The Waste We Make: Recycle Better to Earn More

March 9th, 2010

Last week, I made a note of everything I threw away while I was at the office.  Why? Because there’s a high likelihood that people don’t realize everything they throw away.  If individuals don’t realize how much they throw away, how can businesses (made up of individuals) possibly realize and act on the amount of trash they throw away “willy nilly”?

Sure, not everything I threw away will have been recyclable and some of it won’t even be significant (maybe all of it put together won’t even seem significant) but put it all together, day after day and imagine how much trash we produce in a lifetime – trash that goes potentially unnoticed.

Keep in mind, in this daily routine I’ve attempted at every point to emulate the daily habits of the average non-recycler.

7:00 AM: Wake up, Shower, Brush Teeth.  Throw away empty tube of toothpaste

8:00 AM: After wandering about the house, zombielike for approximately 45 minutes, pour a cup of coffee, throw away coffee grounds, filter, 4 empty sugar packets (Lay off!), and empty plastic bottle of creamer. Buttered some toast and headed to the office.

8:30 AM: Begin writing blogs and scouring the web for news on the recycling front.  Print article on recycling efforts in California. Read article. Take notes. Throw article away.

9:00 AM: Finish second cup of coffee, throw away styrofoam cup, continue working.

12:00 PM: After 3 solid hours of work, it’s lunch time. After lunch, the trashcan finds itself a little heavier with one plastic sandwich bag, an empty cup of yogurt, plastic spoon, plastic knife, plastic fork, plastic bottle of water, bag of chips, and a granola bar wrapper.

1:30 PM: Print out 5 page report.  Find mistake that slipped through the first draft, throw away old report, print out updated report.

3:00 PM: It’s the 3:00 wall, 1 more cup of coffee consumed, 1 more cup and 4 sugar packets to join it in the trashcan.

6:00 PM: Home now and it’s dinnertime! After all is said and done, the trashcan gets heavier with 4 paper towels, an empty carton of milk, leftover bits of chicken, empty bag of mixed greens, empty can of corn, packaging from chicken, and an empty spice bottle.

9:00 PM: A beer or two and a movie with the family.  Trashcan, meet beer bottle and popcorn bag, they’re very excited to make your acquaintance.

11:00 PM: Goodnight world!

Check back next week and I’ll put it all into perspective! Hopefully, it will help some see how much money goes into waste and how much green business initiatives can save.

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Let March Be Your Cue to Recycle and Start a Great Home Business

March 3rd, 2010

Last week, at the end of February we mentioned that in Finnish the word for the month of March, Maaliskuu, means “the earthy month” because it’s typically the first month of the year where earth can be seen finally peaking through the snow.  As you can now see (as long as you haven’t just been hit by a freak storm!), the Fins had it right.  There’s a good chance that you can now see a little bit of green through the white stuff that’s been shutting down cities like Washington D.C. for the past month or so.

Even still, snow is something that we’ll always have to worry about.  Weather’s just another one of those facts of life that we’ll always have to contend with.  Much in the same way, so is trash. We can’t avoid creating trash, and just like snowstorms are capable of shutting down a city, uncontrolled waste can creep up on a business and cause more damage than you thought possible.

Consider how much it costs to dispose of your trash every week.  Chances are, that’s a cost that you don’t need to be paying.  Chances are, a majority of your trash is recyclable, and chances are – you don’t know the best way to recycle it.  Many times, businesses look at recycling as a major time sink with rules and regulations making it hardly worth the time spent figuring it all out.  Well, that’s where opportunity lies.

Businesses don’t have time to figure out the recycling industry, they hardly have enough time to get through their regular day-to-day tasks.  They don’t have the time needed to learn what the best resources are for saving money with recycling, but  you do.

There are millions of dollars waiting to be saved, and all that money is sitting at the bottom of trash cans and dumpsters; it’s all wasting away in office parks, warehouses, and industrial centers.  Businesses need to save and most of the time they don’t see the money sinks sitting in their own parking lot.

Why not step in?  Make a difference and make a living helping businesses stay on top of one  fact of life you didn’t know you could profit from and they didn’t know they could save with.  It’s the best home based business you could get involved with.  Why wait?

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There you have it! March is the “Earth Month” – Time to Recycle.

February 28th, 2010
March is the "Earth" Month, What Can you do For the Eath?

