Presentation at 2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference

1. CASELLA RESOURCE SOLUTIONS:
CASELLA RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
RECYCLING · COLLECTION · ORGANICS · ENERGY · BIO-FUELS · LANDFILLS
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By Liza Casella
Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference
April 17 2014
Evolving Traditional Waste
Streams into Resources

2. CASELLA RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
• Local presence and focus with vertically
integrated resource management assets
in MA, VT, NY, PA, NH, & ME.
• Public company - $460M annual revenue;
1,800 employees serving nearly 200,000
customers.
• Serving over 70 university customers in
the northeast with a unique focus on
creating sustainable solutions.
• Proven track record bringing customers to
zero waste through comprehensive
resource management offer.
• Recover nearly a 1,000,000 tons of
recycling and organic residuals for
beneficial use each year.
• Between 2005 and 2012 Casella reduced
companywide carbon emissions by 50%.
Our Strategy:
Create systems to transform discarded by-
products into valuable industrial feed stock
and sources of renewable energy.
Own and operate integrated resource
management infrastructure in the
Northeast.
Leverage our experience and partnerships
to help organizations drive out waste.
Casella Overview
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• Cornell: comprehensive diversion support provided over the last 10 years;
customized reporting; internship program; educational support; 2012
Supplier Award; 66% diversion rate.
• Dartmouth: re-engineered student/faculty/staff diversion capture system;
recycling and organics support; event based zero waste service (athletics
support, Tuck); 44% diversion (includes all residual streams). Video
available.
• Champlain College: organic residual collection; comprehensive zero sort
recycling; closed loop recycling, 42% diversion.
• MIT: comprehensive solid waste and recycling equipment, service, and
infrastructure support; 43% diversion; active interest in RM.
• UMass Lowell: Evolution of a program that began with no recycling; today,
diverting 55% of materials and initiated organics collection September 2013.
• Skidmore College: First true RM/Performance based contract in northeast
2% to 27% recycling in 3 months. YTD 60% increase in recycling, 2%
decrease in trash, 9% increase in overall volume.
Select College and University Partners Accomplishments in the
Northeast
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Resource Recovery Infrastructure in the Northeast
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Casella Resource Management Infrastructure in the Northeast

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Resource Management Service Orientation

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Resource Management Supply Chain Orientation –
Collaboration is Critical to Success

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Closing Thoughts
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• Resource management best practices continue to evolve on college campuses and
institutions throughout the Northeast, driven in large measure by EPA techniques
developed in the early 2000s and perfected since.
• Assets and infrastructure are in dynamic flux – as evidenced in particular by rapidly
evolving developments in the organics residual processing resulting from bans in New
England and VT.
• Knowledge capital, expertise and competencies oriented as close to the “point of
generation” as possible are key to success. These include continuous information,
education, and incentive programs oriented to “consumers” of the program (i.e.,
students, faculty, and staff).
• A supply chain orientation gives leading institutions the ability to develop a multi-faceted
approach for driving out waste

8. CASELLA RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
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CASELLA RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
Zero-Sort Recycling · Collection · Organics · Energy · Biofuels · Landfills
casella.com/highered