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10 Holiday Tips for Going Green this Holiday Season

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10 Green Holiday Tips for the Office and Home

The holidays brighten an otherwise dormant season by bringing festivities and good will. They also bring on a season of excess that often results in extra waste. Household waste increases by a whopping 25% from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day.This is not sustainable or responsible stewardship.

That is why those of us at Waste Masters Solutions would like to make you aware of all the holiday trimmings, packaging, and other compostable  waste that goes directly into a landfill. We all could make a difference if we look for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle holiday wrappings and gifts.

Sustainable Holidays are a Blessing

Try something really thoughtful this holiday season – rethink how you shop, wrap and celebrate. Identify ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Make this your gift to the generations to come.

10 Green Holiday Tips for the Office and Home:

  1. Throw a Green Holiday Party: Going Green for the holidays should be carried over to any parties or gatherings that you have at home or the office. Clearly label recycling containers for cans, bottles and other recyclables. Of course, a Green Party can be held year ‘round, check out our blog, ‘Throw a Green Party this Labor Day’ and make it your New Year’s Resolution to continue your Green Initiatives into the new year.
  2. Reduce Food Waste: This time of year is a time of excess resulting in large amount of food waste. Why not plan for the right amount of food to save money and reduce food waste. If you over estimated, donate the leftovers to a local shelter, food bank or freeze it for later before it spoils.
  3. Forgo the Paper Card & Costly Postage: Sending out Holiday Cards that often end up in trash heaps unread have a triple whammy on the environment – paper comes from trees, delivery costs money, delivery sends carbons into our atmosphere. Using eCards to offer holiday wishes instead. If you feel the absolutely need to send a physical card, use recycled ones & hand deliver, when possible..
  4. Creative Gift Giving: The GIFT OF TIME will be much more appreciated than a tacky Christmas sweater or cheesy tie. Give thoughtful gifts that are more meaningful and useful. Give tickets to a show, concert or game; passes to a state or national park, gift certificates for dinner or a spa day. Make your own coupons for personal services, such as free babysitting, a home cooked meal, helping an elderly relative with everyday chores or home maintenance. Think outside the box about ways to spread goodwill and cheer throughout the year!
  5. Opt for Eco-friendly Wrapping Alternatives: Use old posters, maps, newspapers, reusable gift bags to present your gifts this holiday season. Cookie tins, flower pots and baskets are a creative and green way to place a present in a present.
  6. Recyclable Shopping Bags: Bring your own shopping bags to the mall or grocery stores. Using and reusing cloth bags can reduce the thousands of bags that end up in landfills. If you do use paper or plastic bags, recycle them.
  7. Rechargeable Batteries: About 40% of battery sales occur during the holiday season. Help out the environment by buying rechargeable batteries and making sure to safely recycle any old batteries.
  8. LED Holiday Lights & Timers: LED Lights use up to 80% less energy and last 10 times longer. Also, use a timer or turn lights off during the day and late evening.10 Green Holiday Tips for the Home & Office:
  9. Stop Junk Mail: This time of year, the amount of catalogs and charitable donation solicitations can fill recycle bins at lightening speed. Sometimes it feels as if charitable donations go directly into re-solicitations of donations. If you’d like to stop the endless cycle, Check Out ‘6 Steps to get off mailing lists to STOP Junk Mail’ by eco-cycle that will help your put the kibosh on junk mail.
  10. Recycle Electronics and Cell Phones: This is the time of year when new electronics and cell phones are snatched off the shelf and presented in pretty packages and bags under the tree. PLEASE make sure to safely recycle or find a good home for your old electronics.

“A United Nations study reported that 44.7 million tons of e-waste was discarded in 2016, and only 20 percent of it was disposed of properly.” ~ Consumer Report

The more of us that set a GREEN Example, the better. Educating society and those around us on how a little thought and creativity can make for a greener more sustainable future.

Give the the gift of lowering your carbon footprint –we only have one earth and the holiday season should be a celebration of the beauty of nature, a true gift we all can appreciate!

Share on our Facebook page some of the ways you get into the Green of the Season by reducing, reusing and recycling.

