WRG helps Washington city to improve glass recycling program

WRG helps Washington city to improve glass recycling program
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WIH Resource Group (WRG), a Scottsdale, Arizona-based environmental consulting firm, has been awarded a contract for professional and technical consulting services with the city of Walla Walla, Washington, to assist the city in evaluating its glass recycling program and providing contract assistance.

Working closely with city management and staff, WRG’s project work will provide guidance to the city of Walla Walla in assessing alternatives, and performing an analysis of the possible alternatives, for mixed glass recycling.

The project also includes a review of recycling contracts, advising in the recycling contract negotiations, developing a cost range and reviewing greenhouse gas emissions impacts. These factors will help implement a residential curbside collection mixed glass recycling program for the residents of Walla Walla.

“We are proud and pleased to be selected by the city of Walla Walla to conduct this important project work for them,” says Bob Wallace, president of WRG. “The city of Walla Walla has been an outstanding customer to WIH Resource Group over the past decade on several other project engagements and we are very honored to have been selected by them for this important project. We are very excited to have them as a repeat client again.”

In a 2021 survey, only 44 percent of Walla Walla residents believed there were adequate recycling services. Glass recycling, in particular, has been repeatedly brought up by residents in similar surveys in recent years.

“The primary objective with the study, at least the analysis of the glass alternatives, is [to find] … the most viable alternative for the city of Walla Walla and our residents,” Public Works Director Ki Bealey told council members in an April city council meeting.

The city of Walla Walla once separately collected its residents’ glass, though the program was ended in 2012 due to high costs and the inadequacy of the recycling program as it existed.

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Source: Recycling Today
WRG helps Washington city to improve glass recycling program
<![CDATA[WIH Resource Group (WRG), a Scottsdale, Arizona-based environmental consulting firm, has been awarded a contract for professional and technical consulting services with the city of Walla Walla, Washington, to assist the city in evaluating its glass recycling program and providing contract assistance. Working closely with city management and staff, WRG’s project work will provide guidance to the city of Walla Walla in assessing alternatives, and performing an analysis of the possible alternatives, for mixed glass recycling. The project also includes a review of recycling contracts, advising in the recycling contract negotiations, developing a cost range and reviewing greenhouse gas emissions impacts. These factors will help implement a residential curbside collection mixed glass recycling program for the residents of Walla Walla. “We are proud and pleased to be selected by the city of Walla Walla to conduct this important project work for them,” says Bob Wallace, president of WRG. “The city of Walla Walla has been an outstanding customer to WIH Resource Group over the past decade on several other project engagements and we are very honored to have been selected by them for this important project. We are very excited to have them as a repeat client again.”In a 2021…