GBB Conducts Pay-As-You-Throw Workshop for Georgia DCA

(Fairfax, VA – December 15, 2006) – Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) conducted a Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) workshop in October 2006 on behalf of the Office of Environmental Management of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The objective of the workshop, which was held in Atlanta on the eve of the National Recycling Coalition Congress, was to assist local governments in identifying and overcoming impediments to implementing a PAYT municipal waste strategy. The workshop, made possible by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, presented current methods, costs, and case studies from several communities that have implemented PAYT in Georgia and other parts of the U.S. PAYT has been shown to reduce costs for local governments, provide residents with greater control over their own waste disposal expenses, and increase recycling.

“Based on the feedback we received and how lively the discussion was at various points, I think the attendees found the workshop interesting and thought provoking,” said Tim Bratton, GBB Senior Vice President, “That is the ultimate goal of such events: to provide information and generate ideas that attendees will find helpful and take back to their respective communities.”

Mr. Bratton will be part of a panel discussing PAYT at the Southeast Recycling Conference & Tradeshow (SERC), to be held March 12 2007, at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama.

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, including construction waste and demolition debris projects 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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