Gary Liss & Associates

Mr. Liss has over 32 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. Gary Liss is now President of Gary Liss & Associates which helps public and private sector clients on strategic solid waste and recycling policy and program analyses; develops public and private Zero Waste Plans; evaluates and develops Resource Recovery Parks; designs Incentive-based solid waste and recycling systems; drafts RFPs and contracts for municipal solid waste and recycling services; and develops proposals and joint ventures among innovative reuse; recycling and composting companies.

He was a founder and past President of the National Recycling Coalition and was Solid Waste Manager for the City of San Jose, CA. In San Jose, Mr. Liss developed their recycling programs into national models, which are currently diverting 62% of the overall waste stream.

Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste, and a special Zero Waste advisor to the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN). For GRRN, he has documented Zero Waste Businesses, developed Zero Waste Business Principles and helped organize Zero Waste Business conferences. He helped write Zero Waste Plans for Del Norte County, CA, Nelson, British Columbia, Palo Alto, CA and Oakland, CA. He also helped write a Zero Waste Communities Strategy for the Zero Waste Task Force of Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Benito Counties.

He is also on the Planning Group for the new Zero Waste International Alliance (www.zwia.org) and was certified last year in Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives (www.zeri.org). The California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) selected him as Recycler of the Year in 2005.

Mr. Liss also previously worked as Executive Director for the CRRA, Resource Recovery Director for the U.S.

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