Grant Application / Food Waste Composting & Education Pilot Project Management (Prince William County, Virginia)
After GBB prepared a grant application on behalf of Prince William County, VA, for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA‐NRCS) Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Project grant program, the County was awarded…
Grant Research / Proposal Development as part of a Comprehensive Review of Integrated Solid Waste Management System (Calaveras County, California)
As part of a comprehensive review of the integrated solid waste management system, the GBB Project Team was also tasked with researching and identifying potential funding sources (including loans and tax credits) for County programs, with a particular…
Grant Research/Proposal Development for Anaerobic Digester Project (Dem-Con Companies, Shakopee, Minnesota)
Through a competitive procurement process, Dem-Con won an exclusive right to develop an Anaerobic Digester (AD) project to serve the organic waste processing needs of the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Board (R&E), a long-standing Joint Powers agency established…
Waste Characterization Study – C&D Debris on Military Bases (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center tasked Geocycle and GBB, as a subcontractor, to conduct waste characterization studies and develop a research program to demonstrate how Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris from across…
Waste Sort Training as part of the Development of Solid Waste Management Training / Case Studies for Tribal Nations (US EPA)
GBB, as a subcontractor to ERG, was tasked by the US EPA with conducting solid waste management training and developing waste management case studies for tribes in EPA Region 7, which serves nine tribal nations in the Midwestern…
Waste Characterization Study (Kent County, Michigan)
The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW) has set an ambitious goal of diverting 90% of the waste it manages from landfill disposal by 2030. GBB was commissioned to analyze the material characteristics and quantities of municipal…
Aluminum Used Beverage Cans Recycling Study (Can Manufacturers Institute, Washington, DC)
The national trade association of the metal can manufacturing industry and its suppliers in the United States, the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), engaged GBB to produce a report that quantifies the relative value of aluminum used beverage cans…
Public Survey as Part of Feasibility Study for Consolidated Residential Collection (Chittenden Solid Waste District, Vermont)
As part of a collection Feasibility Study, ShapardResearch (as a subcontractor to GBB) carefully designed and conducted a survey of households in Burlington and South Burlington to generate actionable data and information, enabling the District to make the…
Stakeholder Focus Group Meetings as Part of Analysis of MSW Diversion Options (Barnstable County, Massachusetts)
With a mission to reduce and manage solid waste in an environmentally conscious, effective, and economical way, Barnstable County, MA, selected GBB as a subcontractor to Tetra Tech to identify waste disposal trends and the demographic and economic…
Stakeholders Outreach as part of Tactical Five‐Year Plan for Recycling & Solid Waste System (Baltimore County / Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, Maryland)
A multidisciplinary team led by GBB developed a holistic plan, building on the firm’s deep understanding of the County’s past, that incorporated the current state and realities of the solid waste management system and anticipated trends, needs, and…
Northern Mariana Islands
Through a rigorous competitive procurement process, the team led by GBB was selected by the CNMI to develop a comprehensive inter-island Solid Waste Management Plan. The primary mission was to help CNMI achieve its important and tangible goal…
Strategic Planning for Recycling & Solid Waste System (Baltimore County / Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, Maryland)
A multidisciplinary team led by GBB developed a holistic plan building on the firm’s deep understanding of the County’s past that incorporated the current state and realities of the solid waste management system and anticipated the trends, needs…
Orange County, NC
GBB is grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Orange County, North Carolina, to develop a comprehensive Solid Waste Master Plan “Road to Zero Waste 2023-2045”. The plan details a path forward with 5-year benchmarks throughout the two…
Solid Waste Management Plan and Waste Characterization Study (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
The GBB Project Team was selected to prepare an update to the Chester County Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP). In addition, GBB conducted a two-season solid waste characterization study to provide information to, and help guide, the development…
Waste Sort as Part of Development of Long-Term Waste Management Plan (Lee County, Florida)
GBB performed a waste sort for Lee County, FL as part of a wide-ranging Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) Expansion Project. The County encompasses approximately 780 square miles and has a population of slightly over 700,000, including the…
Logan Airport Waste Audit and Assessment (Massachusetts Port Authority, Massachusetts)
GBB, as a subconsultant to VHB, performed a comprehensive waste assessment for Logan Airport, in Boston, MA, as part of a Sustainability Plan Implementation for Massport. GBB was tasked with fully assessing the waste stream at the airport…
Waste Composition Study (Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)
The GBB Project Team performed a waste composition study to ascertain the current breakdown of the Mecklenburg County’s residential and institutional waste by material types. The information was gathered, in part, to gauge the effectiveness of waste diversion…
Waste Characterization Studies (Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, Pennsylvania)
As it sought to better understand the types and quantities of Construction Waste and Demolition Debris (C&D) materials that are generated and disposed in the region, the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) selected GBB to perform…
Study of Mixed Waste Processing Facilities (American Chemistry Council)
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Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan Development (City of Fort Worth, Texas)
The City of Fort Worth has a tradition of being proactive in waste management, going back almost 50 years, and is dedicated to providing residents with opportunities to divert, recycle, and reuse. The known opportunities for further advancing…