Public agencies

MUNICIPALITIES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES

Municipalities face many challenges in managing public services for refuse, 
recycling, yard waste, fall leaf, bulky goods, household hazardous waste, 
resident education and more. The range of options in equipment, 
organization, staffing, operations and management are broad. There is no 
standard solution but success can still be measured by service quality and 
cost. Increasing quality and lowering costs are ongoing challenges that 
need to be pursued with knowledge and confidence. RRSI provides 
comprehensive resource management consulting and engineering services 
that have helped all types of public agencies increase service quality and 
lower costs. RRSI work products and technical assistance provide the 
key to success.

• Facilities Engineering and Management 
• Materials Management 
• Solid Waste System Planning and Development
• Operations Management Consulting and SOP Development

RRSI is experienced in working with a diverse range of communities 
regardless of population including townships, villages and municipalities 
of all sizes and types (municipally run operation versus contracted service) 
as well as multi-government projects through County Public Works, Regional 
Authorities or Solid Waste Districts.

Oakland County Solid Waste Management

The Oakland County Waste Resource Management Division is responsible for all solid waste management 
planning and implementation in this County of 1.3 million people in 61 local units of government. 
RRSI provides technical and engineering consulting services for all stages of solid waste plan development, 
implementation planning, program development and roll-out and intergovernmental project coordination.

Specific services have included development of database/information systems profiling all municipal 
recycling and solid waste programs and all related private sector facilities and services; engineering 
analysis of recycling, composting and disposal capacity serving the region and identification of service 
and capacity gaps expected over the next twenty years; peer community case studies/profiles      
demonstrating best practice opportunities suitable for Oakland County communities; intergovernmental 
service development and coordination including service definition, specification development, 
proposal/procurement process management and vendor selection and contracting; outreach and education 
campaign planning and development; and system and facility procurement. RRSI also supported the 
County’s corporate and business environmental programming with development of a region-wide e-waste      
management infrastructure (REAP2), including industry and technology profiles, best practice 
benchmarking, program funding development, linkages with high-tech industry(automotive and defense), 
recruitment of e-waste processors, corporate recruitment and supply profiling to justify financing, 
and outreach/education programming to recruit participation.

Lucas County Solid Waste Management

RRSI provides technical assistance to the Lucas County Solid Waste Management District (Ohio) 
focusing on increasing the efficiency and capacity of the District’s recycling operations and improving 
policies towards greater material recovery in the face of the District’s staffing challenges.RRSI services 
include evaluation of contractual recycling processing options and assistance for implementing an 
automated fleet tracking and data recording system to more efficiently report data for state and federal 
reports and to more effectively evaluate the efficiency of current recycling routes. Through a partnership 
with an innovative planned business park of over 200 businesses, RRSI assisted the District in expanding 
their commercial recycling opportunities so that all businesses have access to cost-effective and 
convenient waste and recycling services. RRSI has played a significant role in developing, monitoring,and 
evaluating the success of recycling program contracts between the District, the county, municipalities 
and local institutions to assure reduced disposal costs and increased recycling.

Athens-Clarke County Comprehensive

RRSI has a long-standing working relationship with the Solid Waste and Recycling programs of the Unified
Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia (ACC). This has included planning services, curbside program
implementation support, drop-off system design and implementation, yard waste collection service analysis,
full service MRF procurement, MRF vendor oversight, markets studies and ordinance development. RRSI
prepared a Comprehensive Solid Waste Reduction Study for ACC. Phase I of the study, completed in the
Spring 1993, included a characterization of the county solid waste stream, a thorough analysis of existing
waste reduction programs and the establishment of options for a comprehensive waste reduction strategy
for the county. A detailed evaluation of these options was then conducted and an option was selected for
further study. Conceptual design and cost information was provided for each aspect of the program which
included source reduction, recycling, composting education, incentive, regulatory, collection and processing
systems. Program designs address both the residential and commercial/industrial sectors. A detailed rate
model for a volume-based refuse fee system was also included, as was an efficiency assessment of their
current refuse collection system. RRSI has since completed work on Phase II of the project which provided
review and adoption of policies supporting the waste reduction strategy, and the implementation of related
ordinances and facility procurement.

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