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How Container Overfill Increases Your Waste Bill
Container overfill is an important factor to consider in any waste service right-sizing initiative. Over the last decade, it has emerged as a waste service billing issue that undermines other […]

Procurement Incentive Plan Flaws: Part 2
In the first installment of this series, you’ll recall the conversation I had with a buyer, a snippet of which is quoted below. In this brief exchange, we catch a […]
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Waste Disposal Industry Alert: New Language Threatens Fundamental Customer Rights
National waste haulers have begun injecting some particularly onerous language in their standard agreements. Now, if you’ve actually taken the time to read a waste disposal contract before, your reaction […]
Pest Management in a Post-FSMA World
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has had wide-ranging implications throughout the food world. As organizations absorb these changes while also trying to continue to improve on their food safety […]

Pest Control Annual Assessments for Food Safety Departments: Is Your Provider Simply Checking a Box?
Want to know a dirty, little pest control industry secret? Many pest control providers have no idea what a true annual assessment looks like or why it’s important. They know […]

The 411 on Foggings & Fumigations
If you manage your organization’s pest management contract, planning and budgeting for foggings and fumigations have likely been routine. You get these services done at the same time each and […]

Time to Take Action on “Under the Radar” Expenses
As corporate procurement departments have gotten leaner and leaner, and buyers have been asked to do more with less, it only stands to reason that “under the radar” expenses—representing relatively […]

Need-to-Know Information About Waste Brokers
The broker presence in the waste industry is owed largely to the fact that there is no single, national waste hauler which is truly competitive from a pricing standpoint in, […]

Uniform Rental Programs: What You Don’t Know Could be Costing You
Uniform rental — like waste disposal, pest control, and a handful of other complex indirect services — is an exceedingly challenging and complex expense for procurement generalists to wrap their […]

Understanding Uniform Rental Invoices
Uniform rental is a highly complex expense. In fact, it’s probably the most complicated indirect expense we have come across. Our people have been deeply immersed in this industry for […]