{"id":14502,"date":"2014-01-21T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/new-help-for-cities-auditing-private-trash-and-recycling-contractors\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:23:27","slug":"cities-auditing-private-trash-recycling-contractors","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/cities-auditing-private-trash-recycling-contractors","title":{"rendered":"New Help for Cities Auditing Private Trash and Recycling Contractors"},"template":"","class_list":["post-14502","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-big-waste","topics-recycling","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":10523,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[41,112],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"

ILSR and Sustainable Environmental Management Company (SEMCO) have joined to make state-of-the-art analytical tools available to city and county agencies overseeing solid waste and recycling programs. ILSR president Neil Seldman, and SEMCO president Jon Michael Huls will direct this new outreach effort. Seldman and Huls have been working partners for over 30 years in the field of resource management.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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New Help for Municipal Officials: Forensic Audits of Private Trash and Recycling Contractors, and Efficiency Analysis of Municipal Trash and Recycling Programs<\/h3>\n

ILSR and Sustainable Environmental Management Company (SEMCO) have joined to make state-of-the-art analytical tools available to city and county agencies overseeing solid waste and recycling programs. ILSR president Neil Seldman, and SEMCO president Jon Michael Huls will direct this new outreach effort. Seldman and Huls have been working partners for over 30 years in the field of resource management.<\/p>\n

ILSR is partnering with SEMCO because of its unique understanding and longstanding involvement with nonprofit organizations and agencies, to help local governments get the most recycling for the least cost.\u00a0 ILSR helps local governments maximize recycling and composting, and SEMCO will be a critical asset for communities to do this.<\/p>\n

SEMCO pioneered the field of forensic analysis of municipal refuse management firms, focusing on the efficiency and effectiveness of solid waste programming and financial management.\u00a0 ILSR is now working with SEMCO to help local governments improve their waste management and recycling systems and to recover revenues where appropriate.<\/p>\n

What is a forensic audit and why should a community consider an audit to address several important challenges facing city and county agencies.<\/h3>\n

Forensic waste auditing <\/b>is an investigative practice used to identify and quantify service and fee anomalies and inconsistencies <\/b>in municipal waste and recycling collection, processing and disposal systems. “Forensic” means “suitable for use in a court of law.” \u00a0It is to this standard and potential outcome that forensic waste auditors generally have to work.\u00a0 Forensic waste audits can be used to resolve actual or anticipated disputes or litigation; provide for financial recovery in communities from contractors\u2019 fraudulent or inappropriate activities; and can be very helpful in negotiation processes for municipal related contract and franchise services.<\/p>\n