receive 5 clusters of all 12 market categories of materials.
Partner with local non-profit organizations and thrift stores to achieve most cost
Start with pilot program to determine how best to roll-out citywide.
Help fund development of new processing facilities for local reuse nonprofit organizations.
s Develop one or more Green Districts and/or Resource Recovery Parks in Austin (or nearby)
to accept all 12 market categories of reusables, recyc
9
Provide locations for reuse, recycling and composting businesses to process
materials, manufacture products and sell products to the public.
Encourage similar development in CAPCOG region.
shopping malls to establish drop-off recycling centers and swap shops
10
Require reuse, recycle or composting of all bulky items collected by City.
effectively.
Once single stream recycling program is performing successfully, add food scraps and food-
soiled paper to residential organics collection program.
Tour other communities that offer such services first to help design pilot.
Consider designating part of Green District processing facility for this activity.
8 For example: offe r 32-gallon-cart option for garbage from Austin residents at 50% of the cost of a 64-gallon-cart opt ion
and provide cost alternatives for low-income large families.
9 Such as City’s Gr 2
market categori to include a major baler at the Green District to help in marketing the single-
stream materials to be processed there.
10 Set up at least on
Compostables, Concrete and Dem
paint). In California, the state requires supermarkets to establish convenient recycling centers in their parking lots (or
ed recyclable materials.
een District proposal, with addition of reuse and composting activities, or at least collection of all 1
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DOWNSTREAM PROGRAM & POLICY OPTIONS (continued)
Goal: Reduc e waste from comm ercial, multi-family, and institutional entities.
Voluntary, Develop programs on on-going basis educate residents, businesses and visitors about the
uction Association to work with City
p Master Recycler education of local residents who can act as advocates in
Use
jor com
and utions with sufficient space.
techniques to contract for
n those areas
Education, and
Incentives
new rules and changes over time.
Reinvigorate the Greater Austin Waste Red
to
staff on outreach and education with businesses.
Develo
the community.
Train university students to help on outreach to local businesses to implement
City’s Recycling Ordinance like Fresno.11
MySpace, YouTube, texting and celebrities to talk about Zero Waste. Develop
ma munity based social marketing campaign to support Zero Waste.
Explore other ways to encourage and support on-site composting at homes, schools
colleges, businesses and instit
Ask major businesses in Austin area to use Resource Management
solid waste services that require that all materials be reused, recycled or composted, and
only inerts buried in landfill to reduce business’ liabilities.12
Ask Businesses to adopt and implement Zero Waste goals.
Help promote reuse businesses throughout City.
Develop and continually update a Reuse Guide to be distributed to all thrift stores,
available on the City’s website, and utilize other innovative approaches.
Designate “Reuse Zones” to encourage expansion of reuse stores i
(e.g., South Congress and Burnet Streets are naturally doing this).
New Rules and
Advocacy
Upd
Recyclin
cycle a
servi
iverted and incineration.13 Set hauler/landfill fees to provide more economic
aste diversion
targ vice (size
nd
food scraps
and food-soiled paper from businesses and institutions.
Help market using urban organics to farmers to restore the health of soils and reduce use of
fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation water. Work with local and state permitting agencies to
make it easier for farmers to use such resources.
ate, educate, expand and effectively implement Commercial and Multi-Family
g Ordinance to require ALL multi-family dwellings, businesses and institutions to
re nd compost.
Develop a regulatory system for commercial waste hauling that specifies types of recycling
ces, reporting requirements and fee payments that vary with the amount of waste
dlandfill from
incentives for recycling, and to generate funds for new Zero Waste programs.
Agree upon and require all permitted waste haulers and recyclers to achieve w
ets. Require that all permitted haulers provide equal amount of container ser
a frequency of collection) for recycling as provided for garbage service.
Once food scrap composting program services are available, develop pilot programs by the
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DOWNSTREAM PROGRAM & POLICY OPTIONS (continued)
Goal: Reduce waste from commercial, multi-family, and institutional entities.
