Boswell Oil Company serves the only locally owned, full-service waste solutions provider in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia. The waste solutions provider serves residential, commercial, and industrial clients in the area. They operate 26 waste collection trucks. In late 2011 and early 2012, the waste provider was having … Read More
The waste organics industry is changing the way landfill supervisors and transportation managers are operating. With initiatives like the US EPA’s Sustainable Management of Food, the repurpose, reuse, and redistribution of organic material will pose a significant challenge to our industry. How to manage this change from a transportation perspective … Read More
Failing culverts pose serious hazards to drivers, businesses, and rail traffic. It is incumbent upon design engineers and owner-managers to ensure structures are sound and reliable. DOT, county, municipal, and railway maintenance and engineering divisions play a critical role in conducting routine inspections and repairs. Many repairs must be accomplished … Read More
Fires are a problem in the waste industry. Between June of 2017 and May of 2018, there were 368 reported fire incidents in waste and recycling facilities in the United States and Canada. That’s more than one a day! With reasonable assumptions, we believe there are six times that … Read More
Your equipment is being damaged by contaminants in the oil that you probably can’t even see. Particles are typically measured in microns. A micron is one millionth of a meter, which is equal to 0.000039 inches or 9.906e – 5 centimeters. Most people cannot see something that is smaller than … Read More
As of May 2018, all new vehicles with a GVWR of less than 10,000 pounds—including buses and on-road trucks—must be equipped with rear visibility technology to comply with the FMVSS 111 mandate. This final rule by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is part of an ongoing effort to … Read More
A backing accident happens much more than most trucking companies realize; although current insurance company estimates put the average repair cost at approximately $8,000 per incident, there is a darker and often more tragic cost when the object hit by a backing truck is a person. Five hundred people die … Read More
Solid waste fleet managers are turning to cutting-edge technologies to optimize collections, maintenance, reporting and other operations. Here are among the top five, designed to help boost productivity, performance, efficiency and safety. … Read More
The recycling industry is in the midst of a seismic shift. The world’s largest importer of recycled material, China, has introduced a new National Sword standard which demands that all recyclable materials arriving in the country must have purity levels greater than 99.5 percent. … Read More
When it comes to clearing a site, wood and vegetative waste often represent significant volumes of materials. Disposing of wood and vegetative waste by landfilling simply does not make economic sense for most site clearing operations. Our friends at Air Burners, Inc. have provided this special report to discuss … Read More
Operating a landfill in a growing and active urban community can be a challenge. Especially when it comes to odor control. Our friends at GOC Technologies provided this case study to review the ways landfill managers addressed odor control in high profile area of northern Texas. With the landfill … Read More
For a business that relies on a fleet of vehicles and drivers to keep the business running, safety is everything. Keeping an eye on every driver and every vehicle is impossible—especially since there’s only one of you and you can’t ride shotgun with each of your drivers.
Maybe you’re considering the … Read More
The construction industry has seen steady growth over the past decade, fueled by significant building and infrastructure projects. Finding skilled crane and heavy equipment operators is increasingly difficult. A 2017 poll indicated that over 75% of construction firms were having trouble finding skilled equipment operators. Operators need to be trained; … Read More
A small town not far from Cleveland, the City of Avon, is now one of the fastest growing communities in northeast Ohio. The city serves approximately 10,500 residential and 1,000 commercial accounts. With a history of obsolete accounting records and older meter reading technologies (AMR), the City of Avon’s water … Read More
Energy is vitally important to every business, but it is only when an energy-related failure occurs that the operational vulnerabilities of a business become exposed and the need for a secure energy source becomes essential. No business can fully mitigate its business risks without ensuring that there is a secure … Read More
Electrical meters are one of the last items trimmed out in construction, but things can’t be built without electricity. With large-scale construction booming in Seattle, Seattle City Light (SCL) was unable to efficiently capture electrical current usage and bill accordingly as multi-unit skycrapers were taking shape. Power is needed for … Read More
Telematics data can be a powerful tool to make better decisions that positively impact a business. Everything from fuel consumption and operator efficiency to fleet management and jobsite safety can be improved upon and better managed. But for many, the amount of data can be overwhelming — while more data … Read More
While modern landfills are well-engineered facilities designed, operated and monitored to ensure compliance with federal regulations, fugitive malodors often persist. Incoming waste haulers and naturally produced landfill gas as well as organic decomposition exposed on the working face combine to release many different gases such as methane, CO2, ammonia, sulfides … Read More
Methane is the second most prevalent greenhouse gas emitted by human activities in the United States. Nearly 20% of those emissions come from landfills. Landfill gas to energy represents an opportunity not just for improving air quality by capturing methane, but also an additional revenue stream that can be in … Read More
Make sure you’re on top of the latest case studies and practices with this FREE Stormwater Special Report, Innovative Green Infrastructure Case Studies for Stormwater. … Read More
For any pumping application—and especially for water and wastewater treatment plants—pumping is one of the largest day-to-day operational expenses. Pumping costs can range from 30 to 50% or more of a plant’s hydro bill. We’ve put together this handy guide to cover “pump efficiency” questions. Download it now! … Read More
We’ve put together a handy guide for questions on “rent vs. lease vs. buy.” It has decision trees offering pros and cons. How to Choose Between Rent vs. Buy. Download it now! … Read More
Managing municipal solid waste is more than landfilling: publicity, education, engineering, long-term planning, and landfill gas waste-to-energy are specialties needed in today’s complex environment. We’ve created a handy infographic featuring 6 tips to improve landfill management and achieve excellence in operations. … Read More
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) technology is undergoing continual change and improvement as IT managers struggle to cover ever-increasing data demands while working to control mounting energy expenses. This paper serves as a primer on UPS systems, practices, and basic equipment. … Read More
With drought conditions in the west, stressed and degrading water infrastructure, and water utility bills rising across the country, harvesting rainwater is becoming a hot topic. Rainwater harvesting makes sense by utilizing rainwater where it falls, without transporting it via stormwater systems. … Read More
Master everything from OSHA regulations to high-tech safety equipment in this FREE Special Report. … Read More
Few people in the world these days thoroughly understand the federal government’s ever-changing, on-and-off soil erosion control regulations. Consider these contradictions, inconsistencies, and incongruities … Read More
When it comes to energy efficient buildings and building automation, the energy efficiency industry is making full use of everything that 21st century technology can deliver. … Read More
It’s a perfect storm: Your community is required by federal law to pay for stormwater solutions, but budgets are tighter than ever and taxpayers are strapped. How can your municipality afford to maintain an effective stormwater system? … Read More
