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Newsletter Winter 2020 Think Before You Click Virtually all of us at one time or another have enjoyed the convenience and ease of online shopping to purchase everything from toothpaste to mattresses. With companies such as Amazon, Instacart, Blue Apron, in addition to the online options from traditional retailers, Americans spent over $500 billion in online purchases in 2018. However, this convenience and ease comes with a hidden environmental cost that many of us fail to consider when adding items to our online carts. Amazon Prime alone shipped more than 5 billion items worldwide. All told, more than 165 billon packages are sent in the U.S. each year. These packages require more than 1 billion trees worth of cardboard in addition to the fuel and energy needed to transport these items. However, ordering items online is only part of the problem. Due to the ease of returning items purchased online, Americans returned approximately 10% of their purchases in 2018 Miguel Zavala. This peaks on January 2 nd , a day UPS refers to as “National Returns Day”. This propensity for returning unwanted items has two significant environmental impacts. First, it requires additional energy and material to package and ship the items back to the retailer. And second, while some of the returned items are re-sold or donated to charity, it is estimated that over 5 billion pounds of returns simply end up in the landfill. (continued on page 2) Celebrating 50 Years It all started in 1970 with one truck and a vision of what customers would value in a trash collection company: dependable, on-time service from friendly, well-trained employees. Still local and going strong five decades later, we are humbled and grateful to be celebrating 50 years of business in 2020 – thanks to customers like you! F a m il y O w n e d & O p e r a t e d Committed to Exceptional Service Since 1970 Your Local Community Partner Holiday Schedule Residential customers looking for up-to-date information about our holiday schedule, call our Holiday Hotline at 303-448-2280 or visit: westerndisposal.com The following holidays are observed by Western Disposal: New Year’s Day — Jan. 1, 2020 Memorial Day — May 25, 2020 Independence Day — July 4, 2020 Labor Day — Sept. 7, 2020 Thanksgiving Day — Nov. 26, 2020 Christmas Day — Dec. 25, 2020
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NewsletterWinter 2020
Think Before You ClickVirtually all of us at one time or another have enjoyed the convenience and ease of online shopping to purchase everything from toothpaste to mattresses. With companies such as Amazon, Instacart, Blue Apron, in addition to the online options from traditional retailers, Americans spent over $500 billion in online purchases in 2018.
However, this convenience and ease comes with a hidden environmental cost that many of us fail to consider when adding items to our online carts. Amazon Prime alone shipped more than 5 billion items worldwide. All told, more than 165 billon packages are sent in the U.S. each year. These packages require more than 1 billion trees worth of cardboard in addition to the fuel and energy needed to transport these items.
However, ordering items online is only part of the problem. Due to the ease of returning items purchased online, Americans returned approximately 10% of their purchases in 2018 Miguel Zavala. This peaks on January 2nd, a day UPS refers to as “National Returns Day”. This propensity for returning unwanted items has two significant environmental impacts. First, it requires additional energy and material to package and ship the items back to the retailer. And second, while some of the returned items are re-sold or donated to charity, it is estimated that over 5 billion pounds of returns simply end up in the landfill.
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Celebrating 50 YearsIt all started in 1970 with one truck and a vision of what customers would value in a trash collection company: dependable, on-time service from friendly, well-trained employees. Still local and going strong five decades later, we are humbled and grateful to be celebrating 50 years of business in 2020 – thanks to customers like you!
Family Owned & Operated
Committed to Exceptional Service Since 1970Your Local Community Partner
Holiday Schedule
Residential customers looking for up-to-date information about our holiday schedule, call our Holiday Hotline at 303-448-2280 or visit: westerndisposal.com
The following holidays are observed by Western Disposal:New Year’s Day — Jan. 1, 2020
Memorial Day — May 25, 2020
Independence Day — July 4, 2020
Labor Day — Sept. 7, 2020
Thanksgiving Day — Nov. 26, 2020
Christmas Day — Dec. 25, 2020
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Win One MonthFree Trash Service
Trash & Recycle Center
Several lucky residential customers will receive one month of free trash service for finding their names in this newsletter!
If you find your name, call our Customer Service Department at 303-444-2037 to receive credit on your account for one month of free service.
Sorry, names mentioned as part of the stories are not eligible.
Locally Owned and Operated Since 1970
5880 Butte Mill Rd. • P.O. Box 9100 Boulder, Colorado 80301
Phone: (303) 444-2037 Fax: (303) 444-7509
[email protected] westerndisposal.com
Winter Hours Beginning November 23, 2019:
7 A.M. – 5 P.M. Monday - Friday 7 A.M. – 2 P.M. Saturday
FREE SHRED EVENTS - 2020 SCHEDULEBring your confidential materials such as tax returns, medical forms, bank statements, etc. to Western Disposal for FREE shredding. We partner with Shred-It, a document destruction company, to offer safe and secure destruction. Holden Caine Volume limit: 5 copy boxes or 32-gallon bags weighing no more than 35 lbs. each
• No separating required• Clips and staples are okay• Folders and notebooks are okay. No 3-ring binders please!• No phonebooks, catalogs or magazines • No electronic media—paper documents only.
Location: Western’s Trash & Recycle Center, 5880 Butte Mill Rd, Boulder
Dates: Sunday, June 7th
Sunday, August 2nd Sunday, October 4th 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Please note: these events are held exclusively for Western Disposal residential customers and are not open to the general public.
To be notified of upcoming events via e-mail, sign up for E-minders at www.WesternDisposal.com.
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In addition, there are impacts at the local level as well. All of this packaging going directly to consumers is creating challenges for the Boulder County Recycling Center where Western Disposal takes all of the recyclables collected from our customers. The increase in cardboard in our residential collection routes comes Arlan & Judith Ramsay at a time when the market for recyclables is still at its lowest point in years. In addition, many of the new packaging envelopes are not recyclable and are clogging up the machinery at the recycling center.
While companies are taking steps to reduce their impact through right sizing cardboard boxes and developing reusable delivery packaging, we need to be conscious of the environmental impact we have with our online ordering. Next time you are shopping online, take an extra minute to ensure you are purchasing the correct item to reduce or eliminate your need to return the item. Of course, you can also still visit an actual store to touch/feel the items to ensure you get the right product and support our local businesses.
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