Going green can help your business save money, protect the environment and develop a positive reputation throughout the community.

Have you ever wondered about the stats behind waste production and recycling in the U.S.? Check out the infographic below for a number of interesting facts about recycling that should motivate you to put as much in your blue bin as possible. © 2013 Fast Haul

Watching a building, or structure, come crashing down due to a planned demolition can be an impressive sight. The precision and planning behind a demolition is almost as equally impressive. However, there’s a part of this process that’s often forgotten or overlooked and that’s the clean-up. The debris, waste and [...]

The amount of paper thrown away every week in the US and Great Britain is staggering. According to the American Forest and Paper Association, the average US citizen uses more than 748 pounds of paper every year – and in Britain, it has been estimated that a typical family throws [...]

Have you ever wondered what to do with your old cell phone? Many people just toss them in the trash, but there are a lot more things to do with a retired phone than throwing it away. Here are just a few ideas. Turn Your Phone into a Robot For [...]

It’s been estimated that American consumers drink approximately 400 million cups of coffee every day. That generates a lot of old coffee grounds, and usually those grounds go straight into the trash can. While coffee farming has been notorious for its contribution to the destruction of South American rainforests, coffee [...]

With the yearly and occasionally twice-yearly barrage of new devices from cell phones to tablets to TVs, the environmental impact of older, seemingly obsolete devices is worrisome.  New devices are constantly and consistently released and manufacturers’ marketers have successfully created a lust culture around those devices.  People have made it [...]

In this day and age it is tough to imagine people are really thinking about lowering their carbon footprint at all, right? We have modern technologies using so much energy, producing harmful gasses and other pollutants, and wasting other precious resources 24 hours a day. But, if you can get [...]

Is recycling plastic after every use in one bin, paper in another and wet waste in a third, worth it? When your trash man picks up your garbage where do all the recyclables really go? Makes you wonder if they go to a recycling and remanufacturing company or do these [...]

Going green doesn’t have to be difficult. There are several easy steps you can take to create positive change and assist in the efforts to curb pollution and slow global warming.