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Relevant Project Experience
<br />SOLID WASTE INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN
<br />City of Los Angeles, California
<br />Project Manager. Orchestrating a one -year stakeholder engagement process consisting of
<br />100 key constituent meetings, 75 business meetings, 36 house meetings, 36 working group
<br />workshops, and 3 citywide conferences to obtain public input on the development of the
<br />stakeholder- driven Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan (SWIRP). The SWIRP I plan
<br />will identify the policies, programs and facilities that will be necessary to reach the City's
<br />goal of 93 percent diversion. The SWIRP II planning process will include the development
<br />of an implementation plan, facilities plan, financial plan and Environmental Impact
<br />Report.
<br />ZERO WASTE OPERATIONAL PLAN
<br />City of Palo Alto, California
<br />Project Manager. Conducting public meetings with zero waste task force, city council
<br />committees, and full city council. Developing a detailed operational plan identifying the
<br />policies, programs and facilities that the City will need to reach 73 percent diversion by
<br />2011 and 90 percent diversion by 2022. Tasks include: waste characterization analysis,
<br />program and facility descriptions, regional facility capacity analysis, economic analysis,
<br />and implementation plan.
<br />LONG RANGE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY PLAN
<br />County of Santa Cruz, California
<br />Project Manager. Conducting stakeholder outreach process to engage public support for
<br />new "zero waste transfer station ". Facilitating public meetings in each supervisorial
<br />district. Developing a long range plan for the development of resource recovery facilities
<br />for the County including: organics composting facility, construction and demolition
<br />facility, materials recovery facility and transfer station, and potential alternative
<br />Ruth C. Abbe
<br />Education
<br />Vice President
<br />Bachelor of Arts Degree in
<br />National Practice Leader, Zero Waste Planning
<br />Philosophy and Fine Arts,
<br />Amherst College
<br />Professional Experience
<br />Professional Affiliations
<br />Past - President, Northern
<br />Ms. Abbe is a recycling and solid waste management specialist and project manager with
<br />California Recycling Association
<br />more than 18 years of experience in facility and collection procurement, contract
<br />Past - President, Alameda County
<br />negotiation, program planning, and financial analysis. She is HDR's national practice
<br />Source Reduction and Recycling
<br />leader in zero waste planning and heads up the sustainability services group which focuses
<br />Board
<br />on zero waste planning, toxics reduction, long term energy management and energy
<br />Past - Chair, Alameda County
<br />efficiency, renewable energy, green house gas accounting, water conservation, green
<br />Local Task Force(Waste
<br />building, and sustainable urban planning.
<br />Reduction Advisory Board
<br />She has worked with more than 50 communities and private sector clients to plan and
<br />Past - Chair, City of Alameda
<br />Recycling Task Force
<br />.
<br />develop their recycling and solid waste management programs. She is familiar with state
<br />Board Member, East Bay
<br />of the art collection and recovery equipment and specifications, collection routing
<br />League of Conservation Voters
<br />methods, and financing plans. As a member of the City of Alameda Recycling Task Force,
<br />Board Member, Californians
<br />she developed one of the first citywide residential single- stream collection programs. She
<br />Against Waste
<br />has assisted jurisdictions in planning and implementing residential shigle- stream collection
<br />and residential and commercial food waste collection programs, including; program
<br />planning, public outreach, technical assistance and employee training.
<br />Relevant Project Experience
<br />SOLID WASTE INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN
<br />City of Los Angeles, California
<br />Project Manager. Orchestrating a one -year stakeholder engagement process consisting of
<br />100 key constituent meetings, 75 business meetings, 36 house meetings, 36 working group
<br />workshops, and 3 citywide conferences to obtain public input on the development of the
<br />stakeholder- driven Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan (SWIRP). The SWIRP I plan
<br />will identify the policies, programs and facilities that will be necessary to reach the City's
<br />goal of 93 percent diversion. The SWIRP II planning process will include the development
<br />of an implementation plan, facilities plan, financial plan and Environmental Impact
<br />Report.
<br />ZERO WASTE OPERATIONAL PLAN
<br />City of Palo Alto, California
<br />Project Manager. Conducting public meetings with zero waste task force, city council
<br />committees, and full city council. Developing a detailed operational plan identifying the
<br />policies, programs and facilities that the City will need to reach 73 percent diversion by
<br />2011 and 90 percent diversion by 2022. Tasks include: waste characterization analysis,
<br />program and facility descriptions, regional facility capacity analysis, economic analysis,
<br />and implementation plan.
<br />LONG RANGE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY PLAN
<br />County of Santa Cruz, California
<br />Project Manager. Conducting stakeholder outreach process to engage public support for
<br />new "zero waste transfer station ". Facilitating public meetings in each supervisorial
<br />district. Developing a long range plan for the development of resource recovery facilities
<br />for the County including: organics composting facility, construction and demolition
<br />facility, materials recovery facility and transfer station, and potential alternative
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