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Waste Characterization Studies Informing How to Meet Diversion Goals
In Waste Today, GBB Senior Project Engineer Brad Kelley discusses how data of a waste characterization can help model recycling scenarios and identify what is needed to improve circularity and further increase the recycling.
READ MORE »Seasoned Solid Waste Management Professional Becky Caldwell Joins GBB
Becky Caldwell, MBA, S.C., joined GBB as a Project Manager. As a senior solid waste management professional, she has spearheaded initiatives for regional development and environmental and fiscal sustainability, leveraging over 25 years of experience both as a consultant and in the public sector.
READ MORE »The Intersection of Hockey and Solid Waste Management
In Waste Today, GBB Senior Consultant Ricky Phillips discusses the similarities between her favorite sport and the solid waste management field: teamwork, data-driven decision-making, and safety.
READ MORE »Data, Data, Everywhere
In Waste Today, GBB Senior Project Manager Steven Schilling discussed how it is crucial to analyze and leverage the vast amounts of data generated in the waste industry to improve waste management practices.
READ MORE »A Sustainable Approach to Address Growing Energy Demand from Data Centers
In Waste Today, GBB Executive VP Chris Lund discusses data centers’ increasing demand for electricity and suggests a promising solution to meet the growing energy needs of those facilities, while fostering sustainability and resilience in digital infrastructure.
READ MORE »Striving Is Not Comfortable; It’s Where We Are
After attending WasteExpo, GBB Senior Consultant Ashlea Smith Sabeti reflects on how the industry is striving hard, with numerous challenges. While this is certainly not a comfortable situation, we are better equipped and empowered than ever to develop sustainable solutions.
READ MORE »The Life Cycle of PFAS
Until PFAS are completely removed from manufacturing processes, PFAS-containing products are disposed of through the sewer or the landfill. In Waste Today, GBB Senior Project Manager Steven Schilling discusses published studies, the fate of PFAS in landfills and his hopes going forward.
READ MORE »Fast Fashion: Waste and Recycling in the Fashion Industry
In Waste Today, GBB Project Manager Morgan McCarthy discusses the shift toward Circular Fashion, provides tips to help make more sustainable choices, and discusses innovative postconsumer textile recycling processes.
READ MORE »AI’s Potential to Revolutionize the Waste Management Industry
In Waste Today, GBB Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Porter offers some insight into how artificial intelligence is dramatically transforming material sorting, collection and worker safety.
READ MORE »Manufacturing in the Circular Economy
Recycling processors and product manufacturers play a crucial role in shaping a sustainable future. In Waste Today, GBB Senior Consultant Brandie Townsend discusses how they can collaborate with four effective practices to increase diversion.
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