Waste Management

Today’s handling of waste involves a large challenge of processing refuse with minimal impact to the community and environment.  Past waste handling practices have sometimes resulted in environmental impacts that must be addressed in current times.  Both issues require technical expertise to identify composition, risk, and safety metrics, so that waste handlers can do their undeniably necessary task.

What We Do

Gradient both understands historical industrial waste practices and is attuned to today’s needs for siting new facilities and handling the complexity of managing waste.

• Evaluate exposures and risks to recycled materials and beneficial uses of former waste products
• Conduct satellite, aerial imagery, and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) evaluations to analyze environmental information
• Assess pollutant transport from storage facilities
• Use chemical forensics techniques to determine origin of waste materials
• Evaluate waste practices state of knowledge
• Use innovative web-based approaches to visualize environmental justice information