Cost-Saving Measures — Save a Buck, Save a Job

So take notes.

Perhaps your trash is the first place to look for money, so to speak. Brian Peck, general manager for AMF/Coughlin Printing in Watertown, NY, found that centralizing refuse and recyclables to one location was an effective way to cut down on overhead.

“We have four locations and a delivery vehicle that goes around to each location,” Peck explains. “Many times the vehicle was empty on the return trip, so we had garbage and recyclables sent to the main production facility and one garbage pickup instead of four. The garbage amounts at the other locations were light and the cost of pickup was much greater.”