Category: Industry Trends

Source: Waste Disposal Equipment

New Free Guide shows how to answer that.

Q: At a time when companies are desperately looking for ways to reduce costs and increase revenues, what sense does it make to consider spending money on waste disposal and recycling equipment?

A: It could very well mean reduced costs and additional revenues. All they need to do is look at the facts.

With this in mind, a new free “Guide to Calculate Savings from Waste Disposal & Recycling Equipment” is now available for companies & organizations to determine the specific dollar impact on their operations. Unlike anything else available, it provides a practical tool for companies to determine for themselves whether it would be an economically wise decision“ based on facts, rather than on opinions or prejudgments.

Currently there is considerable debate within the business community on whether it is worthwhile to invest in such equipment (e,g. balers, compactors & crushers). Many feel that compacting wastes & recycling is just an additional cost burden and therefore is not worth the time or expense to pursue.

This Guide provides helpful information, including tables showing overall savings in relation to the cost of equipment. It also includes formulas they can use to calculate their likely “Break-Even” level (where the savings offset the cost of the equipment; “Payback” (how long it will take for savings to equal the cost of equipment; and” Return on Investment” (the percentage return they get on their cost of equipment). This Guide is in a “workbook” format so companies can just plug in their own figures to make the calculations for their particular situation.

Many companies are surprised to find that they can actually come out ahead money-wise, frequently with full payback from their equipment investment within 2 years or less. On the other hand, some companies’ calculations may show that the equipment would cost more than what they would save. Today’s equipment is very efficient and can reduce the volume of wastes by up to 90% by compacting and can convert wastes into recyclable form. Savings on disposal costs by 50% or more is typical. And companies can get additional revenues by recycling. So the only way for a company to know their likely result is to do their own calculation.

This 11 page Guide can be useful for all types of companies and organizations -regardless of industry categories or size of operations – since they all have to deal with disposing of their wastes. It can be especially useful for those involved in waste management.

In addition, the Guide covers other less-quantifiable benefits of waste reduction & recycling, including such factors as: saving space, saving time, improving operational efficiencies, improved safety, strengthening the organization’s image – while also benefitting the environment. Even though these benefits are difficult to measure in dollar terms, they further add to the value of investing in such equipment. “If the numbers turn out right, which is the likely outcome, it can be a true “win-win” outcome“ for the companies as well as for the environment” says Paul Juhnke, President of Waste Disposal Equipment Co.

To get a free copy of the “Guide to Calculate Savings from Waste Disposal & Recycling Equipment”, visit the website: waste-disposal-equipment.com or call 800-708-2933 and it will be emailed within a day.

Waste Disposal Equipment Company is a Milwaukee, WI based supplier of a broad line of balers, compactors & crushers to companies and organizations nationwide.

Just in case some hospital chiefs have millions in the coffers to spend but can’t figure out what to buy, a report by the ECRI Institute lists ten high-priced gadgets and systems that bear at least a look.

“Hospitals have very high pressure on their budgets right now,” says Diane Robertson, director of ECRI’s health technology assessment information service which helped prepare “Top 10 C-Suite Watch List: Hospital Technology Issues for 2012.”

“We see them paying more attention to clinical evidence, and more attention to incorporating processes to rationalize their decision-making on where they are going to allocate resources…understanding all the issues, so they’re not unaware of something they need to be aware of,” she says.

In some cases, such as proton beam or carbon ion radiation treatment centers, for example, “these are $200 million decisions,” Robertson says.   And in the case of proton beam therapy, “there’s still no evidence that shows it’s any better than standard photon therapy,” even as carbon ion technology, requiring a separate major investment, is now underway in Europe and may be more effective at treating cancer.

The report looks at the promise and cost of surgical tools and techniques, emerging drugs and devices, genotype personalized medicine, and examines in each case whether they are ready for prime time, what pros and cons to weigh.

Click here to read the complete article at HealthLeaders Media

Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared in the Vendor Viewpoint column in the January 2012 issue of ICT.

By P. Richard Warburton, PhD, JD

Marketing trends follow social trends; the language of the marketers is shaped to appeal to the popular interest. Awareness has grown in recent decades about the influence of hazardous chemicals on the environment and on human health. Books such as Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” made people aware of the hazards of pesticides and eventually led to the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and more recent books like Devra Davis’ “When Smoke Ran Like Water”  which focused on the impact of pollution on health. Labeling products as ‘green’ is a selling point, because many people associate ‘green’ and ‘safe’ as being almost synonymous, but in many cases the opposite is true.

While many people consider the description ‘environmentally friendly’ to be synonymous to with “safe,” in practice the two terms are almost contradictory. An environmentally safe compound is one that reacts quickly with the environment upon release, but such high reactivity makes the compound hazardous to anyone exposed to it.

Click here to read the complete article at Infection Control Today

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, construction waste surpasses 136 million tons per year;
ZamRay.com is providing an outlet to buy, sell and exchange surplus materials while earning LEED points

WESTMINSTER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– According to the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov), the construction industry produces more than 136 million tons of waste material per year. This includes items that have the opportunity to be used on other construction projects (such as fixtures, brick, glass, conduit and countless other items), but instead go to landfills.

A newly established company named ZamRay.com has been gaining favorable attention from the construction industry as an outlet for contractors to buy, sell and exchange surplus material while earning LEED points. The company has teamed with several industry organizations, including the Associated Builders and Contractors, Independent Electrical Contractors, Associated General Contractors and American Subcontractors Association, among others to further establish the important services the company is providing to the built environment.

According to a recent wire report from Waste Management: “There is an increasing demand for sustainable construction, such as higher reuse and recycling rates. At every construction site, builders have an opportunity to divert a variety of C&D traditional items from the landfill, such as wood, rock, metal, cardboard and plastic. In addition, there may be nontraditional items that can be put to reuse, like shingles, concrete, fiberboard and paneling.”

ZamRay.com is providing an important way to divert materials.

“We’re providing a way for companies to connect and find a home for excess materials that might otherwise go into a dumpster,” said Kurt Fisher, the founder of ZamRay.com. “We’re a fledgling company, with a bright idea that is beginning to take off as we are rapidly gaining the attention of the construction industry.

More information is available by visiting www.ZamRay.com.