New City Programs
ily diversion activities to confirm that they are reaching
agre
Dev
Dev
of all 12 ith nonprofit organizations, thrift shops,
hom
Help
designat
Develop and fund programs that can evaluate and approve waste management plans and
monitor commercial and multi-fam
ed upon goals.
elop and fund recognition programs to promote businesses that achieve diversion goals.
elop drop-off recycling centers and swap shops throughout the City to receive 5 clusters
market categories of materials, partnering w
e stores, supermarkets and shopping malls.14
develop new processing facilities for local reuse nonprofit organizations (e.g., by
ing part of processing facility in Green District to be used partly for this activity).
14 Set up at least one center in each “waste shed” of City to conveniently take from the public Reusables, Recyclables,
Compostables, Construction & Demolition Materials, and recyclable Household Hazardous Wastes (e.g., batteries, oil
and paint). In California, the state requires supermarkets to establish co
(or within 2 miles of the store) to receive designated r
nvenient recycling centers in their parking lots
ecyclable materials.
Goal: Reduce waste from development projects.
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives
or projects that appropriately document that they reused, recycled or
on/demolition materials,
ed on the percentage of diversion.
F
composted a certain percentage of their constructi
return a portion of their fees/deposits bas
New Rules and
Advocacy
Req
compost
audi
eir weight, to
uire all contractors and developers to certify to the City that they reuse, recycle or
at least 50% of materials from C&D projects and to maintain weight slips as an
t trail to document those activities
Require waste management plans from businesses and service providers, and deposits for all
construction/demolition projects.
Work with Austin Energy Green Building Program to revise recycling goals to be based on
% diverted from facilities certified by Austin Energy another City department.
Work with Austin Energy Green Building Program to revise its reuse goals to value the
rth ecovered products by the price for which they are sold, or some multiple of
reflect the higher value of reuse.
New City Programs
evelop and fund programs that recognize the success of development projects that
Develop, fund, and staff programs that approve waste management plans and monitor data
from construction projects to verify that debris has been recycled or composted.
D
consistently achieve agreed upon diversion goals.
DOWNSTREAM PROGRAM & POLICY OPTIONS (continued)
Goal: Develop and invest in Zero Waste infrastructure
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives n and expansion of local, regional and state landfill fees, hauling fees,
15
Include Zero Waste infrastructure needs, such as Resource Recovery Parks and Green
Districts, as part of local climate action plans.
Scontinuatio upport
and bond issues to fund low-interest loans and/or grants, contracts and/or staffing
( comparable to other large cities) to local governments, private businesses, and nonprofit
organizations to develop needed programs and infrastructure.
New Rules and
Advocacy
i ions to be compatible with
Modify Zoning Code to facilitate the development and expansion of Zero Waste
infrastructure in appropriate zones. This will need to be done very carefully and require
h igh standards for design, signage, landscap ng and operat
neighborhoods. Consider Berkeley, CA Recycling Zone as a model of land use overlay
New City Programs
Perform a complete evaluation of current infrastructure and identify infrastructure needed to
s.
Form partnerships with the private sector and nonprofit organizations for Zero Waste
infrastructure development such as composting programs, Resource Recovery parks, etc.
implement Zero Waste strategies
Work with job training programs to support reuse, recycling and composting program
Goal: Enlist region to support Austin Zero Waste efforts
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives
Work with school districts to integrate Zero Waste into curriculum and implement
Waste systems for all schools and administrative offices.
Ask regional agencies and TXDOT
Zero
regional offices to include in their contractor
s pecifications the use of mulch and compost made from urban organics to landscape
freeways, and the use of other recycled materials in sub-base (e.g., C&D debris), road mixes
(e.g., crumb rubber) and surface treatments (e.g., glass traffic beads).16
Ask CAPCOG and all counties that currently use landfills in Travis and Williamson
Counties to adopt Zero Waste as a goal and to work to implement that goal.
Investigate alternatives for regional and state cooperation to support and implement the
above policies in jurisdictions outside the City of Austin and support needed State legislative
initiatives.
New Rules and
Advocacy
Require landfill operators to confirm with drivers the source of wastes delivered, and to
report that information to TCEQ and/or CAPCOG so that better planning can be done in
future.
Ask State to require all landfills in area to develop a Resource Recovery Park to accept all
12 market categories of reusables, recyclables and compostables from the public.
