INDUSTRY CASE STUDY:
SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING FACILITIES

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Industry Challenge

Each year, Americans generate over 250 million tons of waste, of which, a little less than one-third is recycled.  Solid waste management involves the control of generation, storage, collection, transport/transfer, and processing and disposal of the solid waste materials in a manner that best addresses environmental, public health, aesthetics, and other community concerns.  Solid waste includes household waste as well as industrial waste which often includes hazardous materials.  Proper solid waste and recycling practices involves community planning, regulatory compliance, and administrative reporting to document the life cycle of the waste and address any potential issues that may arise.

Odysseus Solutions

Odysseus Offers a Programmatic Solution for Solid Waste & Recycling  Facilities.

Odysseus™ | kms

The Odysseus™|KMS provides solid waste and recycling facility operators with a central repository where plans and compliance reports can be accessed and shared by staff, business investors, and partners.  The secure yet flexible virtual collaborative environment allows for the efficient development, maintenance, and update of planning doctrine.
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ODYSSEUS™ | CPM

The Odysseus™|Compliance Metric Tools are a data-driven, assessment that allows solid waste and recycling facility operators the ability to systematically evaluate the compliance to various governmental and industry recognized programs. 

ODYSSEUS™ | AAT

The Odysseus™ | AAT offers commercial facility owners the ability to develop customized assessment tools that can be used to evaluate, assess, and understand solid waste and recycling trends.

ODYSSEUS™ | cbt

​The Odysseus™|CBT allows for the delivery and tracking of learning across the Odysseus™ enterprise. Your programs, courses, and exercises can be harmonized with facility planning, education and outreach activities, and other program efforts.

Featured Best Practices

• Facility Planning
• Community Outreach
• Stakeholder Management
• Compliance Metrics
• Participation

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Facility Planning

The Odysseus™ | KMS gives solid waste and recycling facility owners an online tool dedicated to the development and maintenance of plans and reporting requirements.  Odysseus™|KMS offers facility owners the unique feature of providing standardization and flexibility in a collaborative environment.  This union greatly increases your organization's ability to manage and coordinate the development, maintenance and improvement of the facility.  

Community Outreach & Education

The Odysseus™|CBT plug-in provides organizations with an integrated learning management system that allows solid waste and recycling facility owners to more effectively engagepartners and stakeholders by delivering and measuring the understanding of important facility issues.  Odysseus™|CBT provides a platform to deliver and manage customized computer-based training, track course assessments, award certificates upon course completion, and in-depth reporting. 

Community Stakeholder Management

In today’s environment of fiscal efficiency, limited availability of resources, and the necessity to balance competing demands, it is imperative that the engagement of assigned work groups and key stakeholders is efficient and effective. The stakeholder management tool within the Odysseus™|KMS will assist in documenting the planning process, provide a method of on-going committee collaboration, offer an archival repository of planning meeting minutes and information, and ensure the active participation of committee members and key stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the planning process.

Industry & Regulatory Compliance Assessments

Designed from the Odysseus™|AAT architecture, the Odysseus platform offers a customized compliance assessments tools that are consistent with local, state, and federal regulatory requirements.  Solid waste and recycling facility owners can assess their compliance and integrate the results into their existing reporting and planning framework.

Community Participation and Awareness

The Odysseus™ enterprise offers a variety of tools that can be used to efficiently engage stakeholders and partners, and solicit their participation in important solid waste and recycling decisions. Customized Odysseus™|CBT interactive planning participation module allows committee members, stakeholders, and the public to learn about current programs and provide real-time feedback and input in facility matters. Customized Odysseus™|AAT survey instruments allows community partners and stakeholders to provide input in the planning process and inform key decisions of your facility.