Managing increasing amounts of solid waste must take into account public sentiment, local policy, economic, legal, technological and environmental issues. Legislative and regulatory changes, such as the recent Energy Bill extending the tax credits for landfill gas-to-energy projects, will help shape solid waste management solutions. Other factors include aging facilities that require recapitalization, expansion, or decommissioning. Plus, market competition between private and public sector service providers can result in significant challenges to municipalities.

Our Approach  |  Proven Experience

Our Approach

Malcolm Pirnie provides full-service solid waste management consulting services — including strategic planning, design, permitting, commissioning, operations monitoring, rate consulting, and financial advisory services. We have more than 60 years of experience developing all types of solid waste management facilities, including materials recovery facilities, transfer stations, landfills, composting, and waste-to-energy facilities.

The first and most important purpose of a solid waste facility is managing solid waste in an environmentally sound manner. That's why we focus on systems and technologies with a proven record of managing solid waste safely and economically, while protecting the environment, beneficial use, and providing value to customers.

By keeping abreast of legislative and market dynamics, we help you deal effectively with new regulatory requirements, changes in regional collection and disposal practices, and aging facilities. Depending on your needs, our participation can range from small, specialized studies supplementing the work of your in-house staff, to complete development of large-scale facilities and programs.

We are also keenly aware of the need for revenue-generating programs as well as rate structures that are equitable, defensible, and financially sound. Our Red Oak Consulting division provides rate consulting services based on its own interactive decision-support model. At the conclusion of a rate study, the model can become your property — to use as a budgeting tool and for cost-of-service and rate design analyses.

Proven Experience

“Chute-to-Stack” Retrofit of a Waste-to-Energy Plant

A Uniquely Sited Materials Recovery Facility

A Piggyback Expansion Gives New Life to an Aging Landfill

Middlesex County Utilities Authority, East Brunswick, NJ