How Our Communities Collect Waste and Recyclables Originally delivered Sep 2, 2015 Source: AIChE Type: Archived WebinarLevel: Basic Duration: 1 hour PDHs: 1.00 Share This Post: Preview Webinar: The presentation provides an overview on collecting solid waste (SW) from the curb in front of your home to the point of processing and/or disposal. It includes a brief history of how the industry has transitioned from horse and buggy to modern collecting methods. We discuss the various methods including trucks and containers used for SW collecting in the United States and briefly describe a typical day for a SW collector. Download Presenter(s): Terry Schweitzer Terry Schweitzer is Vice President of Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc., a national solid waste management consulting firm. Since joining GBB, he has primarily worked on assignments involving planning, implementation and administration of collection service operations, helping make client’s waste and recycling collection as efficient as possible and applying the latest in technology advancement. Prior to joining GBB, he worked with major private sector waste collection firms for more than 19 years. He has extensive experience in waste and recyclables collection equipment...Read more Once the content has been viewed and you have attested to it, you will be able to download and print a certificate for PDH credits. If you have already viewed this content, please click here to login. Checkout Checkout Do you already own this? Log In for instructions on accessing this content. Pricing Individuals AIChE Member Credits 1 AIChE Members $69.00 AIChE Graduate Student Members Free AIChE Undergraduate Student Members Free Non-Members $99.00 Webinar content is available with the kind permission of the author(s) solely for the purpose of furthering AIChE’s mission to educate, inform and improve the practice of professional chemical engineering. All other uses are forbidden without the express consent of the author(s). Language: English
Terry Schweitzer Terry Schweitzer is Vice President of Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc., a national solid waste management consulting firm. Since joining GBB, he has primarily worked on assignments involving planning, implementation and administration of collection service operations, helping make client’s waste and recycling collection as efficient as possible and applying the latest in technology advancement. Prior to joining GBB, he worked with major private sector waste collection firms for more than 19 years. He has extensive experience in waste and recyclables collection equipment...Read more