The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan recycled over 50% of the new Justice Center’s construction waste in order to meet LEED Gold standards while building the new home location for the city’s 15th District Court and Police Department.   To help Ann Arbor continue its dedication to recycling for this project, staff selected Busch Systems’ Waste Watchers throughout the new building. These sharp-looking indoor recycling stations in the elevator lobbies on ... [ Read more ]

You know that your recycling program is saving the planet, but what about the people that are using your recycling program? Do they realize the impact they are having by dropping that soda can into the round slot in your recycling station ? What if you could remind them just how important it is to recycle? There are a few ways to ... [ Read more ]

Barrie, ON – June 23, 2010 – Later this month the City of Barrie will be launching a new recycling initiative for multi-residential buildings. The program will feature the Busch Systems ‘Multi-Recycler’.

Before introducing a program determine what type of recycling is possible for the area. This can be accomplished by contacting the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Establish where the local community is situated in relation to the ‘Green Municipal Fund’. This fund is an initiative implemented by the Canadian government for sustainable development in government operations. The federation should be able to provide program and waste hauler information for the area. Evaluate their customer satisfaction and collection costs.