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ATTI, Lytx Deal Shines Light on Driver Safety
Haulers often turn to programs and technologies to help promote driver safety. Now, even the industry’s insurance carriers have begun offering incentives to haulers that utilize those technologies as a...
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Recycling Household Hazardous Waste Provides Safety Challenges
A live mortar shell from WWII, sodium in its metallic form, dynamite and even dead animals are some of the perplexing and potentially explosive items residents have driven up to household hazardous...
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On the Front Lines of an Epidemic: Dealing with Ebola in Liberia
As a veteran of cleanups following Hurricanes Katrina, Ike and Sandy, hazardous waste specialist Richard Dabal has witnessed the devastating effects of powerful wind and torrential rain. The latest...
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Survey Findings Illustrate Lack of Awareness Over Dangers Waste & Recycling...
When working around inattentive motorists, collecting waste and recyclables can be dangerous. A new survey shows us just how bad the problem is.Survey data released today suggests that despite the fact...
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From Out of the Ashes, Fire Safety Partnership Emerges
When the wrong recyclables caused a four-alarm fire at the Rumpke recycling facility in St. Bernard, Ohio, it sparked a new safety plan of action for the Colerain Township-based hauler and forged a new...
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Pointers About Sharps Disposal
Recyclers are increasingly suffering from trypanophobia. What’s trypanophobia? That’s the word for needle phobia. It is estimated that between 4 percent and 20 percent of people fear needles. Most of...
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Technology Can Play a Vital Role in Improving Waste & Recycling Safety
Advances in technology have proven to be effective for creating comprehensive safety programs and promoting driver awareness within the waste and recycling industry.Jeremy O'Brien, P.E., BCEE, director...
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A Proactive Risk Approach Can Help Stem Injuries
The economy simply can no longer be the excuse as to why safety is not a top-tier priority in the waste and recycling industry. During recent challenging times, companies of all shapes and sizes...
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Behind the Industry’s Effort to Improve Driver Safety, One State at Time
David Biderman would like people to think of garbage trucks more like they think of school buses.“You see a school bus and say, oh, there are kids around, I have to drive slower,” says the vice...
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Distracted Drivers Continue to Cause Safety Risks in Solid Waste Industry
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, each day in the United States, more than eight people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes involving distracted drivers. So, it...
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