Major Foreign Waste Firm Entering the US Market
A large international utility conglomerate wanted to investigate
the US and Canadian waste management industry. We helped them
to better understand the domestic markets from the ground up.
Using data gathered from a variety of sources including proprietary
research, we examined each element of the waste stream. That
allowed us to show how much of each waste component was generated,
recycled, and disposed and consequently what percentages of
each were going to various types of waste handling facilities.
(Ref. 0004DX).
New York City Waste Flow Analysis and Future Disposal
Options Study
In conjunction with a global engineering firm, we worked to
provide a detailed analysis of the waste flows emanating out
of New York City particularly in the wake of the closure of
the massive Fresh Kills Landfill there. The Department of
Sanitation wanted not only to better understand where most
of the city waste was being exported but also to advise the
Mayor on a comprehensive longer range plan for disposition
of the more than fifteen thousand tons of waste generated
daily. We provided them with an analysis of existing disposal
operations, their operating capacity, lifetime capacity, access
to rail or waterway, operational characteristics, ownership
and individual market characteristics including the political
climate surrounding those operations. (Ref. 00043Y).
Major Metropolitan Government Considers Rail Hauling of
Waste
We have helped a major west coast city examine the feasibility
and options for rail haul disposal of its solid waste. We
began by compiling a detailed database of all large landfills
operating within one thousand miles. Added to this was data
on ownership and operation, distance, type and carrier of
rail service and whether systems were yet in place, other
access constraints, tonnage of waste received, capacity for
acceptance, disposal pricing and whether and with which public
jurisdictions the landfill had any long term contracts. (Ref.
0004D1).
Company Considers Entering the C&D Recycling Business
We were hired to assist a major waste management company examine
whether and to what extent that it could participate in the
construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling business.
We provided them with an analysis of the existing C&D
market including a database of the more than 5,500 facilities
around the US that accept C&D wastes, their pricing, acceptance
rates, capacity, ownership and other particulars that helped
to describe their capabilities and particular niche. Equipped
with this data, we were able to give them an idea of the avoided
cost of disposal or rather the incentive pricing to recycle
C&D and to show them which markets would initially be
more desirable. (Ref. 0003SD).
Industry Segment Quantification
We worked together with a national economic research firm
to create a recovered materials industry service. The report
quantified the supply and demand for recycled products by
commodity and included a discussion of economic drivers resulting
in past pricing. The model developed helped us to forecast
future demand and pricing in order to allow our major corporate
clients plan their production. (Ref. 0003CO).
Waste-to-Energy Business Sector Analysis
A global investment banking firm wanted to better understand
the waste-to-energy business in the US. We examined each market
in which one or more of the country's 125 waste-to-energy
plants have operations. By employing GIS analysis, we could
map and quantify proximity both to population sources of demand
as well as to competitors and alternate disposal options.
Overlaying expectations about the macro market, we could then
give them a substantiated expectation for the waste-to-energy
sector in particular. (Ref. 0004QF).
Municipal Waste Authority Seeks to Renegotiate its Waste
Contract
We were hired to make a market assessment for a large northeastern
municipality looking for an industry benchmark in order to
better judge contract proposals from different waste management
firms seeking their business. We gave the municipality a listing
of all waste disposal operations within 150 miles that included
data on ownership and operation, daily acceptance volumes,
types of waste accepted and the various prices charged for
each, operating capacity and in the case of landfills, remaining
disposal capacity, access to roads, railway or waterways,
and market served. Five years of historical data allowed us
to examine local market trends and to make estimates regarding
future demand, capacity and pricing in the area. As is customary,
we created maps to illustrate and examine the universe of
disposal options for them. (Ref. 0002T8).
Major Solid Waste Firm Seeks to Inventory Waste Disposal
Operations
A major waste management firm that had grown rapidly through
acquisitions, wanted to inventory its own solid waste operations
located throughout the United States. Rather than do this
internally, it turned to us. We provided them with site-specific
information, data on wastes accepted, volumes disposed, and
tipping fees. A subsequent study provided this firm with profiles
of their key competitors including waste disposal inventory,
weak markets, and strategic opportunities. (Ref. 0002FZ).