Projects
Since 1980, GBB’s overall guiding principle, as a recycling / solid waste management consultant, has been to help clients generate success stories, working closely in partnership with them to develop innovative, cost-effective approaches that achieve measurable results. We strive to bring a fresh perspective, provide independent objective advice, and telling it like it is, in order to help advance better solutions for managing solid waste. We believe in being strategic, entrepreneurial and flexible. In short, GBB is where quality, value, ethics and results intersect.
Below are descriptions of selected success stories we have been part of in each area of services. More GBB project descriptions are provided, by areas of specialization, in the Services section and an interactive map of GBB’s network of clients can be viewed in the Clients List section.
- Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan Development
City of Fort Worth, Texas - Development of Long-Term Integrated Waste Management Plan
Lee County, Florida - Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
Maui County, Hawaii - Waste Characterization Studies
Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, Pennsylvania - Waste Composition Study
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - Solid Waste Collection Franchise Evaluation and Community Information Assistance
City of Plano, Texas - Strategic Planning for Solid Waste and Recycling Services – Stakeholder Research / Interviews
Rivanna Solid Waste Authority, Charlottesville, Virginia Region - District Energy System Public Information Program
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee - Study of Mixed Waste Processing Facilities
American Chemistry Council - Analysis of Aluminum in Recycling Programs / Recycling Policy Analysis
Aluminum Association
- Organics Waste Processing Facility Procurement
Prince William County, Virginia - Business Plan for Solid Waste Disposal Capacity
Rockingham County, North Carolina - Commercial, Multi-family and Special Events Recycling Program Feasibility Study
Town of Addison, Texas - Strategic Review / Directional Analysis / Project Manager / Solid Waste Management Planning
City of Alexandria/Arlington County Waste Disposal Trust Fund Trustees, Virginia - Review of Additional Energy Recovery Facility Procurement Plans / Assistance with Response to Sierra Club Suggested Alternative
Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Florida - Review of Mixed Waste Processing Facilities (MWPFs) and Sizing Alternatives Evaluation
City of Chicago, Illinois - Development of a Recycling Master Plan / Waste Composition Analysis
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, KY - Transfer and Export Plans Audit
King County, Washington - Compost Facility Feasibility Study and Operations Plan
Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, Cleveland, Ohio - Owner’s Representative – Mixed Waste Processing Facility Construction
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District, Utah - Fast-tracked Procurement and Implementation of C&D Recycling Facility
Fauquier County, Virginia - C&D Materials Recycling Facility Procurement
City of Portland, Maine
- Full Cost Accounting Study of Solid Waste Management
Harford County, Maryland - Audit of City of Sacramento Solid Waste Utility
Public Financial Management, Inc., Sacramento, California - Collection Rates Study
City of Fort Smith, Arkansas - Residential Mixed Paper Processing Facility Development / Budget Review
Office Paper Systems, Inc. - Development of Institutional Waste Reduction and Recovery Tools
Confidential client - Solid Waste System Review and Procurement
Madera County, California - Landfill Valuation, Procurement/Contract Negotiation Assistance
City of Arlington, Texas - Procurement Assistance for Long-Term Waste Recycling and Disposal System
City of Cleveland, Ohio - Organics Waste Processing / Waste Conversion / Solar and Wind Procurement
Prince William County, Virginia - Procurement of Collection Services
City of Allentown, Pennsylvania - Strategic Review and Procurement
City of Santa Monica, California
- Development of Sustainable Business Park
Kent County, Michigan - Development of Prince William County Eco-Park
Prince William County, Virginia - Sustainable Waste Management in Building Design, Construction, Operation & Demolition
Confidential Client – Private Retail Company - Mixed‐Use Building Solid Waste Management Infrastructure Design Review
Craine Architecture, Denver, CO - Development of Disaster Debris Management Plan
City of Fort Worth, Texas - Development of Debris Management Plan
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Waste and Recyclables Collection Program Review and Procurement
City of Fort Wayne, Indiana - Assistance in Re-Routing Residential Trash Collection System
Northeast Maryland Disposal Authority – City of Baltimore, Maryland - Review of Recycling and Trash Collection Procedures
Montgomery County, Maryland - Review of Solid Waste Collection Services
City of Charlotte, North Carolina - Collection Route Optimization
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Florida - Implementation of Powerful Waste Routing Management Solution
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Kentucky - Curbside Collection Audit
City of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Receivership of the Guam Solid Waste Management Division
United States District Court of Guam - District Energy System Project Study, Implementation and Administration Services
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
- Expert Witness Opinion Services and Arbitration Proceeding Support
Schwartz Law Firm for C&R Maintenance, Inc., d/b/a Rizzo Services, Claimant, v. City of Warren, et al, Defendants - Expert Witness Services and Litigation Support Associated with a Municipal Collection Franchise
The City of Coral Springs, Florida - Expert Opinion Services and Arbitration Proceeding Support
Mette, Evans & Woodside Law Firm for the County of Dauphin v. The Harrisburg Authority, Pennsylvania - Expert Opinion Services and Arbitration Proceeding Support
Archer Norris Law Firm for California Waste Solutions, Inc. v. Norcal Waste Systems - Expert Witness Services in Waste Flow Control Litigation
Chester County Solid Waste Authority, Pennsylvania