The mindset of a multi-residential unit dweller when it comes to recycling, compared to a single family home owner is significantly different.  This is mainly because home owners are accountable for the garbage they place at the curb.  For apartment and condominium renters, very little is offered to help motivate or enforce them to recycle. This doesn’t have to be.  There are a few obstacles tenants residing in condos and apartments face when it comes to recycling.  Let’s examine how you the landlord or property…

Do you own an apartment or rental property? Are expensive waste removal costs cutting into your bottom line?  Do you think that there is no way around it?  Well guess what, you do have other options.  How, you ask? How about starting a recycling program that will divert waste from your waste stream as well as our landfills?  This can be easier and more beneficial to your facility than you think!  Most waste haulers are paid every time they have to come and dump your…

Barrie, ON, May 24, 2011 — At the Indiana Recycling Coalition’s (IRC) Annual Conference, which ran from May 10th – May 12th, Busch Systems International launched an initiative to jump-start composting efforts in the mid-west. By handing out kitchen composting containers to attendees, Busch Systems is attempting to raise awareness of the need to include composting as a key element in any recycling program. Recycling Consultant Jarrod Cameron states, “Composting is the next logical step in our national recycling efforts. Reducing the impact on our…

Let’s face it, we all have someplace in our houses, apartments, classrooms, daycares, or offices that we wish could stay a little more neat and organized.  It seems there is always one more thing that needs a place to be stored or a small child keeps moving your belongings from their original location.  Have you tried everything to keep an area clean and organized?  Are you hoping there is another way? You are in luck!  Kick those old, heavy (and oftentimes ugly) storage units to…

According to the EPA, over 8% of the waste that each person generates every day could be diverted from our landfills for composting. That works out to over 160 pounds per person, per year. Each and every person could help keep their body weight out of the landfills. Will you pull your weight? Approximately 12% of all municipal solid waste in the United States is food scraps. While it may seem like a small percentage, that equals nearly 32 million tons per year. In addition,…