As we all look forward to warmer summer months, many of us are already in planning mode for upcoming outdoor events and festivals. Let’s take a quick look at some of the ways you can set up and encourage proper recycling and waste reduction at outdoor events!   Key Benefits Some of the benefits of having a successful recycling campaign at your summer event include: Instilling positive change in attendees (people feel good when they’re helping ‘do’ good! Let attendees know what a difference they…

Before you wrap your presents this year, let’s take a moment to talk about what you’re wrapping them with! Did you know household waste increases nearly 25% between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day in the United States alone (via Ohio EPA)? One BIG contributor to the increase in waste – other than the food waste generated by big family meals – is the gift wrap paper adorning the millions of presents given throughout the holiday season. In the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping bags…

In August, Busch Systems partnered with Zero Waste Campus Council for a Focus Group to discuss current bins on the market; what features might be missing, and which trends could change the requirements of recycling and waste-diversion containers. While we headed into the focus group expecting to harvest some seeds for new container designs (we even named the session “Let’s Build a Better Bin”), we were also intrigued by other notable topics that emerged through our discussions and break-out groups. Below are some of our…

A lot of people have food on the brain – well, food waste, that is! States like California and Massachusetts – and now New York – are mandating organic waste diversion programs, and organizations across Canada and the US are moving compost & food scrap collections to the top of their priority list. Have no fear! Busch Systems is here with a breakdown of what’s going on in the organic waste world and how you can start or upgrade an organic waste program as painlessly…

We’d like to introduce you to our Senior Advisor, Alec Cooley! Okay, you have probably seen Alec around here before. In fact, if you’ve spent any time with our blogs and webinars, you already know Alec – he’s the writer behind the Advancing Recycling blog series, and the program creator & moderator for our Green Thinking webinar series. What you may not know is that Alec also does a bundle of invaluable behind-the-scenes work at Busch Systems – and since his position is so unique in the manufacturing…