Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB)

GBB Assisting H.E. Butt Family Foundation with Procurement of Refuse Compactor and Recycling Containers

The Foundation released a Request for Bids for one new refuse compactor, and one or two gable-top roll-off containers to use for the collection of recyclables. GBB is assisting with the procurement process after a previous review and evaluation of waste generation and waste management practices to suggest improvements that could be implemented.

Lori Scozzafava Promoted to GBB Senior VP, Operations Officer; Joins Ownership Group

Lori Scozzafava has joined the GBB’s ownership group and been promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations Officer. A passionate advocate for environmental issues, she has nearly 30 years of solid waste management industry experience, including 15 years in leadership roles with industry associations.

New Guam Landfill Built Under GBB Receivership Cited as Positive Example in EPA Report

In a recently released research report on solid waste management for remote, economically challenged communities in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa in the US Pacific territories, the US EPA states that: “Guam is a positive example of how a territory which once only had a large unlined landfill as the sole option for MSW disposal can design, construct, and operate a state-of-the-art MSWLF.”

Guam Receiver Updates

In a Court Order dated March 17, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood appointed GBB to be Receiver with full responsibility for bringing the Guam Solid Waste Management Division, now the Guam Solid Waste Authority (GSWA), into compliance with the 2004 Consent Decree for violation of the Clean Water Act.

Featured News:

Final environmental closure for Ordot Dump – KUAM News (March 27, 2016)

Information about the receivership and the GSWA is available at:

• GBB Helps Guam Achieve a Key Milestone: Final Closure of Ordot Dump
• May 17, 2017 Quarterly Report of the Receiver
• Receivership Website
• GSWA Website
• Turning Around the Guam Solid Waste Management System
• “From 0 to 180: Transforming Guam’s Solid Waste Management System from the Ground Up” (Waste Advantage Magazine – June 2015)