Materials Management Planning

We support the development of data-driven management plans that target specific streams, materials, or generating sectors.

Cascadia offers a full suite of services providing support and strategic guidance during each phase of materials management policy development and planning, from research and stakeholder engagement to data collection, analysis, program design, and implementation. We have worked with clients throughout the U.S. and globally to develop solid waste management plans, research and draft policies related to extended producer responsibility, support edible food recovery programs, and conduct research on end-of-life management approaches for materials that advance the circular economy for municipal, corporate, and institutional clients.

Examples of our support include:

  • Sector-focused materials management plans
  • Corporate and institutional materials management plans
  • Material-specific management plans (e.g. plastics, organics, HHW, e-waste, C&D debris)
  • Litter prevention policy and planning
  • HHW hazard and exposure mitigation strategies
  • Toxics reduction strategic planning
  • Edible food recovery strategic planning
  • Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy and planning
  • Reuse and repair policy and planning

Selected Project Highlights

Recycling Videos for Multi-family Property Managers

We worked with VIA Creative to produce five short tutorials that would make recycling easier for the multifamily sector.

Environmental Justice Analysis for ACRP

We completed an EJ analysis on climate guidance, resources, and tools developed by the ACRP.

Bring Your Own (BYO) Cup Campaign

We managed a “Bring Your Own Cup” campaign in King County to reduce single-use disposables in local waste streams.

Duwamish Valley (WA) Youth Corps Engagement

We worked with students to create messaging that could help prevent pollution in the Duwamish.

Snohomish County (WA) Rainscaping Community Campaign Co-Design

We helped co-design a stormwater pollution reduction campaign for DIYers.

King County Communities of Opportunity

We support COO in its mission with administrative, logistical, evaluation, and communications expertise.

Seattle Trees for Neighborhoods Program

We helped Seattle create and implement an inclusive resident awareness campaign to grow canopy in local neighborhoods.

Cascadia partners with the Seattle Center to reduce landfill disposal by 50% by 2030

To help the City of Seattle cut landfill disposal in half by 2030, Cascadia partnered with Seattle Public Utilities to examine food waste at major public events....

Seattle (WA) “Unflushables” Behavior Change Campaign

We worked to implement an effective CBSM wastewater campaign… in the bathroom.

Environmental Justice Assessment for the 2026-2030 PSP Action Agenda

Cascadia led the Environmental Justice Assessment for the Puget Sound Partnership’s 2026–2030 Action Agenda, engaging Tribes and community-based organizations across...
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