For NE Travis County landfills, require the development of a single Resource Recovery
Park at their landfills or nearby. Fund initiatives with landfill surcharges.
New City Programs
15
Particularly include as eligible costs the startup of new takeback programs by industry sectors that agree to levy an industry-wide fee
keep such programs going after grant is over.
ee:
to
16
S http://www.txdot.gov/services/general_services/recycling/performance.htm
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GREEN BUSINESS, GREEN BUILDING, AND GREEN JOBS
Goal : Retain and Expand Green Businesses and Green Collar Jobs
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives
Prov
Bus
Enc
wast
purc
shar
Ask
Prin
p
for A
Enc
Green col ification courses, Green product/process R&D, Green
cont the
curriculum and provide recycling and other services to nearby communities, like the partnership
s.
ide preferences in Austin procurement, funding and permitting for certified Green
inesses in Austin.
ourage businesses to purchase Zero Waste products and services: return to vendor any
eful packaging; reduce packaging and buy in larger units; use reusable shipping containers;
hase reused, recycled and compost products; buy remanufactured equipment; lease, rent and
e equipment; buy durables, using life-cycle cost analyses; and b uy less toxic products.
businesses to adopt Zero Waste goals and plans that follow Zero Waste Business
ciples.17
Ex and “go to head of line” for permits and financing help for Zero Waste businesses (not just
ffordable Housing projects as currently set up).
ourage Austin Community College to offer Management/Development of Green Business,
lar” job training and cert
inuing education courses for the general public, on-campus “Green centers” to support
with the high tech industry and Chamber of Commerce in the 1990
New Rules a
Advocacy
nd Ado
pt Precautionary Principle for all City of Austin purchases
New City
Programs
Req
Purchase reused, recycled and compost products;
Buy durables, using life-cycle cost analyses; and
Support research and development into new products and business opportunities from discarded
mat
Support “think pads” at proposed Green District to stay on the cutting edge of Zero Waste
prac
Prov re out of
fund
haul
Set aside portion of Workforce Developm funds for green job training and wages.
uire City to purchase Zero Waste products and services, including contract services:
Return to vendor any wasteful packaging;
Reduce packaging and buy in larger units;
Use reusable shipping containers;
Buy remanufactured equipment;
Lease, rent and share equipment;
Buy less toxic products.
erials at Green District.
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GREEN BUSINESSES, GREEN BUILDINGS, AND GREEN JOBS (continued)
Goal : Encourage Green Building Construction Standards
Voluntary,
Education, and
Incentives
Encourage residents and businesses to restore functional buildings, rather than demolish them.
Encourage businesses to include Green Buildings in their specifications for
evy mitigation fees on high impact facilities to mitigate impacts of operation and to compensate
ncourage on-site crushing of recycled materials in Green Building projects with best available
xpand “go to head of line” for permits and financing help for Zero Waste businesses (not just
rental spaces. Help promote residential developments that are certified as green
buildings.
L
those most impacted by needed facilities.
E
control technology especially over sensitive karst limestone geology.
E
for Affordable Housing projects as currently set up).
New Rules and
Advocacy
and Zero Waste projects.
rmits are being finalized, so that
aximum deconstruction can be arranged.
Req &D reuse and recycling requirements as
cond
Wo
and best use of products in buildings and decorative
aterials recovered (not by weight);
ize higher lifecycle benefits by
f reused products.
Evaluate adding Zero Waste as “bonus point.”
reen Building Program to base Green Building “status” on recycling
oals achieved through % diverted from facilities, not by weights from each project.
all new construction that adequate space is provided for recycling, composting and
ash containers, comparable to MRP1 in LEED – and add provision for organics/compostables.
Expand Austin’s use of required Green Building standards for all major projects in the City, not
just in special development areas.
Get check-off box on permit renewal requirements for Green Building
Require advertising of upcoming demolition projects while pe
m
uire general contractor and subs training on C
ition of permits.
rk with Austin Energy Green Building Program to:
Base success on reuse of highest
architectural features and by value of m
Evaluate adding another “innovative point” to real
recovering higher value o
Work with Austin Energy G
g
Require in
tr
Once infrastructure and markets are established for C&D materials, prohibit landfilling C& D
debris.
