Solid Waste Engineering

For many municipalities and counties, a robust thermal WTE facility is the cornerstone of a modern waste management system. It may generate a range of energy outputs: electricity, district heating, steam for industrial processes, desalinated seawater or district cooling.

Geosyntec recognizes the importance of stakeholder engagement in highly visible planning projects conducted by organizations charged with protecting the public good.

For a wide variety of solid waste clients, Geosyntec's solid waste advisory team has led benchmarking surveys of solid waste collection, landfill operations, and transfer station and MRF operations.

Geosyntec is regularly engaged to provide valuation services for solid waste assets and has provided financial analysis for long-term and annual budgeting of integrated waste management systems, cost-of-service estimates, and closure and post-closure reserves.

Geosyntec has significant experience designing wasteshed analyses and conducting waste characterization studies for specific processing technologies which recover recyclables and organics.

Waste services can involve a remarkable number of specialized contracts, including host agreements, franchise agreements, long-term maintenance contracts, and capital projects contracting.

Geosyntec has extensive experience performing wasteshed analyses of integrated waste management and recycling systems that allow us to identify where materials are going, how they are being managed, and what the market rates are for services.

Geosyntec offers deep experience and knowledge of solid waste planning in accordance with state and local goals for waste diversion and recycling while considering dynamic market conditions.