We are a County-based Joint Powers Authority in Northern California whose mission is to help our residents and businesses recycle and reduce their solid waste.  Recently we have focused on Zero Waste by 2025. To reach that goal, one focus is on compostable materials.  To address this, we chose BUSCH Systems to provide us with 1600 1.6 gallon Kitchen Compost Bins.  These bins were handed out to our residents to assist them in shuttling their kitchen food scraps to their backyard composters.  BUSCH Systems…

Whidbey General Hospital is a public district community hospital on Whidbey Island in Washington State.  Because we are in a rural area, we had no curbside recycling pick-up until 2013.  When curbside recycling came to our facility, we wanted to be prepared and implement recycling for containers, box-board and junk mail.  In planning for this, we consulted our Island County Solid Waste coordinator, Jerry Mingo, who had implemented recycling at the Island County Government offices.  He highly recommended Busch Systems products for their performance, price…

  Recycling is something most of us know we should do. – But are we all doing enough? What’s preventing you? Is it a struggle to keep your recycling efforts neat and tidy? Do you think it will take too much time?   Recycling can be simple and convenient if you pick the right tools and know the rules. Having a visual system that keeps all those items organized until it is time to dispose of them. Finding the right containers for your business, educational or…

Barrie, Ontario, September 26, 2013 — Busch Systems International, a leading manufacturer of recycling, waste and compost containers has partnered with Keep America Beautiful (KAB) on the “Recycling at Work” program. The program is a voluntary national effort to increase recycling in the workplace. Businesses right across North America are encouraged to take a ‘pledge’ to increase their recycling efforts. As an incentive for businesses to participate, Busch Systems has offered an exclusive opportunity to purchase discounted recycling bins to those companies that become a…

Many new buildings today are being built from the ground up using all eco-friendly products with the goal of becoming LEED Certified. From water conservation to energy efficiency all materials used to construct a LEED building are chosen to help both the environment and costs to run the facility upon completion. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an internationally recognized green building certification system, developed by the US Green Building Council (USGCB). One of their goals is to increase the demand for…