Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) is an international management consulting
firm that helps public- and private-sector organizations of all sizes craft practical,
customized and technically sound solutions for a wide range of complex solid waste
management challenges. Since 1980,
GBB has assisted hundreds of
organizations, earning a reputation as an independent
firm that achieves results through hard
work and by treating its clients’ challenges as
its own. In addressing these challenges, GBB
also looks to the future and has a reputation
for creating long-term, sustainable solid waste
programs that continue to save money and bring
desired results for years to come.
GBB Assisting City of Fort Wayne, IN, in Review/Procurement of Collection Programs GBB Principal Associate Tim Giardina speaks to Fort Wayne's WANE on July 28, 2010 following the opening of bids for the city's garbage contract:
International Waste-to-Energy Symposium Harvey Gershman Presents U.S. Waste Management Overview In April 2010, GBB President Harvey Gershman made a presentation entitled “Overview of Waste Management ‘State of Mind’ In the U.S.” during a symposium entitled: Science, Policy & Politics of Waste... Revisiting Our Solid Waste Management Infrastructure,” hosted by King County, WA Councilmember Kathy Lambert. The event, which was aired on KCTV, featured presentations and interactive dialog about international experience with recycling and waste-to-energy, best practices and the future of solid waste planning in the Northwest.
In a Court Order dated March 17, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood appointed GBB to be Receiver with full responsibility for bringing the Guam Solid Waste Management Division into compliance with the 2004 Consent Decree for violation of the Clean Water Act. The latest information about the receivership is available at: www.GuamSolidWasteReceiver.org
Quarterly Report On August 11, 2010, the Receiver submitted its ninth Quarterly Report to the U.S. District Court of Guam. View the complete report. Media coverage:
Two-year Anniversary - Court Finds GBB Work 'Truly Impressive' March 2010 marks the two‐year anniversary of work for the Receivership. In a Court Order dated April 9, 2010, Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood stated: “The court finds the work performed by GBB and SWMD employees in concert with the various governmental agencies over the last two years truly impressive….. What was once perceived as an insurmountable hurdle is now becoming a long awaited reality for the people of Guam.”View list of major achievements of Receivership.
New Trash Cart Program During the second quarter of 2010, the Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) fully implemented the registration process and delivery of trash carts for weekly curbside trash collection as well as the new customer billing system. As of July 30, 2010, the SWMD had 19,416 customers, a 60 percent increase over the 12,080 registered customers the SWMD had when the Receiver was appointed.
GBB to Co-Sponsor and Assist in Planning C&D Recycling Forum Key Event to Take Place Oct. 3-5, 2010, in Baltimore, MD GBB announced that it will be actively involved in the planning of a C&D Recycling Forum, which will take place October 3-5, 2010 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, MD. The event is being organized by Construction & Demolition Recycling magazine and co-sponsored by GBB and the National Demolition Association.The forum will offer a wide scope of programming focused on how to be competitive and maximize opportunities in the Construction Waste and Demolition Debris Recycling (C&D) sector.
The GBB Waste Outlook is a newsletter,
published by Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.,
providing the latest news about GBB and the industry. In the latest issue:
GBB and FleetRoute™
Assist City of Baltimore
Green-Ness is Next to Godliness: Organics Diversion at a Religious Institution
Conventions/Tradeshows
Harvey Gershman Comments on NY Times Article on WTE
Recent GBB Assignments
Updates from the Guam Receiver
Speaker’s Corner
New Ohio-based Associates Enhance
GBB’s Midwest Presence
"The Latest and Greatest on the Resurgence of WTE and Conversion Technologies" This
presentation was made by Harvey Gershman, GBB President, at WasteCon held in Boston, MA, in August 2010.
It isn't the size
Of the hole in the ground
Or that it lay
Where the farmer once tilled.
It's the sight and the stench
And the hell that is raised
When you find
The damned thing is filled.
In a Court Order dated March 17, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood appointed GBB to be Receiver with full responsibility for bringing the Guam Solid Waste Management Division into compliance with the 2004 Consent Decree for violation of the Clean Water Act. The latest information about the receivership is available at: 
Using FleetRoute
"The Latest and Greatest on the Resurgence of WTE and Conversion Technologies" 