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Our experienced staff can develop a program that takes into consideration operational needs, environmental impact, regulatory requirements and client costs. Let us come to your facility to conduct a free and unconditional waste audit. There’s no denying that our recycling solutions in Delaware and the surrounding Tri-State area is an easy way to minimize waste production and help save you money.

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If you are interested in finding out more, contact the commercial recycling solutions experts of Delaware at WasteMasters Solutions. Share on our Facebook page some of the ways your business meets or excel at commercial sustainability and minimizing waste. Waste Masters Solutions is a commercial waste solution and recycling company serving Delaware, making it our mission to increase community awareness of the importance of reducing, recycling, reusing as much as possible.

Brand Your Business as an Environmental Steward

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When we take used materials and convert them into new products, it’s a win — win for businesses and the environment. Not only does re -utilizing materials save money by lowering garbage disposal bills, it could get your business a little extra cash and brand your business as an environmental steward that others look up to.

Better yet, recycling reduces the need for extracting, refining and processing raw materials. All of which pollute our water and atmosphere. The more we recycle, the less rubbish and hazardous materials end up in landfills. Landfills are unsustainable as they poison our air and leach into surrounding ground and waterways. Landfills are the largest source of human caused methane, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

Recycling is a great way to conserve resources

Production of recycled paper lowers air pollution by 74% and water pollution by 35%. Recycled aluminum lowers air pollution by 95% and water pollution by 97%. Recycling creates jobs. There are 10 jobs in recycling processing for every landfill job and 25 jobs in recycling-based manufacturing.

The value of recycling requires a view of the life cycle of a product. When unwanted products are returned to manufacturers to convert into new products, it prevents pollution and destruction that occurs when using virgin materials, such as trees and precious metals that are extracted from the earth.

According to The Economist, “Low landfill fees and a fragmented waste-management system have kept the country’s recycling rate at around 34% for two decades – far lower than most rich countries.”

How Your Business Can Cut Costs by Reducing Waste

Waste Master is a commercial waste management company located in Delaware looking to educate consumers and businesses of all sizes of the importance of recycling in creating a sustainable community. We hope to make Americans more aware of the importance of making a real commitment to recycling as much as possible.

A Waste Audit Could Make Your Business More Sustainable

Ready to Brand Your Business as an Environmental Steward?  Contact Waste Masters Solutions of Delaware, we can help.

Share on Facebook the way you plan to Go Green in 2016. Waste Masters Solutions is a commercial waste solution and recycling company serving all of Delaware. It’s our mission to make the community aware of how important reducing, recycling, reusing is for all of us.

10 Reasons to Team Up With Waste Master Solutions This Year

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The New Year gives us a fresh start. It serves as a time to reflect on your business’ successes and failures.

Does your company desire to be an industry leader?

Make this the year your business is more proactive with its environmental efforts while meeting your waste management budget.  Get in touch with Waste Master Solutions, Delaware and the Tri-State area’s leader in commercial waste management and recycling.

Waste Masters collaborates with the Philadelphia Eagles to make the team as green as possible – on the field, at practice and off-season.  We can help your business save money and go green, at the same time.

The Eagles have received LEED certification for it  Lincoln Financial Field facility. Waste Masters is proud to partner with any company or industry looking to be a leader in environmental stewardship.

“Actions always speak louder than words,” said Steve Masterson, Waste Masters Solutions President & CEO. “Waste Masters is privileged and honored to partner with such world-class organizations that care so much about our environment.”

With that in mind, check out our list of how Waste Masters works hard in any partnership and why we might be a good fit for your company.

