Solid Waste Engineering & Advisory

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Geosyntec provides both technical engineering professionals who design facilities, and financial advisory specialists who offer a wealth of experience evaluating solid waste systems and infrastructure assets under a variety of project delivery and contracting mechanisms. Our private and public clients are increasingly driven to improve performance, secure value for money, achieve required returns, and optimize use of assets.

Solid Waste Engineering

Since its founding, Geosyntec has helped both public and private sector clients in the solid waste management industry with the permitting, design, construction management, and closure of landfills, leachate and gas management systems, and waste transfer stations.

Solid Waste Advisory

With more than 30 years of service, our professionals have been involved in more than 1,000 solid waste management projects for private clients as well as municipalities, local and state governments, regional authorities, and national governmental agencies.

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Solid Waste Engineering & Advisory Services

  • Waste-to-Energy (WTE) and Emerging Technologies

    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.

  • Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement

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

  • Measurement and Benchmarking

    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.

  • Financial Assessments

    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.

  • Waste Characterization Studies and Data Review

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

  • Contracts Review and Management

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

  • Analysis of Integrated Solid Waste Management and Recycling Programs

    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.

  • Strategic Planning and Decision-Making Support

    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.

  • Transfer Station and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Services

    Geosyntec's professionals have evaluated and designed numerous solid waste transfer stations for our clients.

  • Operational and Organizational Assessments

    Geosyntec assists its clients in developing their operations to meet cost, waste reduction, and long-term community goals. For many clients, we have provided analysis and guidance in planning and designing the administrative structure for the effective management of solid waste systems.

  • Utility Industrial Ash and Scrubber Sludge Monofills

    Geosyntec provides an array of geoenvironmental engineering services to electricity generation utilities for monofill site creation and development, including containment facility siting, design, permitting, construction-phase engineering, and construction quality assurance.

  • Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

    Geosyntec’s municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill practice specializes in addressing the most complex and challenging landfill projects through our innovative technologies and designs.

  • Overview of Waste Management Planning, Engineering & Design

    Geosyntec is a recognized leader in waste containment facility permitting and design. From concept to implementation, we assist our clients in achieving efficient, safe, and secure containment of their regulated wastes that require land disposal.

  • Solid, Industrial, and Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities

    Geosyntec is a recognized leader in helping our clients achieve safe, secure containment of their regulated wastes requiring land disposal.

  • Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning

    Geosyntec's engineers and scientists aid many clients in the decommissioning and remediation of power plants, refineries, military facilities, NASA storage and assembly areas, and chemical manufacturing and distribution facilities.

  • Landfill Gas to Energy Systems

    A significant component of Geosyntec's landfill engineering practice is the management of landfill gas and compliance with air quality standards.

  • Landfill Gas Collection and Management Systems

    A significant component of Geosyntec's landfill engineering practice is the management of landfill gas and compliance with air quality standards. Our expertise with landfill gas is built upon a legacy of being a recognized leader helping our clients achieve safe, secure containment of regulated wastes since our founding in 1983.

  • Solid Waste Recycling Facilities

    Geosyntec engineers and scientists offer decades of experience in the design, construction, and long-term maintenance of waste containment and processing facilities, including central operations where commingled or source-separated recyclables are processed mechanically or manually to meet market specifications for sale.

  • Radiological Waste Management and Disposal Facilities

    Geosyntec's practitioners work with regulators and stakeholders to develop solutions for a range of radiological challenges, including waste management and disposal, waste packaging and transportation, facility decontamination and decommissioning (D&D), and environmental restoration for government and private clients.

Solid Waste Engineering & Advisory Projects

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Geosyntec supports our practitioners as they explore new ideas, find new uses for established technologies, and develop more efficient ways of serving our clients. We work across disciplines, often partnering with universities, researchers, and clients, to develop and commercialize leading-edge solutions.

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