TS Waste Solutions is a new service offering that we have created by partnering with
Mike Balliet, a 30-year veteran of the California recycling and solid waste services space. Mike and his family have been longtime friends of the firm; his daughter worked here, his daughter-in-law works here, and his son wrote and sang our company theme song. Now Mike is partnering with our team to deliver solid waste solutions throughout California. Mike brings deep expertise and policy knowledge. Tripepi Smith brings outreach and public education expertise, and a talented team of analysts and communicators. The combined effort will help cities innovate and move quickly to address the myriad requirements cities face managing their solid waste services.
California has made substantial grant funds available to help cities launch their recycling outreach efforts. The first wave of those funds - if applied for by February 1st - will become available in April. The outreach will be just one component of the work that needs to be done. Altering purchasing policies to seed the organic materials market and supporting local food banks are also critical aspects of the requirements. All these efforts, done in partnership with waste hauler contractors, are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tripepi Smith has a long history of moving fast to innovate and serve our friends in local government. Our Waste Solutions group is a solid example of consolidating expertise and leveraging it across dozens of clients - creating scale and efficiency for cities. Cities are given lots of responsibilities to solve big problems. I hope our work here makes their effort more effective and efficient.
Let’s Go,