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Mary Chamberlain • Electronics Recycling Cost Analysis — California Integrated Waste Management Board; reviewed a cost reporting system for the California Electronic Waste (e-waste) Recycling Program, including net cost reporting forms, a guide, and on-line training webinars. SAIC managed a study to analyze net costs based on submitted reports. Ms. Chamberlain reviewed forms completed by e-waste collectors and recyclers for completeness and accuracy. SAIC was a subconsultant of Humboldt State University. Waste Composition and Characterization Ms. Chamberlain assisted in the following waste characterization studies: • Waste Characterization Study — City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Ms. Chamberlain was the Project Manager of a waste characterization of the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) was physically sorted and construction and demolition (C&D) debris was visually assessed. SAIC estimated the types and quantities of potentially recoverable recyclable and compostable materials in the waste stream, establishing a baseline for measuring the impacts of future program activities. In addition, SAIC recommended potential diversion opportunities for some of the City's MSW and C&D waste stream. • Recyclable Materials Characterization Study — Broome County, New York; as part of Broome County's Local Solid Waste Management Plan update, SAIC conducted a characterization of the County's recyclable materials stream in September of 2008. Ms. Chamberlain was the Project Manager and supervised the physical sampling and sorting of 34 residential and mixed loads into 22 recyclable material categories. SAIC estimated the types and quantities of materials currently collected for recycling, established a baseline for measuring the impacts of future program activities, and compared the County's composition results to other studies. • Waste Characterization and Recycling Study — City of New York Department of Sanitation; as one of the largest studies of its kind completed to date, the study consisted of a preliminary waste characterization study, a study of residential refuse and recycling, a study of street basket waste, and a study of multi -unit apartment building recycling. During the project, 4,300 samples were sorted into 91 categories over four seasons. Specifically, Ms. Chamberlain was crew chief of recyclable materials sorting events, and she served as building surveyor for the multi -unit apartment building recycling portion of the project, which identified correlations between various physical and operational building characteristics and successful recycling, developing five statistical measures of recycling success. Environmental Publications and Presentations "Evolution of Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Collection Programs," American Public Works Association (APWA) Reporter, March 2005 and presentation at the 2005 APWA International Public Works Congress and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, September 2005. SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC i 4