June marks the 30th anniversary of Busch Systems bringing Recycling and Waste solutions to the world and over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting some of the bins that really made us stand out over the past three decades in the Recycling industry. We’re going to start where it all began – the Curbside. The year was 1983 and the city of Kitchener became the first community in Canada to include blue bins and curbside recycling in its waste management procedures due to the…

Keep America Beautiful have just released the results of their “Recycling at Work” research study to figure out which combination of bins work best in an office environment. Conducted over a six month period in 2014, KAB used the study to help encourage more recycling in office environments, improving behaviors and habits to help increase the rate of collection. A total of 34 offices in Atlanta, Boston, Houston and San Diego were randomly given one the following recycling scenarios: Two equal-sized deskside recycling and waste…

Getting youth excited about recycling is something we are always glad to have the opportunity to be a part of. Just in time for Earth Day 2015, we picked two deserving high schools, Nantyr Shores and Nottawasaga Pines, whose faculty, students and maintenance staff have been working with the Simcoe Country District School Board to kick-start a composting program in their schools. Properly disposing of organic waste like food scraps has been garnering more attention of late as landfills vying for space and food waste…

When you’re a company that creates products that help the environment, how your business operates shouldn’t contradict what your company set out to do. If we create something that helps the environment we better be environmentally conscious while doing it! It may seem overwhelming to try to set and attain sustainability goals for your company, keep in mind that every little bit you do as a company, from shutting off the lights, using less paper or adding multiple waste streams, makes a difference! With that…

We proudly welcome the Uptown Triple to our product family as we continue to provide innovative solutions to centralized recycling and waste collection. As with the Uptown Single & Double, the new Triple station adds a third stream to enhance diversion rates in a stylish and functional unit while still offering the customization options we’re famous for. Like its other Uptown counter parts, the Triple is rotationally molded for added durability and its lockable, double-walled front door ensures easy servicing. The angled surface design of…