Environmental consulting & resource development
Environmental consulting
for local projects
I’m Matt Gretton. I help municipalities and conservation groups plan composting and recycling programs, coordinate watershed projects, and put together grant applications.
Goes Around is my independent consulting business in Rochester, New York. I can take on a specific assignment or help keep a project organized from planning through reporting.
Explore servicesTalk through a project →It do go around.
What I can help with
Water, land & agriculture
Work with conservation districts and other partners to identify projects, decide who can take them on, and find funding.
Waste diversion & resource recovery
Plan how to collect and handle food scraps and other materials, who will run the program, and where the finished material will go.
Grants & project development
Write the scope and budget, prepare the application, and help with reporting once the grant is awarded.
Coordination & technical assistance
Run project meetings, track who’s doing what, and help staff work through technical questions.
Where I learned the work
I’ve worked on municipal food-scrap collection in Albuquerque, administered New Mexico’s RAID grants, and run a commercial mushroom farm. I’m used to asking who’s going to do the work, how much time they have, and what it will cost to keep things running.
Explore the experience →Technical advisory & applied research
Research and small-scale trials
If you’re considering a new process or a piece of equipment, I can compare options and help design a trial to answer the questions that matter before you spend more.
My mushroom and black soldier fly work has given me plenty of practice figuring out what to measure and what changes when you try to run a process every day.
Explore technical advisorySee the project experience →In development
Cultivation, salvage, and reuse
I also run small experiments of my own. Right now that includes raising black soldier fly larvae and exploring ways to use salvaged materials in small-scale production.
What are you trying to get done?
Send me a short note about the project, what you’re trying to figure out, and any deadline you’re working against.
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