New City
Programs
valuate how Solid Waste Services staff, AE staff, AWU staff, and WPDRD permitting staff can
ings that
meet BOTH green building requirements and Zero Waste goals.
E
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Attachment D – Austin Letters of Support
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Attachment E - Global Principles
For Zero Waste Communitiesi
This document outlines the principles and some of the practical steps being taken around the
world in both large urban communities and small rural communities in the pursuit of Zero
Waste. Zero Waste programs are the fastest and most cost effective ways that local
governments can contribute to reducing climate change, protect health, create green jobs,
and promote local sustainability.
There are three overarching goals needed for sustainable resource management.
1) Producer responsibility at the front end of the problem: industrial production and
design.
2) Community responsibility at the back end of the problem: consumption, discard use
and disposal.
3) Political responsibility to bring both community and industrial responsibility together in
a harmonious whole.
Zero Waste is a critical stepping-stone to other necessary steps in the efforts to protect
health, improve equity and reach sustainability. Zero Waste can be linked to sustainable
agriculture, architecture, energy, industrial, economic and community development. Every
single person in the world makes waste and as such is part of a non-sustainable society.
However, with good political leadership, everyone could be engaged in the necessary shift
towards a sustainable society.
Good political leadership in this matter involves treating citizens as key allies to protect human
health and the environment and in making the transition to a sustainable future. Governments
need to “govern” rather than attempt to “manage” this change to sustainable resource
conservation practices. This includes a significant investment in public outreach and
education so that citizens can help communities make the most informed choices.
The ZWIA definition of Zero Waste.
The only peer-reviewed internationally accepted definition of Zero Waste is that adopted by
the Zero Waste International Alliance:
“Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in
changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all
discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Zero Waste
means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and
eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all
resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all
discharges to land, water or air that are a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant
health.”ii
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Zero Waste involves t end of resource
management. “If a p finished, resold,
recycled or composted ved from
roduction.”iii
moving from the back end of waste disposal to the fron
ro duct can't be reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbish ed, re
, then it should be restricted, redesigned, or remo
p
Principles and Practical steps towards Zero Waste.
We encourage ALL communities to:
1. Adopt the Zero Waste definition of the Zero Waste International Alliance:
“Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in
ll
discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Zero Waste
eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all
discharges to land, water or air that are a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant
health.”18
ed as a goal diverting at least 90% of waste generated from
.
experts.”
d in the movement towards Zero Waste and
lay. Citizens or communities need to take the
tion, takeback, reuse, recycling and composting
r
ind
work
entire l
and s rs
and r
comm
imple
changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where a
means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and
resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all
2. Establish benchmarks and a timeline to meet goals for measuring success and
monitoring accomplishments. Communities should aim to make significant strides within five
years and to invest local resources and leadership in achieving tangible and visible
accomplishments that demonstrate to the public this new direction as quickly as possible.
S ome communities have adopt
landfills and incinerators within 10-15 years of adoption of a plan. Others have adopted longer
timelines such as the goal in the Urban Environmental Accords of achieving Zero Waste by
2040.19 A key part of the planning process is establishing what is a reasonable goal for your
community while recognizing the urgency of moving quickly to address climate change
3. Engage the whole community. It is important not to leave Zero Waste to “waste
Many different skills need to be deploye
s ustainability. Everyone has a role to p
leadership role in organizing meetings to engage all sectors of the community. All
organizations (nongovernmental organizations, grassroots movements, business and
g overnmental) that provide waste reduc
se vices should be involved in order to achieve Zero Waste. All of these groups and
ividuals should be challenged to pursue Zero Waste at home, at school, at university, at
and at play, while their communities develop longer term policies and programs for the
community. Existing service providers should be asked to adopt Zero Waste as a goa
eize the opportunities to reduce waste, provide takeback services to local manufacture
etailers, and to help communities and businesses get to Zero Waste. The
unication with all sectors of the community should be permanent, in all planning and
mentation phases of the Zero Waste plan.
