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Undeck the Halls: What to Do With Your Facility's Holiday Decorations

The holidays are almost gone, and it’s time to make way for a new year by cleaning up the holiday mess. From […]

How to Perform a Facility Recycling Audit

A look at how recycling can benefit organizations and why FMs should perform a recycling audit to identify efficiencies and reduce contamination.

Benefits of Going Direct with a Full-Service Waste Provider

Learn how to simplify vendor management, save time, and avoid inefficiencies when you work directly with a national and direct provider for […]

From Deskside to Dumpster: Designing an Effective Recycling and Waste Collection Program

Universities, corporations, venues and other institutions have increasingly adopted recycling programs for their facilities in recent years. They’ve done this to reduce […]

Sustainability How-To Guide: Sustainability in the Food Service Environment

This guide teaches food service managers and facility managers how to introduce sustainable practices. It addresses local purchasing, waste management, energy conservation, […]

Sustainability How-To Guide: Turning Data Centers Green

This guide discusses the major obstacles to improving energy efficiency in data centers, emphasizing the necessity of strong project leadership, executive support, […]

Sustainability How-To Guide: Sustainable Landscaping

This guide reviews the design, construction and maintenance stages of landscaping, explaining how to incorporate sustainability at each phase, decrease maintenance costs […]

Sustainability How-to Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to Waste Stream Management

This guide presents a multifaceted approach to waste reduction that entails both resource and waste stream management. Life cycle assessment is discussed along […]

Improve Waste Diversion through Optimization and Influence

Review the strategy, plan and implementation approach a gas and electric energy provider used to develop a multi-year program to reduce their […]

Lean Back and Relax: A New Approach to Managing Solid Waste

The University of Pennsylvania has taken an active role in waste minimization since 2007 with impressive initiatives such as composting in select […]