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ABOUT INTEGRITY WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

IWENV is a full service consulting and management firm specializing in all disciplines of solid waste and recycling. The principals of IWENV have been involved in the waste industry since 1966 and have seen the recycling, waste collection and disposal industry evolve for over 50 years. This evolution of the industry has allowed IWENV to become a leader in the following areas where the need for expertise in recycling and waste collection services are the greatest:

  • Management of commercial waste for large corporations

  • Administration of municipal city contracts for waste collection and recycling

  • Development of corporate and municipal fee structures, rebates and cost-benefits

  • Expansion of recycling and waste facility handling and processing means

  • Application of appropriate waste processing technologies

  • Creation and highest use of new waste monitoring technologies

  • Monitoring, oversight and reporting on the compliance of collection systems

  • Environmental compliance with all state and local government regulations

  • Integration of all waste management and recycling programs and methods of service

  • Special waste management services including e-waste, HHW, U-waste, Sharps, Industrial waste, etc.

  • Waste composition and characterization analysis

  • Zero Waste Management Plans and full monitoring

  • Solid waste economic feasibility studies and material market analysis

As you can see from the types and levels of services provided by IWENV, we are the leaders in solid waste management for businesses, residents, cities and industrial clients. No other consulting and management firm has the experience, expertise and institutional knowledge than IWENV. Our services focus on the economy, the environment and a commitment.

WASTE AND RECYCLING SOLUTIONS THAT SAVE MONEY

IWENV offers and implements cost-saving waste collection and recycling solutions to small, medium and large businesses. As a bonus, we specialize in compliance with California state law while saving our clients money and minimizing disposal costs of landfill.over 50 years. This evolution of the industry has allowed IWENV to become a leader in the following areas where the need for expertise in recycling and waste collection services are the greatest:

  • Mixed material recycling

  • Increased value for on-site recycling

  • Discovering new ways to utilize waste materials

  • Consolidating recycled materials into larger volumes for more gain

  • Environmental compliance with State recycling and waste laws

  • Reporting and monitoring recycling, disposal and composting

  • Estimating of Environmental Benefits through recycling, composting and reuse

  • Technology designed to meet customer’s cost management and recycling goals

IWENV principals have been conducting these and other programs since 1991 with the advent of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1991.

MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS

IWENV equips cities with the tools it needs to monitor, manage, augment, revise and audit solid waste collection and recycling system that fosters compliance and collection program efficiency. Using IWENV, cities can improve recycling programs and divert more materials so as to manage collection fees and minimize the impact of rising landfill costs.

Since California cities are required to develop a State-approved plan to recycled paper, glass, plastics, metal, organics, green waste and food. This environmental movement was powered by Sacramento in 1991 and allows municipalities the right to choose their service providers and regulate compliance for these materials. IWENV has worked with various cities on compliance with environmental programs. Each one of the bills below and other legislative mandates require a city, hauler and business to implement programs that focus on 1) Recycling, 2) Organics, 3) Waste Reduction, 4) Diversion Goals of 50% and 75%, 5) Reduction of Greenhouse Gases.

  • Assembly Bill 939 – 50% Trash Reduction by 2000

  • Assembly Bill 341 – Mandatory Commercial Recycling Act

  • Assembly Bill 32   – Greenhouse Gas Reductions Act

  • Assembly Bill 1826 – Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling Act

COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS

IWENV has worked with various cities on the management of solid waste through the operations, collection and processing of all generated materials. These materials are generated by the business sector, the residential sector, the construction industry and institutions. IWENV has offered the following services to California cities to ensure compliance with Assembly Bills AB 939, 341, 32 and 1826:

  • Development and administration of bids, requests for proposal and contract drafts

  • Hauler analysis, management and municipal code recommendations

  • Rate studies, franchise Studies, refuse/recycling cost analysis

  • Diversion program implementation with respect to AB 939 compliance

  • Collection routing for recycling, organics and solid waste

  • Selection and certification of appropriate recycling and waste diversion facilities

  • Identification and selection of State Approved clean fuel vehicles

  • Hauler and recycling firm monitoring to ensure accuracy of monthly and quarterly data

  • Administration of existing hauling and franchise contracts to ensure compliance

  • Waste audits, recycling analysis, organics management and disposal recommendations