18 See http://www.zwia.org/standards.html
19 See http://sfenvironment.org/our_policies/overview.html?ssi=15
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all
and water including pre-processing all residues at landfills before burial to
stabilize the organic fraction and prevent methane generation and the use of Residual
ever, facilities such as these should
not be used to pre-process discarded materials before going to incinerators or any thermal
warms the
tmosphere 23-72 times more quickly than carbon dioxide ) as well as groundwater
con
bio
wa
turn sed
of s of
pea ed
ene
ore energy can be saved, and global warming impacts decreased, by reducing waste,
g
o
, and
ut
d
4. Demand decision makers manage resources not waste. Existing incinerators must be
closed down and no new ones built. Landfill practices must be reformed to prevent
pollution of air
Separation and Research Facilities (see #8 below). How
treatment technologies.
Landfills are a major source of greenhouse gases (particularly methane, which
a iv
tamination. Incinerators and other burning and thermal treatment technologies such as
mass burners, gasification, pyrolysis, plasma arc, cement kilns and power plants using
ste as fuel, are a direct and indirect source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and
resources that should be reduced or recovered into toxic ashes that need to be dispo
afely. Neither landfills nor incinerators are an appropriate response to the challenge
k oil, which will make any new incinerator impractical within its lifetime, as embedd
rgy and oil within products will become too costly to replace.
M
reusing products, recycling and composting than can be produced from burnin
discards or recovering landfill gases. Communities should fight any effort to introduce new
incinerators, in any guise, and replace existing landfills and incinerators, with Zero Waste
policies and programs, including EPR, resource recovery parks, reuse, recycling and
composting facilities.
5. Use economic stimulus funds and fees levied on tons of waste hauled or landfilled to
fund programs to educate and train Resource Managers to use a Zero Waste approach, to
develop programs for handling community discards, and to create green jobs and to enforce
e nvironmental rules.
6. Educate residents, businesses and visitors. Zero Waste is a strategy not a technology.
As such, it aims for better organization, better education and better industrial design. T
achieve the cultural change needed to get to Zero Waste, communities must establish
programs to educate and train residents, school children, college students, businesses
visitors about new rules and programs.
7. Perform Zero Waste Assessments. Communities should conduct a waste audit to find o
the amount and type of waste being produced in their community. Data can be collected
locally or obtained from comparable communities if funding is not available. These audits
should be used as a baseline to identify recovery and employment opportunities, cost savings
and measure the success of the reduction and recovery program. Evaluate what additional
source reduction, takeback, reuse, recycling and composting programs and facilities are
needed to make those services more convenient to users than mixed material collection an
disposal services.
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Build Residual Separation and Research Facilities. In the interim phase, residuals
ilities
use,
,
r bad industrial design or bad purchasing habits, both which have to
e changed through a dedicated research and educational effort.
s can
d
ries
l EPR policies and
rograms for brand-owners and producers. As much as possible, discard management costs
gives
set up
iently receive those products at no cost from the public. All products
d packaging taken back need to be properly reused, recycled or composted. EPR policies
al
no
ized
.
also inadequately addressed leachate, methane
neration and perpetual long-term care, which is an indirect subsidy for wasting. Community
y
; reduce packaging and buy in larger units; use reusable shipping
ntainers; purchase reused, recycled and compost products; buy remanufactured
8.
should be sent to Residual Separation and Research Facilities before the remaining inerts are
allowed to be buried in a landfill designed to have no air or water emissions. These fac
should act as a way of linking community responsibility to industrial responsibility. If the
community can’t reuse it, recycle it or compost it, industry should take it back itself for re
recycling or composting, or design it out of use. Costly incinerators attempt to make these
residuals “disappear.” In a Zero Waste program, the residuals need to be made very visible
since they represent eithe
b
9. Develop New Rules and Incentives to move towards Zero Waste - Communitie
significantly change what is “economic” in the local marketplace with new policies, new rules
and new incentives. Communities should restructure contracts and policies to make the
avoided costs of collection and disposal a key engine for moving towards Zero Waste.
