Waste management in a healthcare setting can be a very difficult, yet rewarding, task. It’s something that requires regular attention to drive awareness and form important daily habits with your staff & patients.

If you’ve been a recycling coordinator or in campus facilities management for a while, then you know waste management on your campus can be a difficult, yet rewarding, task. It’s something that requires daily attention – and the support of informative resources – to drive awareness and instill habits in your staff & students. Standardize your program, add more recycling stations, reduce contamination—these are all the typical phrases you’ll hear in the recycling community about how to improve diversion rates and reduce costs on your…

As the concept of recycling continues to grow with the United States, grants and other funding options can become imperative to help allow these programs to flourish further.  Much like grants that can be found in Canada, these grants vary based off of your location and program that you wish to implement.  These funding options are provided primarily by governmental organizations with the intent to assist both through the physical implementation as well as providing educational assistance with regards to recycling.  With options ranging from…

For those looking to work on building and/or expanding their recycling program, there are options available to assist in funding these projects in the form of recycling grants.  These grants vary in funding based on the industry that is working on implementing these projects as well as the location of the project.  These grants, which are typically funded by large corporations, governmental organizations and/or non-for-profit organizations, are also able to assist in educational funding to help others understand recycling programs themselves, or even supply bins…