Michael Buono
Director of Program Development, Environmental Service Management Group, Inc. (esmg)
Michael Buono is the Founder of Environmental Service Management Group, Inc. (ESMG), a leading waste management consulting firm based in Wall, New Jersey. ESMG was the first waste reduction consulting firm to embrace national membership in the USGBC in 2001 and co-founders member of the USGBC-NJ Chapter. I have worked on over 130 LEED Certified projects and numerous high performance recycling / zero waste programs. Michael is an Approved Certifier for the Recycling Certification Institute (RCI) National Standard for Certified Material Recovery Facilities. His presentation at Greenbuild 2018 in Boston, "The Sustainable Trifecta- Zero Energy Waste Waste" included dozens of zero waste project examples including his work on The Willow School in Gladstone NJ that achieved Living Building Challenge Institute Certification. Michael has over thirty years of experience in the materials management industry, specializing in alternative methods of waste collection, transportation, disposal, and recycling services. His pioneering efforts in the field of pure performance waste reduction auditing and consulting, has succeeded in developing shared savings partnerships with hundreds of waste generators in the public and private sectors.
