It’s been more than a year since the last major updates to Massachusetts recycling regulations were enacted, which means it’s probably a good time for a refresher about what those laws require of your business. Reviewing the Massachusetts recycling regulations is also important for anyone who’s opening a new business in Massachusetts. Understanding MassDEP’s recycling...Continue Reading

Most people probably don’t pay much attention to the landscaping as they walk in or out of a business. But when you’re responsible for that landscaping—either because your business owns its property and manages its own landscaping, or because your business provides property maintenance services—you always notice when plants need to be yanked out or...Continue Reading

What’s your scrap brass worth? As with other types of scrap metal, the value of scrap brass depends on a few factors. For one, fluctuations in the global scrap metal markets will affect how much you can earn from selling old fixtures, piping and other kinds of scrap brass. Then there’s the type and condition...Continue Reading

How to manage electronics waste (e-waste) has emerged as a big and ongoing recycling challenge for a lot of American businesses. State and federal regulations around recycling seem to shift all the time. Many Massachusetts businesses are still adjusting to the food and textile waste bans that were implemented a few months ago. So, it...Continue Reading

Busy warehouses can be hazardous places, thanks to heavy machinery, falling objects, dangerous chemicals – and recycling problems. If you’ve walked through a warehouse where cardboard mountains have started to form, you know the last one is true. Without efficient recycling systems in place, recyclable materials build up and cause all kinds of issues. From...Continue Reading

Roll off containers can be the most space- and cost-efficient way to manage large amounts of waste. Renting or buying roll off containers does cost your business a not-insignificant amount of space and money, so you don’t want to bring this type of equipment on site unless you’re confident that it’s necessary. Sometimes other types...Continue Reading

“We want to have an efficient recycling process; we just don’t know what that looks like.” That’s the basic message we hear a lot at Miller Recycling. Most business leaders don’t need to be convinced about the benefits of recycling these days. They understand the environmental and financial impact of recycling. They know it’s something...Continue Reading

The EPA has been aggressively working to advance recycling efforts in recent years. Education has improved, and the general public has learned a lot about what and how to recycle. Far more businesses provide recycling containers and have their own onsite commercial recycling equipment now than they did 20 years ago. In 1980 only 10...Continue Reading

At home, whether or not you recycle is your choice. There probably won’t be any consequences if you don’t wash and recycle your plastic containers. But business leaders have to look at every decision through multiple lenses to determine what is the most beneficial in the long run. Even things that may seem minor, like...Continue Reading

Here are two things we know for sure about Americans and recycling: First, most people believe that recycling is a good and important practice. In a 2017 Carton Council survey of nearly 7,000 people, 94 percent said they support recycling and 74 percent said it should be a priority. Many people also say they care...Continue Reading