News Archive
Corporate Sustainability Needs Renewable Energy from Waste
Renewable Energy from Waste – March 2015
GBB Assists City of Allentown, PA with RFQs For Recyclables Processing & Marketing and Non-Landfill MSW Disposal Systems
GBB announced that it has been assisting the City of Allentown, PA with the development of two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for the privatization of the city’s waste-related and recycling service needs.
Special North American Workshop at the 2015 International Symposium on MBT, MRF & Recycling in Germany
The single best place to learn about MBT is where it’s being done, by the folks who know the most about it. That happens only once every two years in Germany at the International Symposium on MBT, MRF & Recycling. Learn more about the upcoming event and the special workshop and past conference proce
Prince William County, VA, Moves Forward With Organic Waste Processing Facility
GBB assisted Prince William County, VA, with the planning and procurement of an innovative public-private partnership for a new facility to process yard waste, food scraps, and wood waste. Tom Smith, Acting Director of the Department of Public Works, talks about the project:
GBB Assists Fayetteville, North Carolina, with Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Study
GBB has been selected by Fayetteville to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of its solid waste management services. The contract includes a waste characterization study and a review of a potential waste-to-energy project with the Fort Bragg U.S. Army installation.
GBB Assists Fort Worth, Texas with Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
GBB is assisting Fort Worth with the development of a 20-year comprehensive solid waste management plan. Key tasks of the project include data gathering and analysis; identification and evaluation of alternatives; public outreach; strategic planning/recommendations; present and future funding strate
2015: A Year of Progress Ahead for Renewable Energy from Waste
Renewable Energy from Waste – January 2015
GBB Assisting ECUA and Escambia County with Mixed Waste Processing Facility and Recycling Services Procurement
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to select a contractor to provide the design, permitting, financing, construction, and long-term operation of a source separated recyclables and solid waste processing plant. The RFQ is available on ECUA’s web
GBB Assisting Prince George’s County, MD with Waste Processing and Alternative Energy Facility Public Private Partnership Procurement
Prince George’s County has issued a Request for Qualifications for alternative waste processing and recovery technologies and services as part of its ongoing efforts to plan for its future solid waste management system. The RFQ is available on the County’s website.
Does Size Matter? What Your Material Composition May Not Be Telling You
Waste Advantage magazine – November 2014
GBB Assisting Fort Smith, AR, with Procurement of Facility to Separate and Recycle Materials
The City of Fort Smith, AR, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking one or more firms to provide a satellite aggregation processing center system for recyclable materials delivered by the City in order to enhance its recycling efforts. GBB is providing assistance in developing the RFP and e
The Way to Think About Plastics and Conversion Technologies
Renewable Energy from Waste – September 2014
Transforming Guam’s Solid Waste Management System from the Ground Up
In a 2008 Court Order, GBB was appointed as 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. In 2019, after GBB built a modern solid waste system for the island, the Court partia
GBB’s Bob Brickner Attends quasar’s Grand Opening of New AD Project in Ohio
This summer, GBB’s Bob Brickner attended the Grand Opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of quasar energy group’s new high-solids anaerobic digestion (AD) project in Wooster, OH. The new facility turns the City’s traditional wastewater treatment plant into a water resource recovery facility, recycling
Bob Brickner Attends Enerkem Facility Inauguration in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The Enerkem solid waste to Methanol facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was recently inaugurated and GBB’s Bob Brickner made the trek to see the more than $100 million facility first hand. Bob also toured the adjacent new City waste processing facility that uses Vecoplan-supplied equipment to pro
Brad Kelley Joins GBB as Senior Project Engineer
Mr. Kelley has over 20 years of engineering design experience and has worked on the concept and design of a multitude of processing systems for Municipal Solid Waste, single stream, construction waste and demolition debris, biomass, and waste-to-energy projects.
Bob Brickner Participates in Infinitus Renewable Energy Plant Grand Opening
As part of GBB’s constant effort to review and keep track of new and innovative technologies, GBB’s Bob Brickner recently participated in the high-profile grand opening of the new high-tech 80,000 square feet Dirty MRF in Montgomery, AL, built by Infinitus at a cost in excess of $30 million.