Waste and Recycling

Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan
Client: Los Angeles, CA
Cascadia is working with the City of Los Angeles to develop their long-term Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan (SWIRP) by identifying existing and planned public and private infrastructure and services. This work involves:
  • Summarizing the city’s current waste management system and solid waste resources facilities;
  • Conducting surveys of public and private services to determine disposal rates, tipping fees, contractual arrangements, and existing and planned institutional structures;
  • Identifying opportunities for expanding public facilities to enhance overall services and efficiencies;
  • Identifying alternative waste diversion methods and opportunities for expansion; and
  • Developing generation, disposal, and diversion projections for a 20-year planning period.
This work will provide the City with a strategic plan for developing programs, allocating resources, and expanding services toward an updated, more effective city-wide waste management and
diversion plan.

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Cascadia began to immediately overhaul the way Resource Venture services were marketed, delivered, and tracked; ultimately resulting in superior outcomes. Among the dramatic changes we noted were (1) an increased level of accountability; (2) a more strategic focus; and (3) service documentation that demonstrated a more effective and efficient program. In particular, Cascadia’s “targeting and tracking” database made it possible to focus on the biggest commercial resources users with the greatest potential for conservation, and then measure their progress over time. The program’s unique targeted approach is extremely cost-effective; Cascadia has helped reduce the City’s program costs from about $100/ton diverted in 2006 to about $45/ton in 2008.


- Phil Paschke, Seattle Public Utilities