North American Sweeper Magazine

How do you walk the tight rope between federal laws, public health and the economic impact to small business? Balancing these things can be difficult. “While we are promoting and protecting public health, we take into account the economic impact it will have whenever we pass new regulations,” says Beth White, manager of the on-road [...]

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles produce 23 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than their diesel counterparts, and natural gas costs about one-third less than conventional gasoline. The reduction in fuel costs and desire to be more environmentally friendly has prompted many to make the conversion to natural gas. [...]

NASA recently released a startling 20-second time-lapse video showing how average global temperatures have changed each year from 1884 to 2011. Their findings show that the nine warmest years on record have been in the last 12 years. NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Director James E. Hansen states on their website that despite the [...]

The South Coast Air Quality Management District announced on February 14th, 2012, that Wayne Sweepers LLC has achieved the performance standards established under AQMD Rule 1186 for its Gladiator and Warrior models of street sweepers. Rule 1186 outlines stringent test procedures for street sweepers to verify and achieve PM10 efficiency. PM10 refers to particles with [...]

Fleet vehicles are driven hard, averaging nearly double the mileage, fuel consumption and emissions of personal vehicles. As a result, fleets are not only expensive to operate but are also a major source of global warming pollution. However, there are five easy, cost-effective ways to go green with your fleet, as well as to reduce [...]

Biodiesel, n—a fuel composed of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats. Petroleum-based fuel is available in a finite amount, so the time to be looking at alternative fuel sources is now. Biodiesel is one such alternative and it is a clean burning alternative fuel and in 2010, [...]

Last month, we told you ways to “green up” your business. This month, we’re taking things one step further and telling you how to market your company as green. Have a recycling program? That’s green. Use green cleaning supplies and LED lightbulbs? That’s green, too. If you’re one of those companies using an alternative fuel [...]

Many people are trying to find innovative and creative ways to cut costs these days. One less obvious yet viable solution is to go green with your business. Going green is not a bad bandwagon to hitch a ride on, and greening up your workplace can actually help you make more money, through cost savings, [...]

“Ever wonder about tires?” Keith Morrison of Dateline NBC asks over a visual of piles and piles of retired—pun intended—tires. “What happens to them when they get old and bald?” Mound after mound of unused tires as far as the eye can see are taking up acres and acres of land across the United States [...]

Your small business can save money on energy costs and help the environment by using solar power as an alternative. Sun-generated power is “clean” energy—it is devoid of pollution, noise, or fossil fuel. Unfortunately, it is grossly underutilized. Twenty days of sunshine is equal to all of the earth’s oil, coal and natural gas energy [...]