Editorial Articles

Technology has changed nearly every aspect of the portable sanitation business, but perhaps none so quickly and completely as mobile communications. Over...

What is the best-selling book in our industry? The Portable Sanitation Association International Health & Safety Certification Manual. Written in 1992, the...

Whether it’s silencing banging restroom doors at a golf tourney, answering calls in the middle of the night or even turning down...

Question:Does anyone use Peterbilt Model 330 trucks for portable service and delivery trucks, and if you do, would you recommend them?Answers:We have...

THE TEAMPartners Rick Turner and Harvey Austin own Central Maine Septic. They provide portable restroom and septic services in south-central/coastal Maine within...

I was enjoying a recent sightseeing tour of Dubuque, Iowa, when something remarkable caught my eye. And I thought readers of PRO...

When it comes to office technology, the story reads a bit like The Three Bears: Some businesses have “tooooooo much,” others have...

The 2010 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International sticks to a proven formula: exhibits, education, networking, fun.But this 30th Annual show also...

Billy J. “Bill” Abernethy, founder and president of vacuum truck-building company Abernethy Welding, Vail, N.C., died Nov. 4. He was 70.Abernethy started...

QUESTION: My small company has three restroom service trucks. The recession has really brought a slowdown on business. It used to be...

Remember back in the mid-1980s, when fax machines became affordable, how everyone would ask, “Oh, do you have a fax?” Then, within...

Mark Manning has never had much trouble talking with people. As a former police captain, communication was an essential part of his...

Question: We have been in business since 1961. We recently went into the portable restroom business. I see the most problems when...

THE TEAMTim Chutz owns and operates Waste Chasers, a jobsite services firm that offers portable restrooms and roll-off containers. This side of...

What would you pay for access to both sides of an advertising billboard alongside the busiest highway in your service territory? How...

Whether you enjoyed the attention-grabbing approach of the bearded pitchman with the extra loud voice or were irritated by it, when Billy...

Dave Bamberg has been named executive vice president, business development, for Chemcorp Industries Inc., maker and distributor for Johnny’s Choice portable restroom...

QUESTION: Not very much is written about it, but does an oil catch muffler really do any good?Brent MathewsHarlingen, TexasANSWER: You’re right....

You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who’d tell you health and safety training is their favorite part of work, but few will...