10 Reasons to Team Up With Waste Master Solutions This Year:

  1. Dependable Partner – we take commercial waste management seriously and look to work with our partners to further their commitment to the environment, meeting budgets and deadlines.
  2. Competitive Pricing –Delaware’s most reasonably priced and best valued waste management partners, Waste Masters promises no hidden fees. We have great commercial plans to meet any size business needs. Call for a quote at 302-824-0909.
  3. Regular Pickups – If there is one thing we don’t like it’s an overflowing dumpster. It’s an eyesore and could be an environmental or health hazard. WasteMasters makes a concerted effort to empty dumpsters well before they overflow.   We work with you to determine the dumpster sizes that you need and frequency of service.
  4. Consistent Customer Service – Waste Masters is all about our customers! We value your opinion of our commercial waste management services. Our company is consistently assessing and adjusting our protocols when needed. We WANT you to let us know what you think.
  5. Locally Owned & Operated – Have you ever been frustrated by dealing with a representative that is not aware of what is happening in your area or who fails to understand your particular needs? When you call us, you are getting a local representative that is working in our offices where we all interact sto provide the best possible customer service.
  6. Safety is a Priority – We make safety a priority and monitor all trucks, keep current with all road conditions and educate our drivers to respect and follow the rules of the road.
  7. Focus on Environmental Stewardship – This is a big one for us! We take seriously the concerted effort needed to protect our environment for generations to come.
  8. DUMPSTERS DELAWARE - WASTEMASTERSWaste Audits – Waste Master Solutions has a wide variety of service offerings that are industry specific. We would gladly meet to discuss your options and perform a full waste audit of your offices or facility.
  9. Support the Community – community service is the cornerstone of our business. Waste Masters Solutions avidly supports many causes such as Veterans causes, the USO, Big Brothers & Sisters, Meals on Wheels, Sunday Breakfast Mission, Ronald McDonald House, etc….
  10. Taking Pride to the Next Level – our shiny black dumpsters and trucks with our logo proudly displayed says it all. Have you ever notice how most dumpsters are dented, foul smelling and dirty? Not so, with WasteMasters Solutions, we deliver clean well-maintained dumpsters.

wastemasterslogoAt WasteMasters Solutions, a commercial waste management company, we believe environmental stewardship is in everyone’s best interest. Want to find out more? Contact the commercial recycling solutions experts of Delaware and share on our Facebook page some of the ways your business meets or excel at commercial sustainability and minimizing waste. Waste Masters Solutions is a commercial waste solution and recycling company serving Delaware, making it our mission to increase community awareness of the importance of reducing, recycling, reusing as much as possible.

Sustainable Holidays | 10 Green Holiday Tips for the Home and Office

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10 Green Holiday Tips for the Home and Office

Ah … the holidays. A time of generosity and good will. Also, a time of excess that often results in extra waste. Studies show that household waste increases by a stunning 25% from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day!

Not only is this statistic a mind boggling, it not sustainable. Think about all the holiday trimmings, packaging, and other compostable  waste that goes directly into a landfill. What if we could make a difference by looking for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle holiday wrappings and gifts?

Sustainable Holidays are a Blessing

Try something really thoughtful this holiday season – rethink how you shop, wrap and celebrate. Identify ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Make this your gift to the world for generations to come.

10 Green Holiday Tips for the Home & Office:

  1. Reduce Food Waste: This time of year is a time of excess resulting in large amount of food waste. Why not plan for the right amount of food to save money and reduce food waste. If you over estimated, donate the leftovers to a local shelter, food bank or freeze it for later before it spoils.
  2. Recyclable Shopping Bags: Bring your own shopping bags to the mall or grocery stores. Using and reusing cloth bags can reduce the thousands of bags that end up in landfills. If you do use paper or plastic bags, recycle them.
  3. Throw a Green Holiday Party: Going Green for the holidays should be carried over to any parties or gatherings that you have at home or the office. Clearly label recycling containers for cans, bottles and other recyclables. Of course, a Green Party can be held year ‘round, check out our blog, ‘Throw a Green Party this Labor Day’ and make it your New Year’s Resolution to continue your Green Initiatives into the new year.
  4. Forgo the Paper Card & Costly Postage: Sending out Holiday Cards that often end up in trash heaps unread have a triple whammy on the environment – paper comes from trees, delivery costs money, delivery sends carbons into our atmosphere. Using eCards to offer holiday wishes instead. If you feel the absolutely need to send a physical card, use recycled ones & hand deliver, when possible..
  5. LED Holiday Lights & Timers: LED Lights use up to 80% less energy and last 10 times longer. Also, use a timer or turn lights off during the day and late evening.
  6. Creative Gift Giving: The GIFT OF TIME will be much more appreciated than a tacky Christmas sweater or cheesy tie. Give thoughtful gifts that are more meaningful and useful. Give tickets to a show, concert or game; passes to a state or national park, gift certificates for dinner or a spa day. Make your own coupons for personal services, such as free babysitting, a home cooked meal, helping an elderly relative with everyday chores or home maintenance. Think outside the box about ways to spread goodwill and cheer throughout the year!
  7. 10 Green Holiday Tips for the Home & Office:Opt for Eco-friendly Wrapping Alternatives: Use old posters, maps, newspapers, reusable gift bags to present your gifts this holiday season. Cookie tins, flower pots and baskets are a creative and green way to place a present in a present.
  8. Stop Junk Mail: This time of year, the amount of catalogs and charitable donation solicitations can fill recycle bins at lightening speed. Sometimes it feels as if charitable donations go directly into re-solicitations of donations. If you’d like to stop the endless cycle, Check Out this article by eco-cycle that will help your put the kibosh on junk mail.
  9. Rechargeable Batteries: About 40% of battery sales occur during the holiday season. Help out the environment by buying rechargeable batteries and making sure to safely recycle any old batteries.
  10. Recycle Electronics and Cell Phones: This is the time of year when new electronics and cell phones are snatched off the shelf and presented in pretty packages and bags under the tree. PLEASE make sure to safely recycle or find a good home for your old electronics.

