GBB to Assist Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government with Master Plan for Recycling Center

(Fairfax, VA – January 27, 2009) - Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) announced today that it has contracted with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) to assist in developing a Master Plan for the Lexington Recycling Center. Joining the GBB Project Team for the assignment is RRT Design & Construction, Inc. (RRT), MSW Consultants, LLC (MSW) and Lexington-based J.R. Miller & Associates Architects and Engineers (JRMA).

The chief goal of the Master Plan is to articulate an integrated set of recycling program elements that, when implemented, will divert the maximum amount of material to recycling through a comprehensive program.  To achieve the goal, LFUCG is planning to expand its 8 ton per hour single-stream plus glass operation to an approximate 20 ton per hour operation through potential processing equipment and building upgrades.

As part of the project, the GBB Project Team will characterize the existing system; perform a waste stream analysis; prepare an assessment of existing marketing plan and develop strategies for marketing materials for an expanded recycling program; develop specific strategies to grow individual recycling segments; evaluate potential new programs; prepare MRF equipment, building space, and land needs analyses; and provide a cost analysis.

GBB has a clear understanding of the local solid waste management and recycling landscape having performed, in 2006, a Solid Waste Collection System Efficiency Analysis for the LFUCG.

The LFUCG, a political body governing the City of Lexington, KY and all of surrounding Fayette County, has operated for more than 30 years as a consolidated City-County government.  Residential population exceeds an estimated 281,000 with an estimated 115,000 households; land mass is 285.5 square miles and is located in what is regarded as the center of the inner Bluegrass Region.  The LFUCG is host to the University of Kentucky, numerous large, medium, and small businesses situated in office towers and suburban office and industrial parks, including Fortune 500 companies. 

The Waste Management Division, a unit of the Department of Environmental Quality, is responsible for solid waste management within the City and County. The Division provides curbside solid waste collection to approximately 80,000 households and businesses. Refuse is collected once a week from residences and twice per week from front-load boxes.

GBB is a national solid waste management consulting firm founded in 1980 that works on solid waste collection, processing, recycling and disposal issues and assists in planning, procuring, and implementing sound, cost-effective facilities and services at the local, state and national levels for both the public and private sectors. For more information on the firm and its products and services, visit www.gbbinc.com or call 1-800-573-5801.

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