Organic Waste Management Strategic Planning Services

The Vendor is required to provide organic waste management planning services:
• Design comprehensive planning frameworks that organize municipal goals across the core themes of waste reduction, education, compliance, incentives, and policy.
• Utilize geographic information systems (GIS) to map regional waste producers and existing infrastructure to identify processing gaps.
• Evaluate local waste stream data to establish realistic baseline targets for scaling up both residential and commercial diversion rates.
• Assess the logistical feasibility of developing a decentralized network of medium-scale composting facilities to minimize transport distances and operational costs.
• Guidance on aligning local processing operations with EPA multi-class composting facility standards, federal pathogen controls, carbon-to-nitrogen ratios, and industrial storm water permitting requirements.
• Build operational frameworks for localized anaerobic digestion programs, agricultural registries, and biochar market expansion.
• Design public advertising campaigns and structured educational seminars focused on residential food waste prevention and backyard composting.
• Analyze the regional private waste sector to identify operational integration opportunities, while ensuring organic diversion programs are equitably distributed and accessible to all demographic and socio-economic neighborhoods across the city.