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Now, more than ever, alternatives to doing business “the way it has always been done” is critical to ensuring the ongoing financial viability of your company. Long viewed as a second-tier cost center, waste management (and recycling) seldom receives much attention and often falls beneath management's “radar” where it continues to increase and where losses mount.
If you can't answer YES to the questions below, you are probably spending 25% more than you need to on your waste costs:
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You know your disposal expense: actual versus budget |
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Your compactors / dumpsters are emptied only when they are full (On-Call) |
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Your compactor loads are averaging between 9 and 11 tons when full |
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Weights and volumes are clearly explained on your invoice for easy review |
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Vendor contracts have prescribed rate escalators and maximum annual limits beyond which they cannot exceed; and your vendor is observing these |
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Your waste and recycling vendor(s) make visits to your facility twice each year to review systems, provide information, new technologies and support that assists you in your expense management efforts |
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Vendor-supplied equipment is maintained and adjusted at least twice a year and is documented with copies provided to you |
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Recycled commodities, like cardboard, paper, plastic, metals, wood, etc., are valued by indexing them to your area markets |
BCC reduce your corporate waste costs. Through an analysis of the operational and financial aspects of your solid waste program, BCC produces a comprehensive list of fully integrated recommendations. BCC then implements the recommendations while your management remains focused on its core business areas.
Your disposal company won't offer you much help. Their revenue is directly tied to your service frequency and waste volume. More of both are always better, for their bottom-line. Unfortunately for you, disposal companies have virtually no incentive to help you reduce wastes, manage service levels or introduce new strategies or technologies to help you become more efficient. The simple reality is that the more inefficiently they can keep you operating, the more revenue they stand to make.
The reality of today's business climate demands that time and personnel are carefully managed. Your managers' time is better invested on core business areas. Reducing waste management costs is all that our waste consultant has done since 1992. We can do it better and more thoroughly than anyone. |
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