WASTE WATCHERS BLOG

Launching a recycling program at your business is a great way to reduce waste, minimize your environmental footprint, and lower waste costs. If you're setting out to begin recycling at your business, we want you to be as informed as possible. In this blog post, we rounded up the best resources we've created to help you get informed and increase your chances of launching a successful initiative.

2020 is finally here - marking a new year, a new decade, and a clean slate for business owners and managers to focus on improving their business' recycling efforts. We want to help take your recycling program to the next level. Recycling more efficiently doesn't just increase your business' recycling rates; it also helps reduce waste costs. In this post, we put together six ideas to get you started!

  2020 is finally here - marking a new year, a new decade, and a clean slate for business owners and managers to focus on improving their business' recycling efforts. We want to help take your recycling program to the next level. In this post, we put together six ideas to get you started!

Many people are shocked to learn that 84 percent of clothing ends up in landfills or incinerators. Upon learning this, we wanted to know what is driving that outcome and what kind of impact it has on the environment. Here's everything you need to know about why managing textile waste is so challenging, the impacts it has on the environment, what brands are doing to reduce textile waste, and how your business can take action. Continue reading to learn more!

  FAST FACTS: Before you dive into the main content in this post, check out these surprising facts about textile waste:

It's hard to believe that in 21 days we'll be welcoming a new year and a new decade. Many of us will spend time looking back on the year (or the decade) to consider what we learned, how we've grown, what worked, and what didn't work. But it's also important to look forward to what's coming. In the world of recycling and environmental initiatives, 2020 is stacking up to be a big year! Learn which ones we're excited about.

It is often challenging for businesses to generate buy-in and broad participation in recycling initiatives within their facilities. There are many ways to reinforce the process and educate your employees, but without a doubt, the best place to start in order to make significant positive improvements is by incorporating signage on your waste & recycling receptacles. In this post, we share the best practices for incorporating waste & recycling signage at your business.

It is often challenging for businesses to generate buy-in and broad participation in recycling initiatives within their facilities. There are many ways to reinforce the process and educate your employees, but without a doubt, the best place to start in order to make significant positive improvements is by incorporating signage on your waste & recycling receptacles. In this post, we share why signage is so important for businesses large and small, and the best practices for incorporating waste & recycling signage at your business. Why Signage is so important  A single piece of contaminated material can send an entire batch of recyclables to landfills. Contamination is an issue that significantly reduces the value of recyclable materials and renders them non-recyclable. The largest issue with contamination surrounds people's confusion about how to recycle and what to recycle. Unclear signage on bins, or a lack of signage altogether, is a main driver of the confusion. The most effective way to minimize confusion, and thereby reduce contamination, is to incorporate waste and recycling signage on the receptacles at your business. As soon as someone walks up to your containers, appropriately marked signage eliminates the guesswork and ensures people have clearly understand what to recycle, what to compost, and what to send to landfill. Waste and Recycling Signage Best Practices Before creating your signage, it's very important you have a clear understanding of the waste and recycling materials your business generates. This will ensure your signage will educate and guide your employees for any scenario they run into. Below are the signage best practices that we use in our own facilities and recommend to our customers.   Label Each Container Clearly labeled bins eliminate the guesswork and ensure employees have the appropriate guidance to discard waste materials into the proper receptacles. We highly recommend labeling each unique container (commingled recycling, mixed paper, compost, landfill, etc.) throughout your facility.

Do you ever have trouble remembering your business' waste and recycling pickup schedule? Or do you find yourself having to remind colleagues about collection days? Almost every facility manager has felt this way at one time or another, but keeping your team organized with a service calendar can go a long way to help this problem! Learn how to create a service calendar for your facility, or you can let us create a calendar for you!

  Do you ever have trouble remembering your business' waste and recycling pickup schedule? Or do you find yourself having to remind colleagues about collection days because they can't seem to remember? Almost every facility manager has felt this way at one time or another, but keeping your team organized with a service calendar can go a long way to help this problem! In this blog post, we'll teach you how to create a service calendar for your facility so your team never has to worry about forgetting a collection day again! Or you can let us create a calendar for you! Simply click the button at the bottom of the post to share some details about your containers and we'll send you a custom calendar within three business days.

With the holidays fast approaching, it’s important to be mindful of the extra waste commercial businesses generate during this time of year and consider what actions your business can take to reduce it. With that in mind, this post covers the root causes of increased waste volumes during the holiday season, as well as some helpful tips for reducing waste volumes so you can make the holidays more environmentally friendly at your business.

  With the holidays fast approaching, it’s important to be mindful of the extra waste commercial businesses generate during this time of year and consider what actions your business can take to reduce it. With that in mind, this post covers the root causes of increased waste volumes during the holiday season, as well as some helpful tips for reducing waste volumes so you can make the holidays more environmentally friendly at your business. Keep reading to learn more!

If you're anything like us at RoadRunner, then you can't wait to see what participants across the country have planned for America Recycles Day 2019! Every year, on and around November 15th, thousands of individuals and organizations across the nation come together to advocate for recycling. To celebrate the holiday, we created this post to share the importance of America Recycles Day and explain how you can get involved. Continue reading to learn more!

As more and more companies opt to recycle, scheduling one or more recycling training sessions with your employees will ensure they have a clear understanding of how the program works and increase overall participation. View our post to learn why recycling training is so important and then take a look at our downloadable training presentation that you can use for your own staff!

  Are you interested in teaching your employees how to recycle at your company? Then you've come to the right place! As more and more companies choose to start recycling, scheduling recycling training sessions with your employees will ensure they have a clear understanding of how it works and increase overall participation in your recycling program. In this blog post, we share everything you need to know about employee recycling training, as well as a downloadable training presentation that you can use with your staff!