10. Enact Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Rules. Communities need to help an
encourage local businesses to take back products and packaging at their stores and facto
from consumers. They should also advocate for state and nationa
p
for products and packaging that are difficult to reuse, recycle or compost in most local
programs should be shifted from local government to the producers of the product. This
producers the financial incentive to redesign products to make them less toxic and easier to
reuse and recycle. Products and packages that cannot be reused, recycled or composted
locally or are toxic should be required to be taken back at the point of sale or facilities
by producers to conven
an
should not allow producers to export harm to countries with lower environmental standards.
EPR policies should foster collaborative programs to be developed with support of small, loc
businesses and nonprofits, and not just rely on a single entity for reuse, recycling and
composting.
11. Remove government subsidies for wasting - Governments, particularly in the US,
have adopted many tax incentives to encourage mining and timber harvesting, which are
longer needed and subsidize the wasting of resources. Governments have also subsid
incinerators under the guise of “Energy from Waste” when in fact such facilities waste energy
Government regulations of landfills have
ge
adopted garbage rate structures have also made it cheaper to waste than recycle, rather than
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);
ed
• Support Reuse Businesses, NGOs and citizens groups – Identify, help expand and
s
ns
Get Compostable Organics out of Landfills and back to the soil (including garden
support
st
ruction, Demolition, Landclearing and Remodeling (C&D) - Adopt
ero
equipment; lease, rent and share equipment; buy durables (using life-cycle cost analyses
and encourage businesses and institutions to follow these practices as well.vi
13. Expand Zero Waste Infrastructure
• Zero Waste Infrastructure - Local governments and stakeholders should be involv
in developing locations for reuse, recycling and composting businesses to collect and
process materials, manufacture products, and sell products to the public, including
Resource Recovery Parks.
help promote reuse businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and citizen
groups. Focus on the value of reusables, not just the tonnage of products in that
stream. Establish efficient repair and reuse programs to retain the form and functio
of products. Help reuse products for their original intended use as a priority.
•
clippings, food scraps, food-soiled paper and clean wood waste) – Organic materials
produce methane and other landfill gasses. Communities should adopt policies and
programs to achieve this goal by 2012.vii Encourage Planning Departments to
farming over subdivisions and consider composting a crop. Where possible small local
composting operations should be preferred to large centralized facilities. Compo
should be used locally to grow food and restore the soils to enhance food security,
local self-reliance and sustainability. By sequestering carbon in soils and decreasing
use of irrigation, pesticides and fertilizers, composting further helps to reduce the
emission of global warming gases.
• Support Zero Waste practices at businesses and institutions - Communities
should require all businesses and institutions to subscribe to Zero Waste services,
require that recycling and separate hauling services are provided universally to all of
them, and require that discarded materials are source separated to retain the highest
and best use of those materials.
• Const
deconstruction, reuse and recycling policies citywide (including requiring all contractors
to submit plans and deposits to meet community targets), and implement programs
and facilities needed to achieve Zero Waste. Work with Green Building programs to
prioritize deconstruction and reuse, and to require all new buildings to provide space
for recycling containers.
• Locally owned and operated local enterprises. Wherever possible communities
should support locally owned and operated community enterprises, to manage and use
local discards sustainably and create jobs and training opportunities in the local
community.
14. Challenge Businesses to lead the way to Zero Waste – Thousands of Zero Waste
Businesses already divert over 90% of their wastes from landfill and incineration around the
world.viii Zero Waste Businesses are reducing their costs of managing resources and
discards, increasing their operating efficiency, decreasing their carbon footprint (including
energy use) and decreasing their long-term liability. Identify, recognize and promote Z
Waste Businesses locally and challenge others to follow.
Zero Waste Associates - Page 63
t. If you have
@aol.com.
er, at GRRN Zero Waste Conference, New York, April 2005.
iv 23 times over 100 years, which is the time frame over which most climate change calculations are done; 72 times over
t
v For
vi Base
vii See
viii S e
i Adopted by the Zero Waste International Alliance on August 12, 2009. This is a living documen
comments and edits, please send to Gary Liss at gary@garyliss.com and Rick Anthony at ricanthony
ii See: www.zwia.org/standards.html
iii Quote from Martin Bourque, Berkeley Ecology Cent
he next 20 years, which may be the “tipping point” for major climate change impacts.
more info on this policies, go to: http://www.epa.gov/payt/
d on list from Green Purchasing Institute.
www.COOL2012.org
e http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/busines s/profiles.php
adopting Pay As You Throw incentivesv. Communities should remove the subsidies for
wasting in its control, and call for the removal of all these other subsidies.
