Waste Tires and Plastics Recycling Facility Feasibility Study (Carbon County, Pennsylvania)
Carbon County identified the potential for a recycling complex as part of an economic development program at the Greentech Industrial Center and retained a local consultant and GBB to evaluate the feasibility and implementation needs of a facility…
Business/Marketing Plan and Economic Analysis for Tire-derived Fuel Facility (Confidential Client, West Virginia)
GBB prepared a business plan for a waste tire processing facility in West Virginia. The facility was designed with a capacity of 100 tons per day of waste truck and light vehicle tires. To prepare the business plan…
Public Education Materials and Signage / Community and Stakeholder Meetings (Receivership of the Guam Solid Waste Management Division)
In March 2008, the Chief Judge of the United States District Court of Guam issued a court order appointing GBB as Receiver to achieve the Guam Government’s compliance with the Clean Water Act as set forth in a…
Development of Integrated Waste Management Plan (Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District, Utah)
The Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District tasked GBB, a long-time trusted advisor, with preparing a new Solid Waste Management Plan. The assignment included supporting the District in engaging citizens in a high-level outreach effort; taking a strategic view…
Solid Waste Collection Franchise Evaluation and Community Information Assistance (City of Plano, Texas)
GBB conducted an evaluation of waste and recyclables collection in the City of Plano, Texas (pop. 220,000) to determine whether the City should negotiate an extension of its commercial waste collection franchise agreement with the private service provider…
Comprehensive Solid Waste System Planning (Receivership of the Guam Solid Waste Management Division, United States District Court of Guam)
In March 2008, Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood of the United States District Court of Guam issued a court order appointing GBB as Receiver to achieve what the Government of Guam was unsuccessful in reaching during the previous 22…
Solid Waste User Fee Feasibility Study (Towns of South Kingstown and Narragansett, Rhode Island)
The Towns of South Kingstown and Narragansett engaged GBB to study its current solid waste and recyclables system and costs and develop implementation options that would include expanded recycling and volume-based user fees. GBB evaluated the current solid…
Audit of City of Sacramento Solid Waste Utility (Public Financial Management, Inc., Sacramento, California)
GBB assisted Public Financial Management, Inc. (PFM) in a performance audit of the City of Sacramento Utilities Department. GBB’s assignment was the solid waste component of the Utilities Department and the focus of the audit was areas within…
Cost Avoidance for Curbside Collection of Recyclables (City of Seattle, Washington)
GBB completed a Recycling Economic Study for the City of Seattle, Washington. GBB evaluated the total solid waste system cost impact of the City's planned curbside collection program. To help the City of nearly 490,000 residents to analyze…
Baltimore County, MD
GBB worked closely with the City and County of Baltimore through two important phases of their regional recycling program development which were, Conceptual Design and Recycling Plan Preparation. The Baltimore Regional Recycling Plan is the guiding document that…
Recycling Feasibility Study and Implementation Assistance (Prince William County, Virginia)
GBB assessed the feasibility of various recycling options and developed a conceptual plan for a County-wide recycling system. The study was undertaken for a two-fold purpose; to anticipate the rapid growth in the County's population and waste generation…
Residential Curbside Recycling Program Implementation and Recycling Plan Development (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)
As part of the management consulting services to the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NEMWDA), GBB provided technical assistance for the implementation of a curbside recycling program servicing Anne Arundel County communities surrounding the City of Annapolis. The…
Development of a Recycling Master Plan / Waste Composition Analysis (Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, Kentucky)
The Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) operates an integrated solid waste system, serving more than 250,000 residents as well as numerous businesses and institutions, including the University of Kentucky. Through its Division of Waste Management, the system…
District Energy System Public Information Program (Metro Nashville, Tennessee)
GBB served as Metro's Project Administrator, from beginning through February 2007, for the redevelopment of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro) district energy system (DES). As part of this role, GBB designed and oversaw the…
Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Research (Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority, California)
The Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority is a California Joint Powers Authority (JPA) that contracted with GBB to prepare the Victor Valley Resource Management Strategy. Working with RRT Design and Construction, Inc., GBB prepared a coordinated, forward-looking…
Assistance for Solid Waste Management Systems and Technologies and Public Infrastructure Projects; Procurements (Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority)
As a subcontractor to the Maguire Group, Inc., GBB provided implementation planning and Service Contract negotiations assistance to the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) for waste-to-energy facilities that were to be constructed and operated on St. Croix…
MRF Evaluation and Feasibility Study (Waukesha County, Wisconsin)
For Waukesha County, Wisconsin, GBB, as a subconsultant to RRT, assisted in the evaluation and development of a single-stream MRF feasibility study that reviewed the existing 15-year-old County dual-stream MRF and the business opportunity to expand the dual-stream…
Residential Mixed Paper Processing Facility (Office Paper Systems, Inc., Maryland)
GBB assisted in the development of a 200,000-tons-per-year, residential mixed paper (RMP) materials recovery facility (MRF) to serve Montgomery County, Maryland, for the selected contractor, Office Paper Systems, Inc. GBB's assistance included project development, contracting, product marketing, project…
Commercial Materials Recovery Facility Procurement (Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)
GBB managed the procurement activities associated with a 1,000 TPD (2-shift basis) design capacity Commercial Waste Materials Recovery Facility (COM-MRF). Multiple types of paper, metals, plastic, and wood were identified to be recovered to achieve an overall Facility…
Review of Mixed Waste Processing Facilities and Sizing Alternatives Evaluation (City of Chicago, Illinois)
Under subcontract, GBB was hired to perform a detailed review for the City of Chicago, Illinois, of the City collection vehicle traffic patterns and tonnage capacity limits pertaining to potential alternatives for the expansion of operations of the…