The people in charge of sustainability at Stanford University have brought out the big guns (or should we say a big dancing tree) and raised the bar for the RecycleMania Competition by creating this awesome vid to promote their campus sustainability program. Complete with backup dancers, catchy lyrics (“we put all the right junk in all the right waste bins”), and a tree with more energy and dance moves than you could shake a stick at (sorry, had to), Stanford University is really pulling out…

You may or may not have heard of Anaerobic Digestion (AD). For those of you that have, kudos on your knowledge of green energy alternatives. For those of you who haven’t, it’s ok, that’s why you’re here. Anaerobic Digestion may sound like working out on a full stomach (never a good idea) but it’s actually a process where organic materials are placed in an enclosed vessel and are then broken down by micro-organisms. Biogas consisting mostly of methane and carbon dioxide is then released from…

SB 270: Plastic Bag Ban The famous/infamous plastic bag ban has caused quite a stir in the state of California, garnering the attention of the entire country in the process. This is the first law of its kind to go beyond cities and municipalities, encompassing the entire state of California. If it proves to be successful, more state governments plan to put similar bans on plastic bags in place. The ban has been met with quite a bit of opposition from the plastic bag industry…

Diverting waste from landfills is still an ongoing battle for many workplaces with some employees having less than ideal waste and recycling habits – offices with waste bins at each work station and desk-to-desk custodial pickup, while convenient, does nothing to break people of these bad habits. Think about it, if you didn’t have to empty your own trash, would you think twice about what you’ve thrown in there? Getting people to change their habits is easy, put a stop to employee waste complacency by:…

The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) Convention gets underway on February 1st and we will be there! Mr. Nick Stocki, a dynamite member of our team and the Account Manager for Canada, will be representing Busch Systems at our Booth (#87). As an extra salutation, we are giving away our Multi Recyclers to the first 100 people to visit our booth with a business card! We at Busch Systems are innovators in the field of recycling and waste bins. We’re continually fine-tuning our craft to…