North American Sweeper Magazine

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Gerry Kesselring, president and CEO of Contract Sweepers & Equipment in Ohio, does not mince words when he says, “Graffiti is bad for business from any and all vantage points. No one wants to work or shop in buildings or neighborhoods where this loosely termed art form or ‘tag,’ as it is called on the [...]

Stormwater runoff is the biggest environmental issue plaguing the street sweeper industry. In an urban environment, roughly 55% of rainfall leaves impervious surface in the form of runoff. Due to the design of most stormwater collection systems, this runoff is flushed into our watersheds. Street cleaning has the greatest potential for reducing storm water pollution [...]

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, [...]

The C & L Sweeper Service motto, “service may be our last name, but it’s our first priority,” appears not only in their general marketing vehicles, but also on their website, Facebook and Twitter pages. And, with forty successful years in business, it is apparent that the Vitale family has been traveling the high road [...]

For street sweeping applications, debris mostly collects within three feet of a curb line, and the need for a vacuum sweeper came about as a result of that fact, as they are specifically designed to collect debris within that area. As time goes on, though, and innovations in the sweeper market hit the street year [...]

“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 [...]

Jeff Buchanan, owner of Pavement America located in Jacksonville, Florida, knows the importance of business diversification. Pavement America services Jacksonville and three surrounding counties, and Buchanan offers a variety of services that help keep his company competitive during a struggling economy. “I know for a fact when the economy crashed a lot of property managers [...]

Paving is a booming industry. Demand is high as highways, roads and parking lots are constantly expanding, contracting and cracking with the effects of weather and general wear and tear. Many sweeper companies are expanding their repertoire of services to include some resurfacing and sealing. Pave Tech and American Pavement, Inc. are two paving companies [...]

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 [...]