The more people that set a GREEN Example, the better chance our society has to succeed in educating those around us how a little thought and creativity can change a mindset that has been long in the making.

Give the world the gift of lowering your carbon footprint –we only have one earth and the holiday season should be a celebration of the beauty of nature, a true gift we all can appreciate!

Share on our Facebook page some of the ways you get into the Green of the Season by reducing, reusing and recycling.

Waste Masters Solutions is a commercial waste solution and recycling company serving all of Delaware.

Make 2017 a Very Green Year!

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Have you made your New Year Resolutions?

Make this the year you embrace the spirit of renewal by making it a point to Go Green. Across Europe there is a continual awareness of the limited resources our earth has to provide and the consistent effort to reduce, reuse and recycle. In my travels abroad, I have noticed a tugging guilt about how lax us Americans can be when it comes to minimizing our carbon footprint.

Make 2017 a Very Green Year!While not all of us contribute to the excess and waste, I feel we need to do our part in educating our peers on the ease and necessity of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). My aspiration for the new year is that those of us who have been living by and preaching Green initiatives will have success in it permeating throughout the United States.

While the United State’s recycling efforts have improved over that last five decades, we are well behind our European counterparts. With countries like Sweden who’s 99% recycling rate, or Switzerland’s 52% rate, nearly double that of the US, it is clear to see that there is plenty of room for improvement.

Some people assume that in order to go green you have spend a lot of time and money in order to make a change. It doesn’t have to. Sometimes it is the simplest things that make all the difference. Want to know a few ways to begin your green lifestyle? Check out our easy and cost effective tips to get started on recycling solutions in Delaware.

10 Great Ways to Go Green:

  1. Use fluorescent light bulbs. Replacing regular light bulb with Fluorescent bulbs use 75% less energy and last 10 times longer!
  2. Shut down your computer. Even in sleep mode, a computer is wasting energy. Turning a computer off at night can save 40 watts each day.
  3. Stock your freezer full. It takes a lot more energy to keep an empty space cool than it does to keep a crowded space cool.
  4. Skip the sink. Avoid rinsing your dishes before loading them and ensure the dishwasher is full before running.
  5. Wash laundry in cold water. 90% of energy consumed by a washing machine is used by heating the water. Wash your laundry in cold water to save energy.
  6. Use cruise control. When driving to work use cruise control to get 15% better mileage and help the environment .
  7. Go Paperless. Pay bills online to eliminate deforestation.
  8. Lighten your load. Extra added weight in a trunk of a vehicle takes more gas.
  9. Recycle cell phones. Don’t let those old cell phones end up in landfills, releasing toxic chemicals into the environment.
  10. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Make every effort possible to have zero waste by rethinking everything that you throw away. If there is a way to use less, reuse or recycle, than just DO IT!

Recycle America

If you need more help on “Going Green” contact the commercial recycling solutions experts of Delaware at Waste Masters Solutions. Share on our Facebook page some of the ways your family has planned to Go Green in 2016. Waste Masters Solutions is a commercial waste solution and recycling company serving all of Delaware and making it its mission to make our community aware of the importance of reducing, recycling, reusing as much as possible.

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