Planning

Our qualifications and experience in this area include the performance of multi-disciplinary projects involving a variety of fields and of subcontractors. We are a leader in planning and integrating solid waste management systems and in their integration with other key community services, such as wastewater treatment and power generation. Our participation in these projects has covered long-range planning, feasibility analyses, technology and information transfer, financial and institutional analyses, and project design and implementation. Members of CalRecovery have worked both as representatives of international financing institutions and as representatives of the borrowers.

U.S. Agency for International Development -- CalRecovery served as advisor in various aspects associated with solid waste management to the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. We conducted a rapid assessment of existing conditions and prepared an Action Plan for Solid Waste Management in Metropolitan Manila. Members of the company assisted in a solicitation process for the construction and operation of two transfer stations and a large-scale waste disposal facility. We also developed strategies for cost recovery mechanisms for waste management services, reviewed current proposed legislation, and prepared a plan for waste diversion and waste minimization.

World Bank -- A comprehensive analysis of the solid waste management situation in Bangladesh was conducted. The firm managed the preparation of the sectoral analysis, which included a number of aspects associated with national and local policy, regulations, environmental protection, public health aspects, social issues, community participation, and institutional and technical matters.

City of New Haven, Connecticut -- CalRecovery worked with a local contractor in the preparation of a solid waste management plan. The project involved compilation, evaluation, and consolidation of previous planning efforts, followed by the development of solid waste management options and recommendations that would allow the City to realize its 60% recycling goal.