McCarthy named head of SBWMA.* South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA SBWMA South Bayside Waste Management Authority (California) ) has appointed Kevin P. McCarthy as its first executive director. He will provide overall financial and operational management for the SBWMA's 12 San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. County member agencies and solid waste and recycling services. McCarthy was previously the business development manager for two privately owned recycling companies headquartered in southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Prior to that, he served as the vice president of government affairs for Waste Management Inc.'s Recycle America subsidiary. He is nationally recognized for his efforts in municipal recycling and policy development with particular expertise in collection and processing programs for construction and demolition debris, organics and electronic scrap. "I am honored to take on this exciting and challenging position managing one of the largest municipal franchise contracts in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," says McCarthy. "We have some large challenges ahead us including a procurement process for our franchise collection services and facility operations, capital improvements and continued focus on delivering cost-effective recycling services." Formed in 1982, the South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA) is a joint powers authority A Joint Powers Authority (JPA) is an institution permitted under the laws of some states of the USA, whereby two or more public authorities (e.g. local governments, or utility or transport districts) can operate collectively. of 12 member agencies in San Mateo County and bills itself as "a leader in innovative recycling and waste-reduction programs." The goals of the SBWMA are to provide cost-effective waste reduction, recycling and solid waste programs to member agencies through franchised services and other recyclers to meet and sustain a minimum 50 percent diversion mandated by California State Law AB 939. Currently, Allied Waste of San Mateo County provides collection services for 91,000 residences and nearly 10,000 businesses. The SBWMA also owns and manages the Shoreway Recycling and Disposal Center (RDC RDC Republique Democratique du Congo (French) RDC Rez de Chaussee (French: Ground Floor) RDC Red Deer College RDC Remote Desktop Connection (Microsoft) RDC Rowan Companies, Inc ) consisting of a permitted solid waste transfer station and a materials recovery facility A materials recovery facility or materials reclamation facility (MRF -- pronounced "murf") is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-user manufacturers. . Allied Waste provides operations services. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion