Publications & Presentations
From news and journal articles to white papers and conference presentations, our team is busy communicating ideas that lead public and private decision-makers toward practical solutions for communities, businesses, and the environment.
The landscape of municipal solid waste and recycling is moving and, in many ways, being led by the West Coast. Our authors have dug in and identified 10 trends from the left side of the country that will affect the future of the industry for years to come.
Author: McKenna Morrigan, Amity Lumper, and Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: December 2012
Ten lessons from European and Japanese cities about how to promote cycling as a form of transportation.
Author: Christine Grant
Client: Sightline Institute
Date: December 2012
A look at how materials recovery facilities can capture more fiber using existing technology
Author: Andrea Altmann and Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: March 2012
A presentation on separation and processing scenarios for mixed organics streams at BioCycle Global 2011
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: BioCycle
Date: April 2011
What does mandatory recycling really mean?
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: April 2011
A CRRA course presentation for local government recycling coordinators
Author: Tracie Onstad Bills and Richard Gertman
Client: California Resource Recovery Assocition
Date: March 2011
On alternative sources of revenue for paying for collection services as garbage volumes decrease
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: October 2010
How incentives from Snohomish County's solid waste division, partnership with a local composting company, and cost savings calculations convinced the Marysville School District to successfully pilot food scrap collection
Author: Gwen Vernon
Client: WASTECON
Date: August 2010
How dirty materials recovery facilities can be used to continue to reduce the amount of material sent to landfills.
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: August 2010
On Cascadia's development, in partnership with CalRecycle and HF&H Consultants, of a business-friendly tool that calculates the financial, greenhouse gas, and diversion benefits of waste reduction and recycling
Author: Amity Lumper
Client: CalRecycle
Date: August 2010
Previews a pilot project on using recycled asphalt shingle use in paving applications, reviewing steps to success including engaging partners and stakeholders, overcoming regulatory barriers, and public-private partnerships
Author: Michelle Caulfield
Client: King County
Date: February 2010
By developing a better way to separate glass from commingled material streams, low-impact materials processing systems aim to increase the quality and volume of the material being recovered
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: August 2008
The goal of processing facility design must be to preserve the quality of the recovered material for use in manufacturing new, high-value products, as well as maintaining the integrity of the total recycling system
Author: Richard Gertman and Susan Kinsella
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: March 2008
Planning each step for a single-stream collection program to achieve optimal results
Author: Richard Gertman and Susan Kinsella
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: January 2008
How can recycling coordinators design systems that will keep up with the globalization of recycling markets?
Author: Richard Gertman and Susan Kinsella
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: November 2007
No changes affect the recycling industry more than the push toward single-stream recycling collection and process
Author: Richard Gertman and Susan Kinsella
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: August 2007
A CRRA Annual Conference presentation on best practices for recycling glass
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: California Resource Recovery Assocition
Date: July 2007
Author: Richard Gertman and Susan Kinsella
Client: Various in the State of California
Date: February 2007
Best practices for design of a Single Stream Recyclables collection and processing system, contracting for services, system requirements, program promotions, and other methods of achieving the diversion goals of the community
Author: Richard Gertman and Susan Kinsella
Client: Various in the State of California
Date: January 2007
One of the first statewide Sustainable Action Plans in the country; Cascadia worked on multiple aspects of the project, including facilitating stakeholders, drafting the report, and releasing and disseminating the report
Author: Marc Daudon and others
Client: Governor's Sustainable Washington Advisory Panel
Date: February 2003
How communities can provide waste prevention incentives to waste generators and waste collectors
Author: Richard Gertman
Client: Resource Recycling
Date: August 2001
“Cascadia is very organized; their work product is thorough. I appreciated their flexibility and responsiveness. I just appreciated their ability to take our interests and put them into a tangible work product and a plan. The thoroughness of their work really led to a product that was very relevant to us and that we still use in our work. As a whole, the firm seems to be much more comfortable with field work than other consultants."
-Kathy Cote, City of Fremont
-Kathy Cote, City of Fremont
