Kessler Consulting

August 19, 2008
Alachua County
Environntental Protection Deparhnent
Chris Bird, Director
Mr. Mitch Kessler
Kessler Consulting, Inc.
14620 N. Nebraska Ave., Bldg. 0
Tampa, FL 33613
To Whom It May Concern:
Please accept our sincere thanks for the tremendous effort that you and your staff put into the Alachua
County Recycling and Education Grant awarded by the Florida DEP. KCI successfully developed the
synergy necessary to complete this project on time and with an outcome that exceeded our expectations.
The grant, entitled "Building a Cost Effective Commercial and Institutional Electronics Recovery Program"
was designed to develop and implement a sustainable and cost-effective operational and marketing
program to reduce the costs of disposal, increase material recovery and provide a wide variety of
marketing and educational materials for business E-scrap management.
I want to particularly mention Miriam Zimms, Adam Schlachter and Shane Barrett for their relentless
pursuit of excellence, their strong research skills, and their firm grasp of the subject matter. The vast
insight and experience in managing such a large project that your staff demonstrated during the course of
the grant was invaluable to the County. The attention to detail, the interpersonal and technical skills
demQnstrated and the ability to focus cmd deliver a high-quality, usable product is a testament to your
staff.'
Thank you for developing or executing the final products: an informal focus group, BMPs for both
donation centers and recycling/hazardous waste managers, employee and owner education materials,
demanufacturing program analysis, and a business e-scrap collection event. All items have been very
favorably received by the staff of the FDEP, our department, by other county governmental agencies and
by'the target audience: the businesses and institutions throughout our County. Additionally, Alachua
County was recently selected by the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association as
the recipient of the 2008 Best Education/Public Outreach Program. The award was due in part to the
outstanding contribution made by the Kessler Consulting staff in developing the educational materials and
brochures as part the E-scrap grant.
I would highly recommend Kessler Consulting, Inc. to other governmental agencies or businesses
seeking the services of a consulting company to develop a comprehensive electronics recycling program
within the confines of the solid waste and recycling industry.
Sincerely,
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