March is the "Earth" Month, What Can you do For the Eath?

Earlier in the month we mentioned that it seemed like Spring was swiftly approaching. Well, there you have it. The month is already drawing to a close and what comes next? March. March is otherwise known as the first month of Spring. In Finland, instead of being called Spring, March is called maaliskuu – meaning “earthy month” because the earth finally begins to show through the layer of snow covering the ground. When you think about it, that’s not that different from “spring” but we are talking about the earth, the environment, and recycling—so it works, and we’ll run with it.

Anyhow, with the changing of the season enabling you to see the environment in a new way for another year – why not take that step back we’ve talked about so much in previous posts and try to make a difference for your life and for the environment? All of our lives we’re taught to notice things about our surroundings. All we ask is take a step further. Notice not only your surroundings, but notice what you and others contribute to them and how to reduce it. In doing that, Environmental Waste Solutions helps businesses across the country save thousands recycling every year.

Environmental Waste Solutions affiliates have a unique opportunity not only to change their perspective when it comes to waste and recycling, but to profit from it as well. Just like Spring gives us the chance to see the environment in a very different way, with the EWS business opportunity affiliates begin to see waste in a different (and much more positive) way.

Whether that new perspective means working with restaurants to make less of an impact or collaborating with manufacturers to help them recycle the unused materials they didn’t know they could—in any case, it means savings, recycling, fatter pockets, and a cleaner environment. Everyone wins.

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We’ve Been Helping Out with Our Green Business Opportunity for Years, but Remember this Time Last Year?

February 26th, 2010
It's Time to make a change: It's Time for better business recycling

It's Time to make a change: It's Time for better business recycling

On the last Friday in February of 2009 the big bad global financial crisis of 2008-2009 was in full swing. It seems like everybody’s chips were down, and it was one headline after another reporting on increased unemployment, a raising deficit, and a financial black hole that nobody ever thought would offer a light at the end of the tunnel.

And what happened in response to the financial crisis? A year ago today Australia and New Zealand signed a new trade agreement, the U.S. offered big businesses bailouts to hopefully stimulate the economy, Banks across the country went under, and Eastern Europe requested $230 billion in aid—that’s just to name a few.

This time last year, things were not looking good for businesses across the world, but now—it seems like things are on an upswing. Either way, we’re going to use this opportunity to take a moment and look at where our EWS affiliates were a year ago with our recession proof business opportunity

Last year, Environmental Waste Solutions
Environmental Waste Solutions weathered the storm of the economy for one key reason—because waste is recession proof. Waste is always going to be a factor, and we’re always going to have to find some way to deal with it. We told our affiliates this when they came on and they felt the positive effects of it when they were underway. Offering better recycling and better savings at no cost really is a recession proof business model. So while big businesses were getting bailouts and thousands upon thousands of businesses across the country were left wondering, “Where’s my bailout” –that’s where EWS came in.

Environmental Waste Solutions Affiliates were able to step in and profit by helping businesses save more money than they ever thought possible, at the moment where they needed it most. They didn’t want to lay workers off or slow production; they needed a better alternative—and they found it by saving money the EWS way. Not only were businesses left breathing a little easier, but new EWS affiliates found an opportunity to work and succeed without being crippled by the debilitating recession.

A year later, how do you like that for a happy ending to a bad recession?

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Remember the Alamo!: Recycling Against the Odds

February 23rd, 2010
Remember the Alamo? Sometimes it's good to be outnumbered. For EWS Affiliates, there's always plenty of waste to recycle.

Remember the Alamo? Sometimes it's good to be outnumbered. For EWS Affiliates, there's always plenty of waste to recycle.

Do you remember the Alamo from History Class? The Battle of the Alamo was a key turning point in the Texas Revolution, where Mexican Troops launched an attack on the Alamo Mission in present day San Antonio Texas. In the battle, all but two of the Texan defenders were killed and the assumed cruelty of the Mexican general inspired many Texan settlers and United States citizens to join the Texan Army to help fight and defeat the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto 2 months later to end the revolution.

As you may know, the Battle of the Alamo is what has helped make “Davy Crockett” and “James Bowie” heroes in American folklore, and the entire event at the Alamo has come to represent fighting against the odds. Now, we won’t go so far as to compare EWS affiliates to soldiers at the Alamo, but – when it comes to fighting against the odds, recycling is a constant battle.

