Home Company Services News Careers Contact 925.484.4422 Trash Talk Trash Talk brings you articles about waste reduction, waste diversion, waste sorting, and recycling programs, as well as WasteXperts' products and services. WasteXperts Reduce Waste Disposal Expenses 24% April 29, 2021 This apartment complex in Woodland Hills, California is a five-floor mid-rise apartment complex with 395 units, three trash rooms, and trash chute rooms on each floor. WasteXperts helped this property reduce waste disposal expenses by $61,000 per year. An Audit Exposes Waste Management Problems This property was spending a lot more than they needed to … Read more Categories WasteXperts Case Studies Leave a comment Waste Audit Yields Big Saving on Garbage Hauling April 13, 2021 This apartment complex in Livermore, California is a garden-style apartment complex. When property management wanted to reduce their waste disposal expenses and increase their recycling to comply with California regulations like SB 1383, they asked WasteXperts for help. WasteXperts performed a waste audit for the complex that resulted in a big monthly saving on garbage … Read more Categories WasteXperts Case Studies Leave a comment Grandpa’s Composting 101 Lesson March 24, 2021 How Do You Make Compost? As my Grandpa would say, “It’s simple!” His Composting 101 lesson was this: “You collect all the food waste and compostable waste from the house, take it up to the 5’x 5’ wooden box I built in the back yard, and throw it on top of the rest of the … Read more Categories SB 1383, Waste Regulations Tags Composting, Organic Waste Leave a comment Case Study: Odor Control Equipment for Fly and Odor Problems March 17, 2021 One of our clients in San Francisco has a mid-rise apartment complex that has 186 units in a 9-story building. There are two trash rooms with chutes coming from the upper levels. Each room has two trash dumpsters and two recycling bins. The ground floor trash rooms and the resident chute rooms on the upper … Read more Categories WasteXperts Case Studies Tags Clean Air ActUVator, Odor Control Systems, Trash Rooms Leave a comment How to Get Rid of Biohazardous Waste March 12, 2021 Communities in both urban and suburban areas frequently have to deal with the issues of sharps waste and hazardous materials found in their waste streams. There are proper ways to dispose of this material. The question often comes up – what’s the right way to get rid of biohazardous waste when you find sharps or … Read more Categories Services Tags Biohazards Leave a comment How Can Businesses Reduce Organic Waste for SB 1383? February 16, 2021 With SB 1383 enforcement lurking over businesses starting in January, 2022, there is less than a year to prepare. Commercial Buildings and Multifamily Dwellings will be required to separate food waste and compostable waste from the main garbage waste stream at that time. What are a business’ best option? What should a business do to … Read more Categories SB 1383, Waste Regulations Tags Composting, Organic Waste, Recycling Leave a comment What is SB 1383? February 1, 2021 WasteXperts can help your community or company prepare for and comply with California’s SB 1383. What is SB 1383? It is a law that establishes reduction targets for methane emissions. It is part of California’s efforts to reduce emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) in order to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. SB 1383 requires … Read more Categories SB 1383, Waste Regulations Tags AB 1826, AB 341, AB 939, Composting, Food Recovery Hierarchy, Organic Waste, Recycling, SB 1383, SB 32 Leave a comment Trash Room Odor Removal You Can Bank On December 14, 2020 An apartment complex that was one of our waste diversion customers approached WasteXperts with a stinky problem. Their trash room odors were infiltrating a bank adjacent to their building. The bank staff was miserable, customers were unhappy, and the apartment managers didn’t know what to do. Common remedies like cleaning the trash room and trash … Read more Categories WasteXperts Case Studies Tags Clean Air ActUVator, Odor Control Systems, Trash Rooms Leave a comment Photo Oxidation to Control Trash Room Odors December 14, 2020 The Clean AirActUVator reduces or eliminates trash room odors by using Ultraviolet light (UV-C and UV-V) to cause chemical oxidation of the odor-causing molecules. This is the same process that occurs naturally outside in the atmosphere by interaction with sunlight. An example would be hydrogen sulfide molecules (H2S), which you might recognize as “rotten egg … Read more Categories WasteXperts' Products Tags Clean Air ActUVator, Odor Control Systems, Oxidation, Trash Rooms, UV Light Leave a comment How the Pandemic Impacts the Business of Garbage November 19, 2020 In normal times, waste hauling companies make most of their money with commercial accounts. Hauling trash from businesses and industrial sites make up the bulk of their income streams. Residential services, conversely, have little or no profit built in. The business clients essentially subsidize the residential users. (Read more in this TIME interview with Waste … Read more Categories The Business of Garbage and How it Affects Your Business Tags Cardboard, Fees, Pandemic, Recycling, Waste Management Leave a comment Illegal Dumping at a San Mateo Apartment Complex November 10, 2020 The apartment complex in the heart of San Mateo is a garden-style apartment complex with 150 units. It’s in a bustling neighborhood with many residents prior to COVID commuting into the city on a daily basis. Because of its centralized location it was ideal for resident commuters, but unfortunately it also became the target of … Read more Categories WasteXperts Case Studies Tags Bulk Item Hauling, Illegal Dumping Leave a comment Post navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next → Recent Posts WasteXperts Reduce Waste Disposal Expenses 24% Waste Audit Yields Big Saving on Garbage Hauling Grandpa’s Composting 101 Lesson Case Study: Odor Control Equipment for Fly and Odor Problems How to Get Rid of Biohazardous Waste Categories SB 1383 Services The Business of Garbage and How it Affects Your Business Waste Regulations WasteXperts Case Studies WasteXperts' Products Recent Comments In 1992, WasteXperts’ founder, David Lentz, envisioned more significant and better solutions regarding waste management and waste diversion for small apartment complexes. 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