Recycling literature at 2019 Brooklyn SWAB event.

Recycling literature at 2019 Brooklyn SWAB event.

Celeste is certified as a TRUE Advisor through the Green Business Certification Inc. and can help your project achieve your waste reduction goals! Celeste has worked with the New York City Department of Sanitation Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability to help implement their curbside organics rollout and the New York City Compost Project as the educator for the Master Composter program and as an outreach coordinator. She has conducted waste audits, written waste reduction plans, and trained with  ZWIA to help businesses achieve zero waste goals, and assisted with waste tracking from homes to construction sites. She is a board member for the Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board and is very knowledgeable on recycling legislation and practices. She is also a master composter and specializes in integrating organics collection into waste diversion strategies. Celeste has worked extensively with building owners and the public to promote education surrounding waste diversion tactics and design.

Waste reduction services

  • Waste audits

  • TRUE Certification

  • Construction waste management planning and tracking

  • Residential waste management planning and tracking

  • Organization wide waste assessment planning

  • Waste management action plan development

  • Waste management action plan implementation

  • Management and staff training and outreach

  • Community engagement and public outreach

  • Zero waste planning and strategy

  • Building manager/owner waste reduction training

  • Tenant training

  • Community engagement and outreach

  • Organics (compost) curbside programs

  • Recycling curbside programs

  • Master Composter consulting

  • Waste diversion tactics and design

  • Project management

  • Grant writing

  • Project profiling and awards application

  • Presentations and outreach

  • Motivational speaking