For the thirteen localities (290,000 households) covered by the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA), GBB provided a review of the residential recycling program, including planning and operations, and worked collaboratively with CVWMA to develop best practices for recycling and waste management. The ultimate objectives of the assignment were to:

• Evaluate current planning and programs against the state goals and ambitions of the solid waste management plan;
• Develop an assessment of:
  • who in the CVWMA localities is “in the gap” with regards to access to or information about recycling;
  • what materials that are available to be reduced, recovered, or recycled but are currently disposed of as solid waste;
  • how the opportunities to close these “gaps” can be balanced with the economic limitations in the localities and across the region;
• Create a scope or “menu” of services for CVWMA to offer the member localities, consisting of four components: core services; contract management; containers; comprehensive services
• Describe how the programs and services help and empower people to mitigate or improve their environmental impacts.
• Identify how the programs and participation in them might financially impact the member localities.