Consider for a second the sheer amount of waste that gets hauled away from businesses every week to be dumped in a landfill and forgotten forever. For EWS affiliates, that is an unnecessary waste that, if stopped, can benefit businesses and affiliates immensely in the long run.

Now, consider the astronomical amount of business waste that is still hauled away every week and compare that to the growing number of EWS affiliates across the country. We’re proud that we continue to encourage more and more aspiring business owners to work as EWS affiliates with our fantastic green business opportunity, but the numbers don’t even compare.

However – here’s where our little story differs from the Alamo. Our affiliates love the fact that they’re seemingly outnumbered by business waste. There’s always an opportunity, always a chance to make a dent, and always another opportunity to make a difference. The business waste is there for the taking, and EWS affiliates know that where there’s waste—there’s a great opportunity for business.
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Recycling is Truly Amazing

February 18th, 2010
Recycling is Everywhere

You can Recycle More Than You Think

Recently, according to a story on www.petoskeynews.com, Emmet County in Northern Michigan has endeavored to make a special effort to recycle. They report, “Emmet County Recycling and the nonprofit Soles4Souls want to send shoes to Haiti to help residents struggling after the recent earthquakes there.”

According to the organization, they collect shoes and donate them to Soles4Souls to benefit those in need across the world. However, in this particular time of need for the people of Haiti, they report they’re trying to “pick up the pace” to lend a helping hand. We like this story because it stands as an excellent example for just how much good recycling can do. Not only does it do a good job of illustrating the far reaching impact of recycling, but it reminds us that in the many ways you can recycle – you can make a difference.

We recycle in a slightly different way but we’re always proud of the difference it makes, it helps EWS affiliates live better lives, businesses save more money, and communities become more environmentally friendly – all things we’re proud to deliver as EWS affiliates.

Additionally, the way organizations can find a way to recycle virtually anything speaks to the fact that EWS affiliates can also help businesses recycle some of the most unlikely types of business waste. From leftover materials to various hard to recycle metals – EWS affiliates can find a way to help businesses and communities stray from waste and contribute to growth. Even though we deal primarily with business waste, looking at the many ways that recycling helps people around the world helps us remember and appreciate the impact on the environment and the community that recycling has.

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Hey, It’s Fat Tuesday! After all that Excess, how about some Recycling?

February 16th, 2010

In many denominations of Christianity, the period coming before Easter known as lent is a time of fasting, repentance, and moderation. Lent typically begins on Ash Wednesday and continues for 4 weeks until Easter Sunday. Well, before that begins we all know what comes first – Mardi Gras. Part of Carnival, the period of celebration before the Lenten fasting and abstinence, Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday” and – as we all know – is known across the world as a celebration of excess.

However, from the drinking, parades, and beads that have made it so popular to the little known traditions that get overshadowed by the raging party, Mardi Gras really does have something for everyone, and it’s many little facets help illustrate what we do at EWS perfectly.

After the excess of Mardi-Gras, its easy to see how much we can recycle.

After the excess of Mardi-Gras, its easy to see how much we can recycle.

It’s not surprising that a holiday known as “Fat Tuesday” is known to be a celebration of excess, and we can only imagine what kind of recycling can be done after the party. But when it comes to excess, EWS affiliates are the experts. No – not because we’re party animals, but because we see excess every day in the form of uncontrolled business waste, and find a way to turn it into a fantastic business opportunity.

There’s a reason why there’s a holiday to celebrate the bit of excess that comes before the fasting of a religious season, because too much of a good thing isn’t always good (that’s why it’s called excess!). Sure, having a good business means you may be producing more waste, but too much business waste means it’s harder to stay on top of, and when it’s harder to stay on top of it tends to catch up to you faster. That’s where the EWS business opportunity comes in. EWS affiliates are here to help make sure that businesses don’t get caught up in excess waste, and save in the process.

Just like a celebration such as Mardi Gras can remind you what “excess” really is. EWS affiliates reveal to businesses the impact that excess waste has on their company in the form of money they never knew they were losing.

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The Winter Olympics are Coming: But What Does That Have to Do With Recycling?

February 11th, 2010

Ok, so it might be a stretch, but don’t the Olympic Rings look surprisingly like the plastic rings that hold a six pack of soda (minus one of course)? Those rings (the plastic ones) are perhaps one of the number one symbols of waste and recycling that always come to mind, especially when we see waste strewn about the ocean or lake. Well the Winter Olympics start soon and we can’t help but see the sym

Coming together as a community to recycle is the only way we can make a difference. Let EWS help.

