At Clean Earth Septic, we offer a full range of septic and waste management services - from residential septic pumping and point of sale inspections, to grease trap maintenance and septic system inspections. But, did you know we work on public sewer lines too?

The Minneapolis City Council has voted to approve what’s being referred to as the “bring your own bag” ordinance, meaning stores will charge a 5-cent fee for paper or plastic bags. Seven states currently have plastic bag laws. The move will affect everyone that shops in the city. Customers are encouraged to bring their own bag […]

A collaborative group of government and packaging industry leaders, led by the Plastics Industry Association(PLASTICS), have released the results from the first-of-its-kind Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project(PNW Sort) today. The group set out with the goal of determining how a wider range of materials can be captured from the residential recycling stream. The project […]

The U.S. Senate introduced the “Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education Act of 2019,” also known as the RECYCLE Act. The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement, which may be attributed to Steve Russell, vice president of ACC’s Plastics Division: “The American Chemistry Council and our members strongly support […]

East Manufacturing, manufacturer of aluminum flatbed, drop deck, dump and refuse trailers as well as aluminum truck bodies and steel dump trailers, announced the promotion of Chris Cooler to Vice President of Sales & Marketing, effective November 1. Cooler replaces Charlie Wells, who retired last year. In his new position, Cooler will be responsible for […]

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. While the number of new clean power-generating plants completed stayed flat year-to-year, the volume of power derived from coal surged to a new high, according to Climatescope (www.global-climatescope.org), an annual survey […]

It’s been about two years since China’s National Sword started to impact the U.S. recycling landscape. “Many cities and haulers are feeling the pinch of reduced revenues from recycling, increases in the cost of processing, and other factors that affect the viability of the programs and it has led some municipalities and haulers to stop […]

An increasing number of municipalities around the country are looking to do even more with an untapped resource by turning food waste into usable energy called biogas. Driven by legislation and public demand to limit the size of their landfills and reduce carbon footprints—eight states have food-recycling laws, six have food waste bans and even […]

The New Jersey Senate’s Environment and Energy Committee combined two bills that were designed to analyze the state’s recycling challenges and recommend ways of reusing more recyclable materials. The resulting bill (S-3939/3-944) released by the committee on Nov. 18, calls for the creation of a Recycling Market Development Council which would report on best practices […]

Americans generate 25% more waste than average between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Republic Services, an industry leader in U.S. recycling, reminds consumers to be mindful of the materials they use and to follow simple recycling tips to ensure their holidays are as green as they are merry. Holiday parties, decorations, cooking and gift-giving mean the […]

A 2.5-mile stretch of highway in the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico has used 1.7 tons of recycled plastic, or the equivalent of 425,000 plastic packaging units, according to Dow Plastics Technology Mexico. “The advantage of using recycled plastic products is that they can be used on all types of highways, not only in […]

Waste Management of Arkansas announces, in partnership with the Carton Council, the creation of a drop-off zone at its Little Rock Material Recovery Facility (MRF). The partnership was created following changes to curbside residential program in Little Rock, North Little Rock and Sherwood. The drop-off zone will give all Arkansas residents the opportunity to recycle […]

Meridian Waste, an integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, in partnership with the North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) Pike County, donated 30 Thanksgiving dinners to families throughout the company’s Pike County collection service area and home to the company’s Eagle Ridge Landfill. Meridian Waste first initiated this program last year in 2018 as a […]

The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) is pleased to announce that Kirk Sander, Chief of Staff and Vice President of Safety and Standards was selected as a Consensus Body member for the Continuous Maintenance process of ANSI-GBI 01-2019: Green Globes Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings. “I am glad Kirk was selected to serve on this […]

Rotochopper, Inc. has announced a new partnership agreement with Lindner Recycling, Inc., headquartered in Spittal/Drau, Austria. Under the new agreement, Rotochopper will now offer sales representation and service support for the DK and Atlas models of the Lindner shredder product lines. “Rotochopper’s knowledgeable sales and service teams have been working with customers in the wood […]

Bioenergy DevCo, a leading global developer of anaerobic digestion facilities that create renewable energy and healthy soil products from organic material, announced today that it has entered a 20-year partnership with Perdue Farms for the supply of organic material from Perdue processing facilities as well as the purchase and management of the Perdue AgriRecycle organic […]

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a world-class chemical company, announced that it has joined the Recycling Partnership, a change-agent environmental non-profit leader improving how America recycles. IVL’s collaboration with The Recycling Partnership will promote the U.S. residential recycling rates and increase availability of recycled PET to meet the global recycled content commitments. The Recycling […]

Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation to improve road safety in the Commonwealth, which stipulates that no motor vehicle operator may use electronic devices while driving unless the technology is being used hands-free. The legislation, which adopts recommendations from the Commonwealth’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan, also sets forth penalties for violating the law and requires that […]

Community gardens, urban farms and schools across the city are the pioneers of Philadelphia’s pilot Community Composting Network who will help neighborhoods turn organic waste into nutrient-rich plant food. Funded by grants from Comcast and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the program is headed up by the city’s Office of Sustainability and Department of Parks […]

The Hawaiian County Council passed a resolution urging the directors of the departments of Environmental Management and Research and Development to collaborate on developing new waste reduction technologies and find new alternative power sources for the island. Although the resolution has been popular among council members, it changed somewhat in response to criticism from members […]

Chambersburg will continue to draw its electricity from power generated by landfill gas, under a contract extension approved by borough council. “Recycled gas to electricity is good for the environment and, in this case, provides baseload electricity for our borough power system, saving us from having to buy power off the grid,” Borough Manager Jeffrey […]

The U.S. recycles or composts only 35 percent of its waste, sending the rest to landfills, according to the EPA. By contrast, top recycling countries like Germany, Austria, South Korea, and Wales recycle over half of their national waste. These are 12 common items that other countries recycle but American facilities dump out. Plastic Bags […]

Jackie Thompson While there has been much progress in the medical and dental industries, a closer look at waste management reveals that there is much to do. The Stockholm, Basel, and Rotterdam Conventions have missed a real opportunity to address dental waste, especially nuclear waste that can remain radioactive for thousands of years. It was discovered that […]

A survey of California voters found that 71 percent support key policies of a 2020 ballot initiative to tax plastic manufacturers. The “California Recycling and Plastics Pollution Reduction Act of 2020” would assess a fee of up to 1 cent per plastic package. The fee could be passed on to consumers in the form of […]

According to the Green Restaurant Association, the average dining destination creates 100,000 pounds of garbage per year. Restaurateurs can divert 90% of that from the landfill with the proper recycling and composting program, the organization says, but Rhodora has taken the concept even further, completely eliminating all waste from its operations. And to be clear, […]

The RFS Power Coalition applauds the passage of H.R. 3055 (116), the Senate’s Interior Appropriations bill. The Interior-EPA portion of the spending package includes a provision led by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) requiring the EPA to take swift action on existing eRIN applications: Electric Pathway.—The Committee notes the backlog of applications under the Renewable Fuels […]

As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) extensive efforts to help communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the PFAS Action Plan, the Agency is releasing the Systematic Review Protocol for five PFAS toxicity assessments for a 45-day public comment period. The assessments are being developed under the Integrated Risk Information System […]

Stertil-Koni USA announces that Jim Sylvester, Vice President of Sales, has retired after 21-years of record performance in sales and distributor support. Sylvester joined Stertil-Koni USA Inc. in its early days, 1998, and has played a significant role in helping the company grow more than 50-fold to dominate the heavy duty vehicle lift industry across […]

By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio, St. Paul voters said “Yes” to continuing the city’s organized trash collection system. In a year dominated by complaints about the turbulent rollout of organized trash collection, those who showed up on Election Day to support the citywide service outnumbered opponents by nearly 14,000. The public’s support for the system […]

More than 70 countries signed the pledge to do more to cut down on the amount of food lost due to poor refrigeration at an annual meeting of the Montreal Protocol where ministers, government officials and experts work on regulating man-made chemicals used in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems that are harmful to the ozone layer. […]

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its 2018 Employer-Reported Injury and Illness Report showing the industry has major challenges in safety. There were approximately 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers in 2018, which occurred at a rate of 2.8 cases per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. […]

A new bill put forward by two New York state lawmakers could prevent garbage trucks from overnight on residential streets. The legislation comes just over a year after the Department of Sanitation’s (DSNY) lease ran out at a Hudson Yards parking lot and the agency relocated some two dozen trucks to three East Village side […]

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) are pleased to announce the award of six scholarships to Master’s and Doctoral students across North America pursuing education in solid waste management. Congratulations to the 2019 EREF Scholars: Ashley Berninghaus Oregon State University, Ph.D. Evergreen Surety Bond Scholar 2019 Anaerobic Co-digestion of […]