12. Support Zero Waste Procurement - Local governments should adopt the Precautionar
Principle for municipal purchasing to eliminate toxic products and services; purchase Zero
Waste products and services; avoid single use products and packaging; return to vendors any
wasteful packaging
co
work together to establish and sustain a certification program to certify Green Build
tices.
ide one-time start-up grants and/or loans for needed Zero Waste infrastructu
ing recommended in Zero Waste Plan (e.g., landfill surcharge or fees on commercial
ing).
ent
17 http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/
Zero Waste Associates - Page 53
City of Austin and/or through public/private partnerships to collect and process
11
City of Fresno, CA hired 5 students to contact every business in the City to help them implement a similar mandatory Recycling
Ordinance. See article in April 2008 Resource Recycling journal.
12
See http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wstewise/wrr/rm.htm
13
For example, Monrovia, California, reduces its nonexclusive commercial service agreement fees directly proportional to the amount of
tes diverted. Franchise fees are 16 percent for haulers diverting 24 percent or less, 12 percent if they divert 25 to 49 percent, and 8
cent if they divert 50 percent or more. For more info on similar incentives, see:
://www.ciwmb.ca.gov./LGLibrary/Innovations/Incentives/
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eval
Train managers and maintenance staffs of city buildings and facilities about Zero Waste policies,
systems, and resources.
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Long
Range
Solid
Task Force
Ecology
Action &
nie
Ec. Dev.,
SBDC ,
ACC and
Jobs
Network
State Staff
(TCEQ,
TxDOT)
Travis
County
(Comm.
Gomez,
Eckhardt,
aides and
staff)
Green
Businesses
, Apts.
and
Service
Providers
(open to
public)
Austin Ind.
School
District
CapCOG
SWAC
ZW for
Global
Cooling
Conf. Call
dience SWS staff SWS Staff
Dept.
Directors
Citywide
and Asst.
Directors
Aides Waste
Planning
Mela
and TCE
Purpose
Topic to
discuss
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Intro to
ZW
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Intro to
ZW
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs. And
Regional
Support
for Zero
Waste
- Intro to
ZW
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Intro to
ZW
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Intro to
ZW
- Input on
GLA ZW
Plan Draft
Recs.
- Recs. On
types of
Recy.
Grants to
provide
based on
review of
Regional
SW Plan
- Ask to
support
Austin
ZW goal
Liss is
Chair
- Review of
Comments
from
Stakeholder
s and Next
Tasks for
Draft ZW
Plan
Location
1520
Rutherford
City Hall
Room
1001
City Hall
Mayor's
Conf.
Room
City Hall
Room
1029
tbd
505 Barton
Springs
Road
Austin, TX
78704
Room ?
1520
Ruther-
ford
411 West
13
th
Street
11
th
Floor
Conf.
Room
1520
Rutherford
1111 West
6
th
Street
Bldg. B
320
6800
Burleson
Road,
Building
310, Suite
165
Need to
get on
800# from
land line
1520
Rutherford
Invites
Lead
SWS
Email
invite
SWS
Email
invite
Matt
Watson
invites
SWS
Email
invite
GLA to
TCE and
Ecology
Action
Vicky
Valdez +
SWS
Email
invite
SWS
Email
invite
Melinda
Mallia
(Co.)
Email
invite
SWS
Email
invite
Gail
Vittori
Email
invite
CapCOG
Email
invite
SWS
Email
invite
Other Potential Meetings: Tour C&D facilities: 973 Pit; Other C&D facilities?
(Hotels,
Bars,
Restaurants,
grocers,
food
distributors,
nurseries)
Green
Buildings +
C&D-
BOMA,
Architects,
Contractors,
Developers,
Austin
Energy
City
Staff
Thrift
shops and
Reuse
Service
Providers
Austin
Long
Range
Solid
Waste
Planning
Task
Force
Elected
officials
and
Business
Leaders
City
Economic
Development
(+ Comm.
Dev.,? ) +
PeopleFund?