Coming together as a community to recycle is the only way we can make a difference. Let EWS help.

bolism in the Olympic Rings and draw some sort of parallel with recycling.

Every time the Olympics come around it seems like one of the number one questions is: “What do the Olympic Rings Symbolize?” Well, for the short answer— just know that the Olympic Rings represent the union of the five participating continents, were adopted in 1914, and every flag of competing countries includes at least one of the colors – blue, black, yellow, red, or green.

There you have it. The Olympic Rings symbolize unity or a coming together of the people of the world to collaborate on something healthy and beneficial for the global community. At the same time, Environmental Waste Solutions helps communities, businesses, and EWS affiliates come together in a similar way through our business opportunity to form a relationship that’s mutually beneficial for everyone involved.

Just like the Olympics, where countries collaborate to put on something unifying and constructive for the global community, EWS affiliates and businesses come together to make a positive change for their local communities. So when Environmental Waste Solutions affiliates consult with a business about how they can save more and make better use of their waste, we like to think of it as them doing much more than just making money with a fantastic green business opportunity. Rather, we like to think that they leave businesses better and greener. In turn, those businesses leave their communities better and greener – and everyone is just a little better in the end.

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“But I Already Recycle!”: There’s a Business Opportunity In What They Don’t Know

February 9th, 2010

Over the years we’ve helped quite a few (thousand) businesses save money with our business opportunity. From large businesses including some of the biggest soft drink distributors in the country to small mom and pop businesses down the street. However, no matter how long we do it, one thing never stops changing about helping businesses recycle better. It seems like every business we go to seems to say, “But we already recycle!”

Recyle, save, and earn!

Recyle, save, and earn!

Usually the conversation goes something like this. “You can save much more money by recycling.” To which the business replies, “But we do. We recycle paper and plastic.” What that business usually doesn’t know is that they can recycle much more than they actually think. Perhaps they didn’t know that they could recycle more paper. Or maybe they didn’t realize that they could recycle all that aluminum that they had sitting around gathering dust and looking lonely.

Either way, when it comes down to it – we almost always have the wonderful business opportunity that is proven to help our client businesses open their eyes and see that they can recycle much more to save much more. Over the years, Environmental Waste Solutions affiliates have come into the Environmental Waste Solutions business opportunity to be surprised by the recycling opportunities that they learn are available to all businesses. Before long they learn that those opportunities are opportunities they can profit from, and from there—the rest really is history.

It starts with the desire to save more, it continues with the realization that we can recycle more, and it ends with the gratification of earning more.

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Money….Do we Need to Be So Stressed About It?

February 4th, 2010

Turn on the radio or put in a CD and you’ll hear it, songs about money – loving it, hating it, and worrying about it. Read a book, and characters are stressing out about it. Watch a movie and more likely than not you’ll see a plot completely centered on a group of guys trying to make a buck. It all just reinforces the saying – money makes the world go ’round. But it doesn’t have to be that hard to get.

Why stress about money? Make more with a better business opportunity.

Why stress about money? Make more with a better business opportunity.

<a href=”http://www.environmental-waste.coml” target=”_blank”>Environmental Waste Solutions gives motivated individuals the chance to make a real living by taking advantage of a market that will continue to grow and give back. Can you even imagine how many truckloads of waste have been hauled away to the dump by businesses who didn’t know they could recycle more? EWS Affiliates turn those trucks around and turn recyclable business waste into a real business opportunity.

EWS affiliates who help businesses recycle not only earn half of what they help their client save when it comes to waste disposal, but they benefit from the knowledge that they’ve helped them go green as well.

Then again, we were talking about money weren’t we? When it comes down to it, you can count on waste to always be around and you can count on businesses always wanting to save money. With training from Environmental Waste Solutions, EWS affiliates can capitalize on both – and it isn’t hard. You’d be surprised by how much more businesses can take advantage of waste, simply because they don’t realize the opportunities that are out there for the materials they use and toss aside every day.

All those opportunities mean one thing, money – so there’s no need to stress, or rob a bank or kidnap somebody like they do in all of those movies and books. Just take a look around, and take advantage of the opportunity.

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