Recycling Ideas for Home and Your Place of Business.

Businesses in the United States produce a great deal of waste through servicing their clients.  From large-scale operations, to small family run businesses, there is a continuous generation of waste.  One of the many ways to control the amount of waste and ultimately control the costs of waste removal is to recycle.

Recycling can be done at home through local recycling programs or in concert with local artist coalitions, and area crafters.

Recycling at home can be done through groups like www.freecycle.com  in your local area.  Just gather up the goods that have a potential reuse and post that a pick up is necessary.  Very easy, and the people that need or will use the items will be grateful. Local artist coalitions and groups will often know who in the area works in what medium. Meaning they may have an artist in the area that is willing to give you a reasonable sum of money and take your recyclables off your hands.                  

Artwork and furnishings created from recycled materials.

               

 

                There are many other ways to work within the community to both promote recycling and get these items out of your waste. Doing so within the community creates a positive buzz around your business, generating more customers and more clients. One easy way to do this, is by helping to sponsor an art contest in the community.  You do not need to provide funding for the contest, but you can provide the raw materials, your recyclables. Once the ball starts rolling, artists and the community can take them over.  Your business can win in multiple ways. You can reduced your waste, increase your business’ recognition within the community, and gain clientele.

An artisan crafting glasses from recycled glass bottles.

                Small scale operations have the opportunity to work with crafters to utilize the materials minimally, like the glasses being created above.  Simply by cutting the top half of the glass and smoothing or beveling the edge, the crafter can create a re-saleable item. There are other crafters that create stained glass windows and lamp shades, both may purchase your recyclable to further their crafts.  If you have a great many bottles or glass needing to be recycled in your waste, this is a great option.  Www.Etsy.com  is a great resource to check the possible and appropriate pricing of these items, once created.

Recycling can be done on a large scale providing the business owner with revenue through the resale of their recyclable materials using balers and other mechanisms.

Large scale recycling can be done with cardboard, glass, metals and plastics.  There are a wide variety of balers available that be used in both large and small spaces.  A baler takes the material being recycled, like cardboard, and compresses it into a large brick that can be resold at commodity prices to go back into the consumer stream, not into landfills or burned in garbage piles.

               

Balers, like the GTS VB Baler (above), compress hundreds of pounds of cardboard boxes into transportable and saleable bales.  These bales can be stored easily because they are compressed and bound.

  

                As a business owner, recycling can pay huge dividends in the social arena and could put a sizeable amount of money back in your pocket. So, give us a call at Global Trash Solutions, and let us help you find a way to make your waste disposal and recycling a more profitable experience.

Calling Global Trash Solutions toll-free at (866) 760-8194 or visiting us at www.globaltrashsolutions.com can give you the insight into the best possible solution to reduce your waste bill and potentially turn your recyclables into cash you can reinvest in your business.

                

How Can My Property Management Company Save Money on Garbage Service?

Do you own or manage several commercial income properties, apartment complexes, condominiums, or office buildings? Have you looked for ways to reduce your overhead costs and improve profitability? Have areas which include property maintenance, utilities, and garbage disposal and recycling expenses come to mind? Have you noticed that garbage disposal and recycling costs are particularly challenging to control and unpredictable?

All property management companies are up against a unique foe when they attempt to combat the ever-rising costs of waste disposal for their tenant's waste disposal. Waste and recycling companies throughout the US provide a valuable service, but they are not charities - they are out to gain profit, just as any other company is. Municipalities sometimes choose to haul their own trash, or subcontract services to a hauling company such as Waste Management or Republic Services. Unfortunately, municipalities are often not experts in the field of waste and recycling service, so they cannot provide the communities they serve with the most efficient, inexpensive means on recycling and trash disposal. Hauling companies are not incentivized to minimize their profit margins, so property managers often have a difficult time finding service providers who offer objective advice that provides them with the best service for their specific properties at the lowest possible cost.

 GlobalTrash Solutions (GTS) is a valuable resource to property managers because we combine the most efficient and reliable means of disposal and recycling at the best available rates in all 50 states. We custom tailor our solutions to fit each property's specific needs. Whether you require compaction equipment for you properties, expert advice on landfill diversion and environmental compliance, or would simply like to take advantage of our purchasing power and our staff's razor sharp negotiation skills to get your hauling costs under control, GTS has the capability to minimize your disposal expenses. Please contact us online today or call us at (866) 760-8194 for information about how we can help you save money.   

What Happens When Waste Management Loses a Billion Dollar Contract?

Do you live in an area where the city government decides what hauler you must use for waste, recycling, or organic waste disposal? Have you ever been curious about how your city chooses the hauler you are required to use, or dissatisfied with their decision?