CapCOG
SWAC
ZW for
Global
Cooling
Conf.
Call
Recycling
and
Composting
Service
Providers &
TCEQ
Purpose
Topic of
discussion
Intro to
Zero
Waste
issues
Watson,
to
introduce
aides to
C
(1
-
Z
O
(G
mi
-
Z
O
mi
nput for
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t
o
Organics
on
cy
Options that
pertain to
C&D and
Green
-
Debrief
Input for
Policy
Options
that
pertain to
reuse,
thrift
ores and
ed
building
materials
for ZW
Plan on
ZW
Policy
Options
Discussion
of ZW
issues for
Austin and
region
development
and jobs
Int
to Zero
Waste
- Policy,
Program
and
Facility
Opti
Liss is
Chair
- I
ZW
ZW Policy
Options
At request
of Matt
L
L
Zero
Waste
issues
ouncilman
ee
effingwell
0 min) - I
Menu of
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ptions
LA , 30
n.)
Z
ZW Policy
Options tha
pertain t
Input on
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ptions (80
n.)
- Input for
ZW Plan
ZW Poli
Buildings
-
ZW Plan
on ZW
- Input
st
us
- Input for
ZW Plan on
ZW Policy
Options for
economic
-
creation
ro
ons
nput for
Plan on
Location
Austin
History
Center, at
9
th
and
Guadalupe
City Hall
Room 2017
1520
Rutherford
(with City
laptop and
projector)
1520
Rutherford
(with flip
chart, tape
and
markers)
1520
Rutherford
(with flip
chart, tape
and
markers)
Lunch
1520
Rutherford
(with flip
chart, tape
and
markers)
505
Barton
Springs
Road
Austin,
TX
78704,
Room
325
Barr
Mansion
Downtown
Austin
Ec.Dev.
offices
6800
Burleson
Road,
Building
310,
Suite
165,
Austin
Need to
get on
800#
from
land
line
1520
Rutherford
(with flip
chart, tape
and
markers)
intro; Q&A 15 min. for
those who missed
January meetings)
- Input on questions
about Zero Waste or
problems about reuse,
recycling and composting
that public would like to
have addressed in a Zero
Waste Plan (30 minutes)
- Zero Waste Program
and Facility Options for
Austin (GLA
presentation, 15 min.)
- Green District Proposal
(Staff presentation, 15
minutes
-Input for ZW Plan
(programs and facilities
would like to see
included in ZW Plan, 60
min.)
-Intro to Zero
Waste,
highlighting Zero
Waste Businesses
- Q&A
-Input for ZW
Plan (problems to
address; policies,
program and
facility recs.)
- Debrief Detailed
discussions
on key
topics:
-Reuse and
EPR
-Organics
- C&D
- Zero Waste
Program and
Facility Options
for Austin (GLA
presentation, 15
minutes)
- Green District
Proposal (Staff
presentation, 15
minutes
-Input for ZW
Plan (programs
and facilities
would like to see
included in ZW
Plan, 45 minutes)
6:30-8 - Attend
SWAC to continue
discussions, if
desired.
-Intro to Zero
Waste
- Green
District
Proposal
(Staff
presentation,
15 minutes)
-Q&A
-Input for
ZW Plan
(problems to
address;
policies,
program and
facility recs.)
- Review of
Austin
Energy Green
Building
requirements
for recycling
- Discuss
how to
increase
reuse,
recycling and
composting
facilities
processing
capacity for
C&D debris
and organics
- Discuss
how to
encourage
more use of
reused,
recycled and
compost
Z ste
(w
Z
(p s to
ad
po
pr and
f
up
polic
- Intro to
ero Wa
hat is
happening
elsewhere)
-Input for
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roblem
dress;
licies,
ogram
acility recs.),
especially
focused on
EPR and
stream
ies
Expertise
• Zero Waste Programs and
Infrastructure
• Diversion Program Planning
and Implementation
• Economic Analysis and
Financial Planning
• Organics Management,
Composting and Anaerobic
Digestion
• Stake-Holder Engagement,
Public Education and Social
Marketing
Eric Lombardi
Ruth Abbe
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6. Project Management Gary Liss
Rick Anthony
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