Recycling Program Design and Market Development

SAIC designs recycling programs and assists customers with successful, recyclable materials market development. This includes managing waste as a resource and preserving our resources for future generations through materials recovery.

Creating (or Improving) Recycling Programs

With human consumption of finite natural resources at an all time high, source reduction and recycling is everyone's responsibility. SAIC focuses on providing practical, sustainable approaches to the evolving recycling industry. SAIC designs, implements, and evaluates recycling solid waste programs of all sizes and types - from residential curbside and drop-off recycling programs to major industrial waste reduction policies.

Business Acumen Plus Technical Expertise

SAIC recycling program services deliver a distinct blend of operations understanding, business and technological savvy, and systems intelligence. With experience gained through work on some of the most sophisticated, integrated, solid waste management systems in the country, our professionals bring diverse expertise that ranges from collection and processing methodologies to recyclable materials marketing to economic analysis of recycling programs.

Cutting-Edge Capabilities

SAIC has helped communities, governments, and industries create or improve recycling programs for more than 30 years. We have worked with our customers to navigate marketplace shifts and embrace new concepts such as single-stream recycling and sustainability, fueled by the need to meet high diversion goals and cost considerations. SAIC has conducted some of the nation's leading studies addressing multiple recycling issues, from materials marketing, collection efficiencies, and economic impacts to pay-as-you-throw, and greenhouse gas emission reduction. We have an exceptional understanding of recyclable materials marketing, collection, processing, and the economic impacts of recycling. Our capabilities include:

  • Sourcing studies
  • Feasibility studies
  • Waste prevention and reduction
  • Best management practices
  • Program evaluation and implementation
  • Training and workshop development
  • Public education and outreach
  • Economic impact studies
  • Market development
  • Household hazardous waste and special wastes management
  • Organics and composting management
  • Construction and demolition management