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The Zero-Waste Sports Stadium: Pros and Cons
By Solus Group Marketing Team
June 17, 2019
From university sports facilities to the Super Bowl itself, stadium managers continue to pursue ambitious waste-diversion goals. The gold standard of a zero-waste-to-landfill system has emerged as the ultimate prize in stadium sustainability — but as with any materials-management strategy, zero waste is a mixed bag of benefits and challenges.
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Poultry Plant Ergonomics
By Solus Group Marketing Team
May 28, 2019
Compared to workers in all U.S. private industries, employees who process poultry face a significantly higher risk of injury. In 2016, for instance, the incidence rate for nonfatal injuries and illnesses at work was 2.9 per 100 workers in all industries. Among poultry processors, the rate was 4.2 injuries or illnesses per 100.
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Using Less Packaging in the Food Processing Industry
By Solus Group Marketing Team
May 20, 2019
The best way to reduce waste is to create less of it in the first place. In the food processing industry, source reduction requires creative new material-handling techniques in addition to changes in the use of packaging.
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OSHA Standards for Landfill Workers
By Solus Group Marketing Team
May 13, 2019
In the United States, if you work in construction, or in the maritime industry, or on a farm, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) gives you an entire section of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, complete with its own part number. (The maritime industry gets three of them.)
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Waste-Handling Injuries: What We Can Learn from OSHA Injury Reports
By Solus Group Marketing Team
May 6, 2019
First, the good news. Fatalities for refuse and recycling collectors declined to a rate of 34.1 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in 2016. This halted a troubling rise that began in 2012 and peaked at a rate of 38.8 injuries per 100,000 workers in 2015.
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Handling the Scraps in Scrap Recycling: “Small” Material Handling Solutions
By Solus Group Marketing Team
April 30, 2019
Recycling metal scraps requires some serious material handling equipment. Huge, crane-like material handlers grasp, compress, and lift bales of scrap steel. Skid-steer loaders separate metals in the yard. Pick-and-carry vehicles stack layers of scrap into organized rows.
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Strategies to Reduce Scrap Recycling Emissions
By Solus Group Marketing Team
April 22, 2019
Recycling scrap metal creates tremendous benefits for sustainability — at least on first glance. The situation gets more complex when you approach scrap recycling from a lifestyle perspective.
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Go Green at Work: Solar Powered Material Handling in the Green Supply Chain
By Solus Group Marketing Team
April 19, 2019
If you’re ready to go green at your workplace, you have a stake in the supply chain. From manufacturers to retailers, schools to medical facilities, every corner of the economy depends on moving goods and materials from point A to point B.
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Improving Residential Recycling Programs in the U.S.
By Solus Group Marketing Team
April 15, 2019
The recycling industry in the U.S. is in the midst of a dramatic overhaul. As the implications of China’s stringent contamination limits reverberate throughout the recycling ecosystem, residential recycling programs are particularly at risk.
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What Is a Brute Bin? Understanding Trash Can Terminology
By Solus Group Marketing Team
April 8, 2019
Should your facility stock up on Brute bins, Slim Jims, wheelie bins, or open trash cans? And while we’re on the subject, what exactly is the difference between all these products?
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