Thoughts on Waste Reduction, Zero Waste, Sustanability and Such
In our trash talking blog, we write about trends, tips, and issues in the waste and environmental sustainability world. We hope you'll find something useful to help your company be more sustainable. If you want us to explore something or ask a question, contact us!
Earth Day Guide to Reduce Waste
This Earth Day Guide summarizes ways you can reduce waste and celebrate Earth Day each and every day. Humans impact the Earth in many ways, but our waste is one of the most meaningful impacts. According to 2018 numbers from the EPA, each American throws away 4.9 pounds of waste per day! In this guide, we explore ways to improve the quality of our world by reducing waste and pollution on behalf of Earth Day 2022. When did earth day start? In the mid-20th century, industrial America was booming. The economy was soaring. But the environment was suffering. In the…
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Waste Management Planning, A Fact of Business Life
You Manage the Inflow and Outflow of Financial Assets; This Isn’t That Different Every facility is going to produce trash. Whether it’s a small business, a large facility (like a hospital or campus), or a huge sports stadium, managing a facility’s waste stream is just a fact of life. Basically, a proportion of what comes into your facility is going to go out of it as trash. The best way to manage this inflow-outflow process is by developing a workable, professional waste management plan. Unfortunately, this process — one that happens every day, in every facility, everywhere — is often…
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What We Do at Reduction in Motion
The Role of a Sustainability Consultant Sustainability is one of the primary issues — perhaps the most crucial one — of our times. At Reduction In Motion, we specialize in one aspect of sustainability: strategically developing the most efficient and effective programs for dealing with the disposal of that ever-present fact of modern life, trash. Since the 1960s, there has been a steady and broadening realization that disposing of the fruits of modern industrial production is an issue crucial to humanity’s future. Modern society produces a great many “things,” more today than any other time in our history. But disposing…
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Sustainability Consulting in the Healthcare Sector (Medical Waste Plan)
Medical waste is one of the most expensive types of trash. Those red biohazard garbage bags? Budget busters. They cost up to 17 times more to dispose of than regular garbage or recycling. Let us help you navigate the right medical waste plan.
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5 Easy America Recycles Day Events
The National Recycling Coalition started America Recycles Day 20 years ago and the celebration is now a part of Keep America Beautiful. Each year, November 15th is dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and buy recycled products. In support of this, we’re providing 5 easy to coordinate events that can help spread awareness at your facility! For us, America Recycles Day is every day, if you’re looking for more added support to boost your recycling program success, let us know, so we can create a customized program fit to your needs! For more information about America Recycles Day, or to find…
Read MoreAre You Throwing Money Away?
For many, the fiscal year recently ended in June. That means, by now, you’ve closed out your budget and have started planning future budgets. Now, how many were shocked by how much you spent on waste last year? If you’re trying to better plan future waste expenditures or looking to slim your budget – keep on reading! Most businesses have inefficiencies in their waste disposal processes that aren’t easy to spot to the untrained eye. You may literally be tossing money in the trash. The reality is that you can’t budget for something that you don’t measure. So, here’s the…
Read MoreCompost Program 101 (Part 3): Decision Time on How You’ll Compost
Welcome back to our series of blogs on compost! In case you missed it, the first two laid out the basics of compost and shared how to get started with compost by doing an assessment. Click here: Got Food Scraps? (Part I) to see the first blog in this series (just in case you missed it)! Now, to make your composting dream a reality we need to explore the general questions – “What’s your budget?” and “How do you plan on composting your material?” to get a better understanding of what’s appropriate for your future program. The first thing you…
Read MoreTop 5 things we’ve heard….
Have you ever started a sustainability program but hit a road block when it came to getting it up and running? Program implementation can be frustrating, even for the most experienced of managers. Below are the top 5 problems we’ve heard from our clients in the past 12 months, if you’ve asked yourself any of these questions, give us a call, we can handle these headaches for you. Top 5 things we have heard… 1) How much am I spending on trash? It all starts with a baseline and if your organization doesn’t have one yet, we will be happy…
Read MoreCompost Program 101 (Part 2): Assessment
Now that we’ve got the basics of compost under our belt (click here to see the first blog in this series post in case you missed the intro to compost!), let’s move on to the first step of implementing a compost program: conducting an assessment. First, we’ll start with a waste audit, which is exactly what it sounds like— we dig through your trash, sort it all out, and on the other end we come out with a lovely report (such as the sample below) showing the opportunity currently in your waste stream. The sample waste audit report below highlights…
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