Urban Impact expands Hybrid Recycling Truck service area and now includes Calgary
February 17th, 2012
We are very excited that our brand new hybrid diesel collection truck arrive safely and has started to service our Calgary customers this week.
The incredible Hybrid Diesel Electric Collection truck, the first recycling collection and compaction truck in Canada to have an electrically operated hydraulic pump, makes no noise while it dumps and compacts the paper outside our customer’s premises.Going green has been a huge part of the Urban Impact culture since inception. Since our trucks are designed for heavy-duty purposes, we believe it is important to look for smart opportunities to reduce our fuel consumption. Look for the hybrid truck as it visits our growing roster of Calgary customers.
City of New Westminster goes single-stream with Urban Impact
January 16th, 2012
Urban Impact helps the City of New Westminster Go Green: article in the New Westminster News Leader
The City of New Westminster recently transitioned to single-stream recycling. The new system means residents no longer have to divide containers, newspaper and mixed paper between different recycling boxes. Instead, items like milk cartons, jars, cans, loose paper and cardboard can all be mixed together and dropped into a single cart.
The recyclables are then sent to our state-of-the-art recycling facility located in New Westminster—to be sorted and processed.
Our New Westminster Plant Manager Bing Magrata was featured in the article standing in front of bales of sorted material awaiting shipment to our plant.
We are helping City of New West go to single stream recycling
January 12th, 2012New Westminster has transitioned to single-stream recycling, which officially rolled out this past week.
The new system means residents no longer have to divide containers, newspaper and mixed paper between different recycling boxes.
Instead, items like milk cartons, jars, cans, loose paper and cardboard can all be mixed together and dropped into a single cart.
Those recyclables are then sent to our state-of-the-art recycling facility located in New Westminster—to be sorted and processed. Urban Impact recently spent a significant amount of money last year upgrading its New Westminster facility with the latest recycle processing equipment.
“Without investing in this technology, we essentially limit our growth,” Worldwide, recycling is trending towards single-stream systems; bucking that trend is not going to work.” Urban Impact CEO Nicole Stefenelli
Read more in the New Westminster News Leader
Meet Mark Popp, Business Development Representative
January 4th, 2012Congratulations to Mark Popp on his new position at Urban Impact within the Sales Department as a Business Development Representative effective Jan 2, 2012.
Mark’s career with Urban Impact started in 1993 when he joined the company on a part time basis while completing his University studies. Upon completion of his degree, Mark joined Urban Impact on a full time basis as a Driver, and eventually drove all of our trucks. After 7 years as a Driver, Mark took a short break from Urban Impact. When he returned, Mark assumed a new position as Operations Supervisor with responsibilities for both Trucking and Warehouse Operations.
Mark’s vast knowledge and expertise of Urban Impact and the recycling industry has been and will continue to be a great benefit to the company and now to the sales team in particular. Mark is looking forward to wearing his new suits and meeting many of our existing as well as new customers.
Mark’s will be based out of the New West office and he will spend approximately 1/3 of his time in the Calgary office. You can reach Mark by email or his cell phone at 604.841.4284.
Waste Audits: Property Managers can find inefficiencies and identify Cost Savings
December 28th, 2011Reducing costs and environmental impacts are key objectives of waste management plans. As property managers become more conscious about the environmental performance of their buildings, it is becoming increasingly important for them to be able to benchmark and monitor their progress.
