Plastic waste is bad for the environment and costs your business money to dispose of. Reducing it is a win-win and relatively simple to do.   In this article, we look at the state of plastic waste in the workplace and suggest some reduction strategies.   Plastic waste isn’t being recycled as often as it could be.   The state of plastic recycling is unfortunately low. Roughly 8.7% of plastics in the United States are recycled. In Canada,…

  Does your business recycle? Although this has been common practice in residential homes since the Great Depression, many businesses do not have the knowledge or incentive to properly recycle some of the waste they generate. So, what is the incentive? Can recycling save you money? Part five of Schooley Mitchell’s five-part series. Over the past few months, we have looked at the cost of waste across several industries. Business waste disposal comes with a…

Medical waste is an incredible burden on the healthcare industry. In the United States alone, between $760 billion to $935 billion is wasted every year through overtreatment, poor coordination, and other factors leading to waste generation. This issue has only grown worse with the advent of COVID-19.   If your hospital, clinic, or healthcare practice is suffering under the financial stress of medical waste disposal expenses, there are steps you can take to optimize your procedures,…

Construction projects generate a lot of waste. In many cases, this waste in inevitable. However, it does have a significant cost. In 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that the waste from construction sites was roughly double that of municipal waste from households and businesses in the United States. That amounted to 600 million tons! As we have already explored in our first issue of this series, those waste costs can really add up…

Any restaurant, grocer, care home, or other food services provider knows food waste is a big problem. In the United States alone, between residential, commercial, and institutional avenues, from 30—40 percent of all domestically produced food goes unsold or uneaten. In 2018, that meant 61.3 million tons of wasted food. That number is so gargantuan, it’s hard to picture what all that wasted food looks like. One thing is for certain: if your business deals…

Depending on what industry you work in, your waste removal expenses are potentially a significant burden on your bottom line. Sure, you can reduce waste — but compromising the quality of this service isn’t really an option. Finding savings is possible, but first you must understand what goes into the cost. A five-part blog series by Schooley Mitchell. In the first of Schooley Mitchell’s five-part series on waste expenses across industries, we explore why waste…

According to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020, the world generated a record 53.6 million metric tonnes of e-waste last year. In 2014, that number was closer to 44 million, and it’s expected to grow to 74.7 million by 2030. In stark contrast, the formal documented collection and recycling of e-waste in 2019 was 9.3 million metric tonnes — 17.4 percent of e-waste generated. E-waste contains several toxic and hazardous substances, posing significant risks to the…