Recycling innovation and partnership are themes of this year’s America Recycles Day®, a Keep America Beautiful® national program that takes place on and surrounding Nov. 15. Local organizations, including the Keep America Beautiful national network of more than 600 community-based affiliates, governmental institutions, schools, businesses, faith-based organizations and other community partners, schedule educational workshops and […]

The Virginia Recycling Association honored several exemplary waste reduction and recycling programs at its annual luncheon meeting on October 30, in Charlottesville. Awards were given in three categories: Show Me the Way– How do you explain recycling to your customers? Lemonade– How have you made something wonderful from a bad situation? Best in Show– How has […]

With help from Eco-Products®, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival turned 180 tons of what would have been waste into compost after the four-day event. Bonnaroo, held as always at Great Stage Park, the spectacular 900-acre farm and event space located just 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, Tenn., is the largest camping music festival in North America. […]

The agenda was announcd for the 13th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo taking place February 3-5, 2020 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The three-day agenda will be divided into four tracks covering pellets & densified biomass, biomass power & thermal, biogas & waste-to-energy, and advanced biofuels & biobased […]

Electric vehicles will play a crucial role in humanity’s fossil fuel-free future, but no technology comes without cost. The lithium-ion batteries that EVs run on are made from metals that are mined at a serious environmental and human toll, and from supplies that won’t last forever. When those batteries die, they’re liable to join the […]

U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif)  are circulating a discussion draft of legislation to tackle plastic waste. “The sheer volume of plastic pollution that is inundating our communities, our waterways, and even our bodies is nothing short of a crisis,” says Udall. “Our children are already bearing the cleanup costs of a generation of single-use […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has officially proclaimed November 11 – 15 as “Florida Recycles Week” and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida Recycling Partnership are coordinating activities to encourage all Floridians to recycle. Each day has a theme: November 11 – “You Can Recycle Right” – educating residents to place the right items […]

After 70 years in the scrap metals business, John Zubick Limited recently continued its ongoing quest for diversification with a new line of non-ferrous processing. The family firm, now in its third generation, has a history of exploring new ideas and business opportunities, and for investing in new equipment to put their ideas into action. […]

Rubicon Global announces that the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas has selected Rubicon® to formally implement a smart city solution to help improve residential and commercial waste and recycling services across the city. The City of Fort Smith’s goal is to enhance its municipal solid waste, recycling, and yard waste offerings, both in terms of […]

At Walmart’s 2019 Packaging Innovation Summit, Walmart unveiled an updated version of its Recycling Playbook, which the company first introduced in February 2019. The Innovation Summit will convene more than 350 suppliers, associates and innovators to advance common goals around recyclable packaging, recycled content, compostable materials, and innovative reusable models and delivery. Walmart developed its […]

King & Spalding has added Karl Heisler as a partner to its Government Matters practice in Chicago, where he will be part of the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) team. Heisler’s practice covers incident response and enforcement defense, including environmental litigation, regulatory counseling, government investigations and transactional concerns. His clients include public and privately held […]

At Clean Earth Septic Service, we've been working in residential and commercial septic tank cleaning for a decade so it's safe to say, "we've seen it all." Keep reading to learn about the top three things that cause most septic backups and what you can do to prevent them, or contact us today to request a quote.

For homes that have a garbage disposal, pipes are at a much greater risk of becoming clogged due to grease waste, so we recommend a thorough drain line cleaning every 3-5 years. Keep reading to learn more about drain line cleaning with a jet vs a cable, and which is the best option for your backup or regularly scheduled maintenance.

Even with proper care and maintenance, a septic system doesn't last forever. If you own a home with a septic system that needs repaired or replaced, there are many factors to consider. After all, a new septic system is a major investment...

If your restaurant business requires frequent grease trap pumping, hiring a septic and grease maintenance business with years of experience has big benefits. At Clean Earth Septic, we've been helping businesses with their grease trap needs for 10+ years. Whether your restaurant needs help in an emergency situation or you're simply ready to save on your monthly grease pumping, contact us today to schedule service, or keep reading to see how we can save you precious time and money.

Septic system installations and repairs can be costly, so if you’re buying a home with a septic system, it’s a good idea to have it inspected to ensure that it’s working properly before you make it to closing day. The last thing you want is a $15,000 problem just weeks after moving into your new home...

When it comes to your septic system, “out of sight out of mind” is never a good philosophy. Your septic system is your home's largest utility, and if neglected it will cost a lot more to replace than a washing machine or refrigerator. Whether there are two people in your family or ten, the only way to keep things running smoothly is to schedule regular septic pumping and maintenance...