Waste Resource Services, LLC is a sole-proprietor company established by Jeff Crate, PG, based upon his 38 years of direct, hands-on experience in the field. Using an extensive professional network, WRS offers owners/operators a unique way to source expert resources and to expedite solutions for their waste management challenges.

Every aspect of the waste cycle results in long-term impact; sustainable waste management creates positive impact by enhancing and protecting our natural resources. Waste Resource Services, LLC was established to evaluate, promote, and develop tailored solutions for the solid waste management industry that embrace the waste-as-resource concept in a practical, and cost-effective manner. The field is awash with new and promising technologies; some proven and well-established; some well-founded but not yet widely implemented; and some innovative but not yet fully vetted and thus risky. In all cases success depends upon the reliability and financial strength of the company(ies) supporting the technology, and commitment by the entity served to garner the necessary but sometimes challenging cultural, financial, and political support.

Waste Resource Services, LLC offers:

> Experience addressing issues of concern to the public, public education, and public speaking.
> Familiarity with the management of a variety of wastes, including MSW, coal combustion residuals (coal ash products), foundry waste, industrial wastes, contaminated soils.
> A robust network of consulting engineers, environmental scientists, peers from all sectors of the waste management field, as well as providers of technology, products and materials.
> Experience history encompassing the mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and mid-west United States; international.
> Expertise gained from working with over 200 local governments and multi-jurisdictional regions; solid waste management companies; utility-scale power generation companies; manufacturing companies; landfill gas beneficial use and renewable energy companies.
> Municipal solid waste (MSW) experience that encompasses waste-sheds of 25 to over 3,000 tons per day.
> Evaluation-siting-design-permitting-construction-operation-environmental monitoring-remediation of solid waste management facilities.

38 years of experience…

WRS can streamline the process of reviewing, evaluating and defining appropriate solutions. WRS can often determine whether or not certain programs will be applicable to your circumstance without extensive study and investigation, and can recommend specific, tailored solutions. In some cases the solution can be directly implemented. When outside expertise / resources are necessary, WRS can readily identify and coordinate them via its extensive network of competent and reputable specialists.