Solid Waste Planning

R3 staff members have designed and implemented numerous solid waste collection, recycling, composting and disposal programs and facilities for cities, counties and regional authorities in California and throughout the United States.

R3 emphasizes the creation of technically and financially-sound solutions that can be effectively implemented and maintained over the long-term.

Our broad experience has allowed R3 to address a variety of issues that typically confront our municipal clients during the implementation of programs and facilities, including regulatory compliance, community outreach and public education, land-use planning and permitting, inter-jurisdictional coordination, planning requirements and diversion mandates, labor issues, and customer service and billing functions. R3 is currently involved with several innovative projects with state agencies and cities, including Zero Waste Plans, and several projects related to Extended Producer Responsibility.

Our solid waste management planning services include the following:

  • Zero waste, strategic and long-range planning services;
  • Disaster debris management planning;
  • Organizational design and information flow analysis;
  • Management audits and “process-mapping” exercises;
  • Tracking and monitoring of performance metrics;
  • Information system assessments and design;
  • Evaluation, design and implementation of diversion collection, processing, marketing and disposal programs, development and facilities;
  • Development of public policies and local ordinances to support contract requirements and new programs, including Construction and Demolition (C&D) ordinances;
  • Conducting public education and outreach programs, community workshops, and public opinion surveys and focus groups;
  • Business waste assessments and recycling implementation assistance;
  • Grant applications, program development and administration;
  • Sustainability plans, including development measurement and monitoring of progress indicators;
  • Extended Producer Responsibility state-wide studies and local planning and implementation assistance, including sharps and U-waste assessments; and
  • Evaluation, design and implementation of collection, processing, marketing and disposal programs and facilities.

Our Clients

Served under Solid Waste Planning

  • Alameda (City and County)
  • Amador County
  • Arizona (State)
  • Arizona Department of Commerce (AZ)
  • Benicia
  • Berkeley
  • Brentwood
  • Calabasas
  • CalRecycle (State of California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery)
  • Carlsbad
  • Castro Valley Sanitary District
  • Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Management Authority
  • Chico
  • Chula Vista
  • Citrus Heights
  • Cloverdale
  • Colma
  • Colton
  • Concord
  • Contra Costa County
  • Corte Madera
  • Cotati
  • Culver City
  • Cupertino
  • Davis
  • Del Norte County
  • Department of Conservation
  • Downey
  • Dublin
  • EBMUD
  • El Cerrito
  • Elk Grove
  • Fairfield
  • Folsom
  • Fort Collins (CO)
  • Galt
  • Guam EPA
  • Half Moon Bay
  • Healdsburg
  • Hemet
  • Humboldt Waste Management Authority
  • Inyo County
  • Irwindale
  • Kern County
  • Lane County (OR)
  • Livermore
  • Lomita
  • Los Altos
  • Marin County
  • Marin County Joint Powers Authority (Zero Waste Marin)
  • Mariposa County
  • Martinez
  • Mecklenburg County (NC)
  • Menlo Park
  • Mill Valley
  • Monterey County
  • Monterey County Regional Authority
  • New Mexico (State)
  • North Front Range Wasteshed Planning Coalition (CO)
  • Oakland
  • Paso Robles
  • Petaluma
  • Piedmont
  • Pomona
  • Rancho Cordova
  • Rancho Palos Verdes
  • Rancho Santa Margarita
  • RecycleMore (WCCIWMA)
  • Redlands
  • Richmond
  • Riverside
  • Rohnert Park
  • Rolling Hills Estates
  • Roseville
  • Sacramento City
  • Sacramento County
  • Sacramento County Solid Waste Authority
  • San Bernardino
  • San Bernardino County
  • San Carlos
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco (City and County)
  • San Joaquin
  • San Jose
  • San Leandro
  • San Luis Obispo
  • Santa Barbara
  • Santa Maria
  • Santa Monica
  • Santa Rosa
  • Shafter
  • Sioneer
  • Siskiyou County
  • Sonoma County JPA, WMA (Zero Waste Sonoma)
  • South Bayside Waste Management Authority
  • Stockton
  • Sunnyvale
  • Tacoma (WA)
  • Tamalpais Community Services District
  • Temple City
  • Torrez-Martinez Indians (AZ)
  • Tucson (AZ)
  • Tulare
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Washoe Tribe (NV/CA)
  • West Hollywood
  • Windsor
  • Windsor (CO)
  • Yavapai-Apache Nation (AZ)
  • Yuba-Sutter Regional Waste Management Authority

Our Recent Work

Served under Solid Waste Planning

MTWS Performance Review for Los Altos - Project Analysts Claire Wilson and Ryan Calkins