Maybe you’ve heard about scrapping but aren’t quite sure what it is, whether your business is supposed to be doing it, or whether it’s worth the effort. The scrapping definition is pretty easy to guess at (spoiler: it involves scrap metal!). Why it matters, though? There are both financial and environmental answers to that question....Continue Reading

Anyone who has ordered a piece of some-assembly-required furniture is probably familiar with expanded polystyrene, or EPS. The foam pieces that cushion furniture during transit are often made from this material. It’s commonly used as packing material because it’s light, durable and can be molded into any shape. (It’s not technically Styrofoam, though it’s often...Continue Reading

We are all facing enormous challenges with relation to the impact of the COVID-19 virus. As a business it requires you to closely review all opportunities and attempt to create and develop efficiencies that may have been overlooked in the past. One of the opportunities that we have identified at Miller Recycling is the additional...Continue Reading

You have to say this about 2020: It hasn’t been boring. But even as our global focus has been on a virus, climate change continues to take a toll on our planet. The need for increased environmental protection remains a constant. Climate change is the focus of Earth Day 2020, to be held on April...Continue Reading

We all know what is going on with the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and its impact on every corner of our economy. By no means is this article meant to add to the hype, or to bring attention to our industry as being a “victim” or unfairly impacted – it is meant to...Continue Reading

The world has gone digital, you say? Tell it to the people who dispose of your paper. As they well know, paper is still everywhere. Paper makes up about one quarter of all trash in the U.S., according to the EPA, and nearly 20 million tons of mixed paper ends up landfilled each year. But...Continue Reading

Food waste is an international crisis. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 52 million tons of food end up in landfills each year. That’s a devastating statistic considering how many Americans go to bed hungry each night, but the problems with food waste go beyond hunger. Improperly handling food waste has financial, environmental and legal...Continue Reading

Quick quiz: Which of the following could contaminate your recycling? Cardboard frozen food boxes A bag of shredded paper from your shredder An empty, unwashed dog food can Plastic garbage bags If you guessed all of them, you’re already ahead of the game when it comes to sorting recyclables. Contamination is a huge and costly...Continue Reading

Our business began in the early 1940’s, when Frank Miller began collecting scrap paper, rags, metals, old furniture and more. Basically, anything that could be graded, sorted, cleaned, refurbished, and sold at a profit. We have seen many changes in the recycling industry over these 75 years. Rags were a large “recyclable” commodity back then....Continue Reading