Editorial Articles

Not only does Cody Mastin, co-owner of Co-Man Portables, have to be concerned with a struggling economy and maintaining the construction company...

THE TEAMEd and Diana Trzebiatowski run a portable sanitation and pumping business located in Amherst in central Wisconsin. Ed works in the...

What’s the definition of a standard restroom? As the portable sanitation industry matures and customer expectations change, this isn’t quite the simple...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports that it is the world’s largest business federation, representing more than 3 million businesses. Maybe your...

Earth Friendly Adds Sales Managers Andy Gosner and Rick Hayes have joined Earth Friendly Chemicals as regional sales managers. Gosner will manage...

QUESTION: I bought a truck recently and it has a good-sized pump with a four-way valve. I have always relied on gravity...

As with all other facets of the portable restroom industry, the restrooms themselves have experienced technological innovations and upgrades in the past...

Portable sanitation contractors interested in staying on top of their game gathered at the 30th annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International...

Fate struck Jason Gibson in the form of a portable restroom landing on his front lawn.The lone restroom unit and a guardian...

Question: If you have a restroom out on contract rental and the customer decides he only wants service every two weeks, do...

THE TEAMPartners Pat Flynn and Jeff Grubbs own Superior-Speedie Portable Services Inc. in Akron, Ohio. Grubbs’ wife, Shelly, is the secretary-treasurer of...

Over the past year, a major message has been sent out in the portable sanitation industry: cleanliness counts. And industry manufacturers listened....

Recently I talked to a portable sanitation and septic contractor who was kind of down on himself. His equipment was old, he...

We need to double back to a column topic from earlier this year and make some important clarifications regarding our advice on...

PROs know that looks count for a lot when it comes to whether someone will use a portable restroom. And each portable...

Located on the far northeast corner of Denali National Park in Healy, Alaska, Lausen’s Dependable Disposal provides portable restrooms for the park...

There’s an old saying that the job’s not done until the paperwork is finished. And there’s paperwork — or at least electronic...

While helping to grow the fledgling Moon Portable Restrooms in Louisville, Ky., co-owner B.J. Davis always kept the clever marketing motto of...

From “mom-and-pop” organizations to Fortune 500 companies, businesses are using social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter as forms of free...