Waste Audits in the UK
Believe it or not, in the past 4 months Midas has gotten more than half a dozen inquires about waste audits and recycling consulting engagements from companies outside of the USA. The first was from Jordan, then Dubai, then Nigeria, where interestingly, I do have some business contacts. Sadly, Midas does not conduct waste audits outside of the US and Canada.
If you are in the UK, The Greenhouse provides businesses with tailored waste management programs to minimize their waste output and costs. Check them out. In 2008 their reveunes were over $8,000,000. The Greenhouse has a particularly interesting case study for a large carpet retailer where they utilize backhauling of recyclables. I say so because Midas has long considered backhauling to be the gold standard in recycling for chain retailers because it allows them to leverage their scale.
Commercial food scrap composting
San Francisco, long time metropolitan recycling leader in this country, let alone the globe recently passed a mandatory recycling ordinance. Residential and commercial building owners must sign up for recycling and composting services. San Francisco has already attained a 72% recycling rate and they’re going to go higher now – to 75%.
Essentially about one-third of landfilled material is recyclable. Tenants, both residential and commercial want to recycle, but the owners have been lagging.
Logistically, buildings have to supply three waste and recycling bins. One each for trash, recyclables and composting.
