Composting
This is not your backyard composting program. When managing over one hundred tons of compostable materials including meat, cheese, bread, and all the carbon-rich stuff needed to build a balanced composting process, one needs a reliable partner to process the materials responsibly. Zero Waste Wrangler currently works with AgRecycle to manage most of the organic materials that it hauls.
Glass Recycling
Recycling used to be source-separated at the point of collection until single stream recycling came around. Now the region finds itself back where recycling started. Zero Waste Wrangler collects glass, source-separated, for customers already utilizing its organics collection service. Glass is sent to a local sorting facility that categorizes the mixed glass pieces into different colors and sizes for reuse and recycling.
Zero Waste
The destination is zero, but the journey is what we are all on. It is not singularly focused on material waste, but rather touches on a wide range of issues that deal with untangling the mess that is modern consumer culture.
Kyle Winkler
is a former Recycling Supervisor for the City of Pittsburgh where he worked to support residential and commercial recycling. He received his degree in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University and has worked in a wide range of waste related enterprises over the last 16 years including; wastewater treatment and recycling in the construction field, compost tea blends for horticultural and agricultural applications, and the assessment and implementation of compostables and recyclables collection programs for special events, business and municipalities. His passion for zero waste solutions has led him down many paths. His current project is the evolution of Zero Waste Wrangler starting with small and medium scale commercial compostables collection, recycling and residential curbside services.