Maybe you’ve cooked some ground beef for taco night or tried your hand at making homemade french fries; if so, then you know how much leftover grease is often produced. Now consider your favourite restaurant and the volume of food waste and grease-producing meals they cook every single day. Where does all of that excess grease and food waste go and what impacts can it have on both the environment and the restaurant’s bottom line?…

Disposing of waste in unauthorized locations like dumpsters on unattended private properties, remote locations, and access roads, has been on the rise and could be negatively affecting your business in more ways than one. It’s been estimated that there are nearly 100 million tons of illegally dumped waste in the world. Americans alone are estimated to illegally dump almost 1.5 million tons of trash each year. In this article, we discuss the ways in which you…

Lamps and microwaves, medical devices and routers, laptops and air conditioners; all these and infinitely more fall under one umbrella term, e-waste. E-waste refers to all electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), and their parts, that have been discarded without the intent of re-use. That goes for commercial and household products alike, all falling under one of six categories: cooling/freezing equipment, screens/monitors, lamps, large equipment, small equipment and small IT and telecommunications equipment. Any product under…

A significant part of municipalities’ budgets goes towards local  waste disposal. Some municipalities have found a way to alleviate this expense; clear garbage bags. Municipal enforcement of clear garbage bags, while controversial, have proven to be very effective in reducing waste sent to landfills, and therefore the cost to the municipality. One Ontario municipality found a reduction of 38% to its municipal solid waste curbside collection in the first year after the program’s launch. This…