| In the United States manufacturing accounts | | | | hauler, who is trying to grow their business, |
| for a large percentage of the waste produced. | | | | to come up with a way for us to use them |
| This is not a criticism of manufacturing; it | | | | less? It is not going to happen! |
| is a fact. In order to produce the products | | | | |
| that we need, manufacturers inherently | | | | The good news is that an answer has been |
| produce large amounts of waste. As a result, | | | | developed -- not by the hauler, but rather by |
| manufacturing produces the largest percentage | | | | the professional research and development |
| of the waste haulers profits. This is also a | | | | within the manufacturing industry and a |
| fact. | | | | distribution company right here in the United |
| | | | States who distribute a high efficiency waste |
| Manufacturers are in a constant battle to | | | | handling machine called an Enviro Waste |
| comply with county, state and federal | | | | Systems 7700 Pulverizer. In addition, they |
| guidelines and, at the same time, attempt to | | | | have developed a program that gives |
| keep the impact of waste hauling costs to | | | | manufactures an opportunity to use their |
| their bottom line as low as possible. In | | | | machine to use at NO cost AND pays them for |
| recent years the best solution has been to be | | | | their waste. So instead of the costs of waste |
| paid a percentage of your hauling cost back | | | | hauling having a negative impact on the |
| for recyclables. But this is a less than | | | | manufacturer's bottom line and the |
| satisfactory solution. The current recycling | | | | environment, manufacturers can have a |
| process, as good as it is for the environment | | | | positive effect on their bottom line profits |
| and a must-do first step, limits what can be | | | | and the environment by implementing this |
| recycled. Manufacturers on average can only | | | | win-win program. You may not have heard of |
| separate ten percent of their waste stream to | | | | this company or its program because the |
| recyclables. This is not the silver bullet to | | | | haulers, you remember, the people we asked to |
| cost reduction that the manufacturers have | | | | help with this problem, have done every thing |
| been seeking. So questions need to be asked: | | | | in their power to keep this from you. I guess |
| What about the cost of hauling the ninety | | | | we shouldn't blame them for wanting to |
| percent of manufacturer's waste that can not | | | | protect their massive profits from the |
| be recycled? How do we reduce the cost and | | | | biggest threat they have ever faced. |
| environmental impact of waste? These have | | | | |
| been the questions on the minds of | | | | But the fact still remains that we, the |
| manufacturers and environmentalists for | | | | manufacturing industry, have had to answer |
| years. | | | | the questions ourselves because the waste |
| | | | haulers would not. I personally have a lot |
| Manufacturers have been asking the waste | | | | more trust in the ingenuity and can-do |
| haulers for the answers. I truly believe that | | | | attitude of the manufacturing industry to |
| we have been asking these questions in vain. | | | | solve this and many other challenges that |
| The waste haulers are a business like any | | | | face them rather than waiting for the waste |
| other - they need to make profits from their | | | | haulers to help us. I recently watched a |
| business of hauling our waste. If, as a | | | | commercial for a well known car manufacturer |
| manufacturer, you were asked by your | | | | that focused on the DUH principle. That seems |
| customers to develop a way for them to use | | | | to fit quite well here. After all, isn't it |
| less of your product, how motivated would you | | | | better to be paid for waste rather than |
| be to develop that for them? What would be | | | | wasting your money paying for its removal? |
| the implications to your business and your | | | | DUH! |
| profits? So, why then do we expect the waste | | | | |