Robert Lange

Commissioner, Solid Waste Management Authority, North Hempstead, L.I.

Robert Lange was the prime architect of New York City's recycling program and the director of the Department of Sanitation’s recycling program for 20 years. Prior to leaving city service, Lange was responsible for the Office of Beneficial Reuse Planning, Infrastructure Development & Management, within the Bureau of Solid Waste Management of the New York City Department of Sanitation. He recently accepted a position as the Commissioner of a Solid Waste Authority on Long Island.

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Robert’s Recent activity

Why Long Island is Incapable of Regional Solid Waste Management Planning

Jan 27, 2023

For all appearances, Long Island is a beautiful place to live, yet if you scrape the surface, you’ll find some rather disturbing things. Perhaps not a severed finger, but you will find that the island’s drinking...

While Recycling as an Operational Program is Fundamentally about Individuals Recycling, It is Also a Regulatory Solution

Apr 27, 2021

I read with interest Chaz Miller’s recent article entitled John Oliver Is Wrong: Recycling Is All About Individual Responsibility (Waste 360: April 21, 2021), and while I usually have agreed with most of Chaz’s...