 These are tough economic times, and to survive companies are going to have to tighten their belts, emphasizing productivity, cost savings and innovation.
This isn’t just a necessity, it’s also smart forward thinking, and includes environmental efficiencies such as “Going Green.”
Between rising fuel costs and regulatory pressures, environmentally insensitive operations are no longer profitable or viable. So why aren't more businesses aware of their carbon footprint's associated costs? Simply put, no one is assigned to the task!
While reducing fuel costs are necessary, that alone won't be enough to truly obtain the savings of a real green initiative.
But “Going Green” is easier to achieve than you may think…if you follow these 3 strategies:
Aligning you Operation
Too often business decision makers are under the impression that eco-friendly equals expensive. Not so!
It’s important that everyone on your team truly understands the economic and environmental benefits of being carbon efficient. You must take a proactive approach in explaining how these savings and efficiencies will directly benefit your operation. By getting everyone on the same game plan, going green will become a reality and not just a concept.
Optimizing Existing Assets
One of the cornerstones of "Going Green" is doing more with less. Most facilities in the waste industry understand this concept. By getting the most out of what you have, you’ll be able to get more done with significant savings as your bonus.
Using products or equipment that are versatile and adaptable will further increase your operational savings. Finding ways in doing things with what you already have is critical in going beyond mere window dressing and into true a Green operation.
Deploy New Technologies, New Processes and New Thinking
Going Green offers a unique opportunity for refreshing and enhancing your entire operational image. Instead of being thought of as just another “garbage dump” you’ll be in the forefront of a new respect for waste management facilities.
As a lead adopter of energy efficiency, your operation can become a model and enabler to others, as well as vastly improving your public and community image.
Here’s what you can do right now…
- Find companies that will work with you - developing ways for you to save money and lessen the environmental impact.
- Listen to your employees - as your front-line soldiers, their ideas for improving efficiency cannot and should not be underestimated.
- Research new technologies - try them out yourself. Many times they will offer significant improvement over your current way of doing things.
By taking these approaches and really evaluating your options, you’ll be bound to reach both your cost savings and environmental goals… and beyond.
 Where does New Waste Concepts fit in?
Founded on innovation, our company was thinking "Green" way before that concept entered the mainstream. We developed one of the first ADC's in the 80's for extending a landfill’s operational life, and since that time we’ve spent millions of dollars developing new and pioneering ways for saving our customers time, money, and labor.
Extending a Landfill’s Useful Life - Ever since Sub-title D mandated waste be covered with at least 6 inches of soil, NWC's Alternate Daily Covers allowed landfills to reclaim the space all the dirt would normally take up.
It significantly extends a landfills productive life, as well as the amount of time a operator can be collecting revenues from those operations. This is a superb way of doing more with less, as you’ll see in our next point…
Doing More with Less - NWC's products have been designed to be flexible, reliable, tough, user friendly and cost competitive, with among the lowest applied cost for cover and odor control materials - and the lowest lifecycle equipment cost as well.
Being able to use a product for a variety of tasks vastly increases efficiency. For example, our cover products can be used as an ADC, Intermediate or Long-term cover.
By combining these covers with our seeding & erosion products, as well as on-demand litter control, additional efficiency savings are realized. All our products have similar flexibility, and what makes them stand out is how they’re designed be seamlessly used with each other. Read more....
Accelerating Stabilization and Gas Production - NWC's Covers can be used to control gas production. Sites using our products quickly hit their peak production during the early phases of a landfills life, significantly reducing the post closure monitoring phase.
Our Bacteria and Enzyme technology not only optimizes the production of useful gases, or eliminates unwanted odors and gases – they’ll also allow you to fine tune your bio-reactor. (Cool stuff indeed!)
Decreasing Fossil Fuel Dependence - In study after study, customers using our Green technology have seen huge savings in the use of equipment and fuels. Hauling soil to the landfill’s working face and spreading it around takes significant resources. NWC ADC's practically eliminates these hassles.
By using only one machine, our customers can now cover their entire working face - and be ready for the next day operations in no time. In only one year, the savings our average customer realizes fully covers the cost of the machine itself!
Non Toxic & Bio-Degradable - The chemical composition of all our products are made from non-toxic bio-degradable materials. It’s one of the reasons we are the number one choice in environmental remediation projects.
Our products don’t upset the careful balance of nature needed to run the landfill of the 21st century. And for bio-reactors, our covers actually suppress gas release - which means more energy production.
Unlike cement based covers, our products do not have high pH levels nor are they potentially dangerous to your employees. Making a mess to clean up a mess is not good thinking.
DONT USE CEMENT: If you’re thinking about using a cement based product – stop! You might want to dive a little deeper beyond the snazzy sales pitch and see what it really entails and the true risks associated with this method. Read more on this extremely important topic…
The Bottom Line: There are smart, economical and environmentally sound reasons for doing business with New Waste Concepts. Give one of our knowledgeable representatives a call – and find out how we can meet your specific needs. Contact a representative now…
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In todays waste industry you cant afford to not think about the risks associated with using a cementaceous cover material. Read more on how these covers can harm your operations, equipment and employees... 
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