On Monday, August 18, 2014, Waste Management filed a lawsuit against the City of Oakland, CA, where they formerly held a ten year agreement to collect all of the city’s residential waste and recyclables. Waste Management (WM) sued the city because they lost the 1 billion dollar contract to a local company, California Waste Solutions, who WM’s legal team claims lack the infrastructure and stability to service the City of Oakland. However, Rebecca Kaplan, Councilwoman for the City of Oakland, said she and her associates on the city council voted 7-1 in favor of California Waste Solutions because they offered residents the best deal. California Waste Solutions offered to charge residents nearly $7.00 less than what WM offered in their proposal, which would collectively save residents over $200 Million, said Kaplan. Waste Management's proposal would have almost doubled the residents of Oakland were formerly paying for service.

GlobalTrash Solutions (GTS) is no stranger to the controversy surrounding city hauling agreements (AKA "franchise agreements.”) As consultants, we help our clients to navigate the sometimes murky waters of franchise agreements, and make sure haulers are playing by the rules. We pride ourselves on overriding franchise agreements on a number of occasions for reasons we cannot disclose to the public. However, we see these long term agreements as a challenge and an opportunity for our clients to save money in an area where they may have felt that their "hands were tied." 

GTS is not a waste hauler, but we hold haulers accountable by auditing our client's expenses and processes to ensure they are getting the most efficient and economical trash service. To learn more about our program, please call us at (866) 760-8194.          

Is Your Waste Broker Actually Just a Hauler Pretending to be Impartial?

Do you own or work for a business that has elected to use a waste broker for the purpose of lowering costs, simplifying the billing process for multiple locations throughout a large territory, or any other reason? Have you or a member of your staff done extensive research on the broker you have elected to use? There are pros and cons to using waste brokers, however it is important to know the history of the broker you are using in order to avoid overpaying.

When selecting a Broker, please consider that all of the major haulers in the US have an extension of their company that acts as a “broker”, or supposed impartial third party, who in reality will use the parent company that owns them for service at your businesses locations, or at least use their landfills, which often leads to higher costs for you. For example, according to a press release in July of 2010, Waste Management, the America’s largest waste hauler, announced that it had acquired Oakleaf Holdings, America’s largest waste broker, for $425 Million dollars. Along with giving WM the ability to write national contracts that encompass areas their trucks may not service, this acquisition gave WM the free reign to haul any of the locations under management with Oakleaf or any of its branches. Some other examples of brokers owned by haulers are The William-Thomas Group, owned by Rumpke, Guardian Waste Group, owned by Advanced Disposal.

The major drawback to using the above mentioned companies to broker your businesses waste accounts is that you are essentially giving up your freedom to select the most cost effective vendors. The invoices from these companies are often not transparent and latent with a slew of miscellaneous surcharges and mystery fees that many businesses elect to use a broker to avoid. By choosing Global TrashSolutions as your single source for waste disposal and recycling service, you can be certain you are always paying the lowest available market rates while receiving the best available service because GTS is truly impartial and only offers objective opinions about the conditions of the hauling market in your region. We allow our customers to choose whatever vendor best suits them, but we hold these vendors accountable. Please call us today for more information at (866) 760-8194       

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Waste Consulting for Los Angeles’ Growing Garbage Issues

If you own a business or income property in the city of Los Angeles how can you be certain that you are handling your waste and recycling needs the best possible way? In today’s increasingly specialized marketplaces it is important to know who to call when it comes to making decisions in regards to your garbage issues. 

Walking through the neighborhoods of LA it is readily apparent that there are garbage problems with truck tires, couches and paper littering city streets. Recently, City Councilman Gil Cedilla has launched a $1 million plan aimed at cleaning up some of the city’s worst affected areas but what does this due to help small business owners? Not much.

Global Trash Solutions, the nation’s fastest growing waste consulting firm, operates in every Southern California City and we understand the markets there. Our clients in Los Angeles have become dependent upon our services as we uncover savings opportunities that many times have gone unlooked by the business owner or manager for years. This isn’t due to lack of diligence; it speaks more to our knowledge base and expertise than anything else. 

Global Trash Solutions focuses on holistic approaches aimed at specific site locations. This allows us to make recommendations and solutions that are customized to the unique properties and their marketplace. A fast food restaurant located in downtown LA will have completely different needs than say a fast food restaurant just down the road in East LA. The waste markets in Southern California are just as diverse as the people who inhabit the area with open markets and franchised cities many times side by side each other. This is why it is important to call a company that can help you to navigate these very specialized situations. In the past you probably just picked up the phone and called your local garbageman for advice. This is akin to calling an opposing attorney in a lawsuit asking questions on how best to settle the case. Our consulting program offers an upfront free audit to evaluate your current garbage situation so why wouldn’t you call us today? There is a good chance we are already representing your neighbor and can offer valuable insight into how we can improve your bottom line and protect you against increases. Call us today at (866) 760-8194.

Stationary Compactors - Brochure and Pricing

Below is a copy of our new brochure. Be sure to check out the specifications of our commercial size 2-4 yard compactors and our heavy industrial 5-15 yard compactors.

Stationary Compactors - Global Trash Solutions Guide from Global Trash Solutions