  • Review and revision of recycling and solid waste collection activities to fit a city’s needs

CITY SOLID WASTE BUDGETS

City leaders and their budgets rely on solid waste and environmental compliance fees to fund a variety of city projects. IWENV helps cities to become more self-sufficient with the variety of funding mechanisms available for environmental programs and contractor agreements as a right of passage to conduct work in the city borders. Environmental and compliance audits are frequently conducted by IWENV for municipalities to ensure they are getting an appropriate and accurate amount of funds while conducting compliant environmental operations within the city. These programs include environmental edicts such as:

  • Recycling programs, education, outreach and environmental stewardship

  • Public works projects, parks maintenance, city greening areas

  • Construction project investment, tax base projects, business attraction programs

  • Storm water runoff management

  • Recycling and diversion compliance measures

  • Managing special wastes such as electronics, household hazardous, sludges, sharps

  • Solid waste collection and disposal services

  • Construction and demolition debris management and fee recapture

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND MODIFICATION

IWENV has adopted and developed numerous grass roots and corporate technologies that manage was in the most accurate and cost-effective way possible. These technology, some in-house and some developed from data programs, machinery, systems and infrastructure are used to conduct activities. Only the cities that are environmentally and technologically astute embrace the services above to ensure compliance with California law, accuracy of collection services, quality of service standards to residents and businesses with an attention to cost-saving measures to its residents and businesses.

  • Pinpoint collection vehicles during hours of collection and disposal

  • Track recyclable materials to ensure integrity of material sales

  • Monitor solid waste containers

  • Employ high significance recycling systems to process all municipal waste streams

WASTE COLLECTORS AND RECYCLERS

IWENV has worked with many haulers and recyclers over the last 26 years in California alone. With the advent of Assembly Bill 939 in 1991, haulers had to embody recycling capabilities to ensure compliance with the cities they served. This included recycling education, recycling collection and recycling processing. IWENV principals have had the pleasure of ensuring that small and medium haulers alike had the capacity to collect, recycle and continue to service their clients in the cities they served. Times have changed since then, and many cities have chosen exclusive franchises to manage their waste streams and maximize their revenue from franchise and other fees. IWENV has been able to provide consulting expertise to ensure that open city haulers would continue to exercise their rights to collect solid waste and recyclables. These are the services IWENV has provided to many haulers and recyclers to improve recycling and processing capacity:

  • Proposal development in response to municipal contract bids

  • Educational program documents for compliance with city recycling requirements

  • Design, permitting and monitoring of material recovery facilities and recycling centers

  • Representation to cities, counties and states on environmental compliance issues

  • Negotiations and management of waste tipping fees, recycling rebates and material revenue

  • Grant development and management to procure over $1 million in equipment funds

  • Route effectiveness studies and route optimization programs

  • Collection system performance and feasibility analyses

  • Marketing material development and assistance

  • Website development and Search Engine Optimization marketing

  • Full Circle Recycling Facility

  • Direct Waste Services and CarJon Recycling Facility

  • Haig’s Disposal Material Recovery Facility

  • Recycling and Salvage Commercial Recycling Facility

  • CrossRidge Transport and Trans-Rail Landfill

  • MACTEC Medium Volume CDI Facility

  • Rios Recycling Wood Processing Facility

  • Scor Industries Construction and Demolition Debris Processing Facility

  • Justice Cuts Wood Chipping and Grinding Operation

  • Titan Industrial Metals Processing and Recycling Facility

IWENV SUCCESS

In summary, IWENV principals have accomplished the following for California cities:

  • Conducted 33 municipal waste composition studies for southern California

  • Assisted in the development of 33 Source Reduction and Recycling Elements for California cities

  • Managed, monitored and reported on 143 refuse haulers and recyclers for over 30 California cities

  • Conducted financial and compliance audits for 13 municipalities

  • Uncovered over $35 million in underpaid franchise fees and overcharges

  • Conducted Waste Audits for over 300 businesses for client cities

  • Implemented and managed 27 used oil recycling programs for California cities

  • Performed calculations, reports, and submittals to State for AB 939 compliance

  • Negotiated with haulers, recyclers and disposal sites for over 16 cities

  • Performed Requests for Proposals for 7 California cities and monitored successful hauler/recycler