What are Universal & Electronic Wastes? Universal & Electronic wastes are hazardous wastes that are widely produced by households and many different types of businesses. Universal wastes include televisions, computers and other electronic devices as well as batteries, fluorescent lamps, mercury thermostats, and other mercury containing equipment, among others. List of items: Electronic devices: Includes […]
Client: I signed a 36 month contract in 2014, It’s now 2017 and my trash hauler literally laughed at me and said they won’t let me out of the contract unless I pay liquidated damages. If I wasn’t willing to pay these damages immediately,they said there was nothing to for us to talk about and […]
My client, owner of a local restaurant, hands me his trash invoices and asks me “Why do I always get an overage charge and why is the overage charge rate astronomical? Great questions! Let’s look at the dreaded overage charge that many business owners see each month. What is the overage charge? If a business […]
When the markets were crashing in 2008 the price of fuel was increasing by the minute.. I remember sitting in my office staring at the gas station across the street and the price of fuel increased .35 cents between 6:00 am and noon. How was the trash industry going to handle this crisis? The solution […]
My client had several properties serviced by a local trash hauler. I reviewed the contracts, identified some unfavorable terms, a miss-truth on the ability to sign a less than 3 year term and inconsistent pricing on a few of the locations that needed to be addressed however, the client was happy with the trash hauler’s […]
If you are a small business owner I’m betting that you’ve looked at your monthly trash invoice at one point and muttered to yourself “How did my bill increase again?” Then you thought, “How long will I be on the phone this time fighting yet another price increase? I wish I could just cancel your […]