Facing a midlife career crossroads, James Hope took a giant gamble last year and established Rocky Mountain Portables in Boise, Idaho, along...
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A Second-Career Idaho PRO Is Dreaming Big
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Josh Campbell Makes Sure These Tourists Are Happy Campers
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Josh Campbell is the owner of Fresh and Clean Restrooms in Bismarck, Missouri. His staff includes his mother and office manager,...
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Do You Know Where All Your Restrooms Are?
Add up all the time lost while struggling to find the right equipment on a truck, out in the yard or far-flung...
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Share Your Special-Event Service Story
It’s that time of year when you’re signing on the dotted line to provide portable restrooms for some of the bigger special...
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We Turn on the Pump and Event Attendees Start to Complain
Question: Occasionally we are called upon to service units during a special event. We sometimes have complaints about the odor coming from...
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Through Portable Sanitation, a Pennsylvania Family Found a Way to Stick Together
A growing customer base and increased profits are usually reliable indicators of business success. But for some people that’s not enough. They...
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Wisconsin’s A-1 Septic Supports Student Sharpshooters
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Tom and Candy Arts are the owners of A-1 Septic Service and Installation in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, population 8,000. The company specializes...
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Time to Sell? Weight These Factors When a Buyer Comes Calling.
A longtime, loyal and engaged member of the Portable Sanitation Association International is late with their dues. Calls to the owner go...
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Case Studies - April 2019
GPS system helps site services company streamlineProblem: Cal-State Site Services in Simi Valley, California, wanted to track proof of service while streamlining...
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PRO and Jeopardy! Contestant Phil Tompkins Is One Smart Cookie
Question: The first portable restroom operator to appear on Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek?
Answer: Who is Phil Tompkins?
“I can’t verify it’s 100...
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So You Want to Work in Disaster Relief? Let’s Get Started
Question: With the multitude of natural disasters in 2018, how can my company get involved in serving first responders in these situations?
Answer:...
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For Washington’s Randy-Kan, 'Teamwork Makes the Dream Work'
Kitsap County, Washington, located on a peninsula just across Puget Sound from Seattle and just east of Olympic National Park, is the...
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South Carolina PRO Puts Best Foot Forward to Serve a Huge Running Event
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Nature’s Calling was founded in the early 1990s by Russ Perkins. The company serves the Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina,...
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One of Your Workers Is Nothing but Trouble. What’s Next?
It’s a great irony that the discipline policy preferred by most companies is called “progressive.” The word progressive means “making favorable progress...
