Resource Recycling Systems is taking the year of 2012 to highlight all of our service sectors and showcase relevant projects, clients, and trends in each area. In correlation with our conference schedule, we focused January on organics management and biomass energy, but as the month comes to a close, we are shifting February’s focus to our business roots in residential recycling. Read the whole story…
It is time to learn about RRS co-founder, Kerry Sandford. Kerry has over 25 years of experience in equipment design, specification, integration, installation and maintenance in both the solid waste and energy fields. He has been designing and specifying recycling facilities since 1981 and has contributed to the design and construction of more than 20 MRFs from Michigan to South Korea. Kerry incorporates his passion for natural resource conservation into his work and lifestyle.
While I didn’t get a chance to speak directly to Kerry, he supplied the following answers. I hope you find them as interesting and insightful as I did.
1. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I did not have a clear vision, but leaned toward engineering type activities.
2. What made you decide to pursue a career in resource management/sustainability? (Why do you work at Resource Recycling Systems?) Read the whole story…
On January 18th, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Anna Collinson to discuss her passion for recycling and where the field of resource management is heading. Anna is a project consultant and leader of RRS’s Communications and Planning team. She is key to our daily municipal consulting service activities, serving as a principal liaison with essential communities determining client needs and specific project direction. Anna’s has extensive knowledge of environmental policies, education and outreach 
initiatives and she specializes in long-term client projects involving community interface and multiple agency interaction. Anna also leads the communications campaign for the Carton Council’s carton recycling initiative. Read the whole story…
Today let’s meet RRS Project Engineer Aaron Burman. Aaron is a Professional Engineer and head of the technical team at RRS. Aaron brings a bachelors degree from the Colorado School of Mines and a strong passion for renewable energy to his current position. Aaron works with a wide variety of clients including communities, universities and companies to 
develop successful programs to increase diversion and ensure long-term supply of recycled materials. He has expertise ranging from program implementation to large-scale green supply chain studies.
Below are snippets from a conversation Aaron and I had on January 17th. Please enjoy! Read the whole story…
To wrap up our final ‘Principal’ profiles , I want to introduce you to Marty Seaman. Marty has over 20 years of experience developing and implementing sustainable recovery programs. In addition to overseeing our communications, business development and planning efforts, Marty is an expert in resource contracting, cooperative problem solving and achieving economic benefits with environmental challenges and opportunities for many of our municipal, university and green supply chain clients.
Job Opening – Resource Recycling Systems
Job Title –Intern
Timeframe – Temporary, up to one year
FLSA – Non-Exempt
Posting Date – January 11, 2012
Closing Date – Open until filled
RRS will hire a part-time Intern to assist staff consultants and engineers on a variety of projects including data entry, solid waste planning, collection system management, and program best practices. Read the whole story…
Next up on our staff profile journey is Principal Nicole Chardoul. Having been with RRS since 1998, Nicole oversees RRS’ project operations and as a Professional Engineer, has an extensive knowledge of recycling and composting facility equipment and operations; organics management; and healthcare waste reduction and sustainability. She is the leading project manager at RRS and is a sought after national conference speaker for her experience and expertise with organics diversion projects and her healthcare resource management implementation capabilities. Read the whole story…
J.D. Lindeberg began working for RRS over 20 years ago specializing in green business planning, financial assessment and organics management. As J.D.’s 
career has expanded over the years, his extensive practical knowledge in biomass energy systems, capital project planning, design engineering, organics and “green” housing projects has blossomed. In addition to being the President of RRS, J.D. is a sought after expert in the biomass energy field well known for his project development, due diligence and feedstock analysis .
In continuing with our profiles, I sat down with J.D. on December 15th to talk with him about his experiences in the organics and biomass energy field. Below are some snippets from our conversation. Read the whole story…
Jim Frey, one of the founders of Resource Recycling Systems and current CEO, has devoted the last 30 years to resource management and waste reduction. His expertise in strategic planning, business economics and public policy has supported and propelled hundreds of public and private sector agencies over the years. As a well known expert and activist in the sustainability field, Jim continues to lead the “green” movement. 
Currently he is focused on the development of green supply chain infrastructure in both the public and private sectors through corporate sustainability initiatives, zero waste strategies and public/private partnerships.
I sat down with Jim on December 15th to discuss some of the reasons why Jim entered this field and add some fun tidbits about his personality/life that he wanted to pass along. Below are some snippets from our conversation. Read the whole story…
In the last 25 years, RRS has built a strong reputation as a cutting edge, innovative consulting firm that provides sustainable and cost effective results for our clients. This reputation has earned respect from colleagues and competitors alike. Our strong foundation is built on our amazing and dedicated staff members as we employ some of the best and brightest in the field.
Over the next couple months, we want to take the opportunity to introduce our staff to you beginning this month with profiles of our company principals, who have been trailblazers in the resource management landscape. As we head into the New Year, we will post profiles of our talented project engineers and consultants who are the work engines that advance our clients programs and projects. These profiles will provide insight into the motivation and dedication our staff have toward their mission, work and lifestyle.
We hope you enjoy these as much as we did in pulling them together. We welcome you all to check back and post any questions you may have for our staff. We will do our best to get you all the answers you desire.
