How long does a computer or printer tend to last at your business before it needs to be replaced? When you start thinking about all the electronics that your business disposes of in an average year, it’s easy to understand why electronics recycling is such a massive and urgent challenge. We’re producing record amounts of...Continue Reading

Industrial facilities have to adhere to the strictest standards around safety and compliance, or risk very expensive and potentially even deadly consequences. Keeping these facilities running safely and efficiently is a top priority for owners and operators. Comprehensive recycling services can help industrial businesses maintain those high standards. Once the appropriate recycling services and systems...Continue Reading

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

Plastic recycling is getting a lot of attention lately, in part because the challenges of recycling plastic is a focus for Earth Month 2024. But it’s not actually news that plastic recycling is imperfect. In fact, it’s something that Miller Recycling has covered quite a bit in recent years. (As just one example, check out...Continue Reading

Assuming your business isn’t part of the recycling industry, why should you care about trends in recycling?  We’d argue there are a lot of reasons that all business owners and leaders need to keep in touch with what’s going on with commercial recycling trends. Those reasons include: Recycling and waste management regulations are constantly changing...Continue Reading

Miller Recycling likes to keep our customers informed about new developments in the recycling industry and make predictions about the future of the scrap metal market, but we know that most business owners are primarily concerned with one thing: today’s price. When you need hard-to-manage waste hauled away, you want to pay as little as...Continue Reading

Don’t believe anyone who claims they can predict future scrap metal prices with accuracy. The markets for scrap metals are constantly shifting since they’re closely tied to global events, so even industry analysts can’t always anticipate how scrap prices will change over time. In 2019, no one could have predicted that the pandemic would send...Continue Reading

It’s no secret that plastics recycling is a huge problem without a great solution. We all generate a ton of plastic waste, but there is no way to recycle it that’s both cost-effective and environmentally sound. There are so many different types of plastic, which makes collection and sorting difficult—plus, plastic degrades when it’s reused,...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