Matt Cotton

Matt Cotton "has twenty years of experience in solid waste management planning; permitting, environmental, and regulatory compliance; and composting." He operates Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC, which "has provided technical consulting services to public and private clients for over twelve years." Cotton is on the Board of Directors of the US Composting Council where he served as president of the board for three years. He is also a member of the Solid Waste Association of America and was a founding member of the California Organic Recycling Council.

Cotton completed his BA in Geography and Cultural Anthropology at Macalester College in 1986. His first position after college was as a Research Associate at Genereux Research from 1986-1990, where he "conducted solid waste and environmental research" and "completed the first yard waste composting pilot in Minnesota." In 1990, he took a position at Brown, Vence, & Associates, conducting "numerous solid waste projects for public and private clients" and serving as a "firm-wide resource on composting and organics recovery projects." He left in 1995 to pursue his private consulting business.

Contact

 * Matthew Cotton
 * 19375 Lake City Road
 * Nevada City, CA 95959
 * Ph: 530.265.4560
 * Web: http://www.mattcotton.com/

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