by Dan Trujillo | Dec 2, 2025 | Chain of Custody, College Campus, Colleges, Consumer Engagement, Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Data Management, Innovation, Listening, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Stakeholders, Sustainability, Venues
If you ask most people, they’ll tell you they recycle. They place bottles and cups in the recycling bin and assume those materials are getting a second life. Reality is more complicated. Across campuses, stadiums, offices, and cities, 30–50% of what enters a recycling...
by Dan Trujillo | Oct 31, 2025 | Sustainability, Manufacturing, Recycling
At Waste Wise Innovation, we believe products that enable recycling should be made sustainably themselves. That’s why every Topper Stopper™ unit is designed for circularity, from the materials we choose to the way each unit is collected and remade at end of life. This...
by Dan Trujillo | Jul 7, 2025 | Contamination Prevention, Consumer Engagement, Data Collection, Recycling, Recycling Stream
Recycling isn’t just a checkbox on the sustainability to-do list; it’s a vital action that can reshape our planet’s future. There may be recycling bins on every corner, but participation remains inconsistent, contamination is too high, and valuable materials often...
by Dan Trujillo | Jun 11, 2025 | Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Innovation, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Sustainability, Waste Management
As organizations and communities strive for greater sustainability, smart recycling bins are transforming waste operations. By combining fill-level sensors, material identification, and real-time analytics, smart bins reduce contamination at the source, eliminate...
by Dan Trujillo | Jun 9, 2025 | Expertise, Aluminum, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET
The value of recycled materials, especially plastic and aluminum beverage containers, depends on more than just what we toss in the bin. It’s shaped by the systems that collect, sort, and process our recyclables, and by how well we, as consumers, participate in those...
