Editorial Articles

Founded nearly 30 years ago, Jimmy’s Johnnys has made its mark as a homegrown, locally owned portable restroom business in and around...

Providing everything a construction contractor needs in the way of waste collection, and marketing it wisely and aggressively, is driving growth at...

The rig: 2008 Ford F-550 Lariat built out by Satellite Industries Behind the wheel: Barrett HopeCompany: B’s Portable Toilets, Rexburg, IdahoSpecs: Hope’s...

Question: I’m a first-year PRO in northern New England and am looking at making up a brine solution. What does everyone else...

For many years, one of restroom contractor Mike’s best customers was a large commercial builder. He loved the company as a client...

QUESTION: Does it make any sense to put stainless steel or aluminum primaries in my steel tank? Wouldn’t that make for a...

For at least half of the Lower 48, the winter months represent a marked slowdown in business for most PROs. For some...

Sometimes being in the right place at the right time is all that’s needed to jump-start a business. Just ask Rodney and...

Question: I have decided to take my container-moving business in a new direction and start renting and servicing portable restrooms. I need...

THE TEAMAll 25 employees of United Site Services of Maryland Inc. in Waldorf, Md., were pressed into service for the events surrounding...

Chances are, attracting new customers is job one for you heading into 2009. The days of resting on an established customer list...

Teachers use the tried-and-true gold star sticker to motivate students in the classroom, and nothing gets a puppy to sit and shake...

Montgomery Gentry and the fun-loving attendees of the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International are a match made in honky tonk heaven....

When Josh Campbell started working his first portable restroom route at age 11, his burning ambition was to own a Western Flyer...

Question: We are thinking of charging customers a monthly damage waiver fee for portable restrooms if they don’t sign and return the...

When I was a youngster, the rule in our house was that kids had to go to school unless they could prove...

If you have ever read about how to be successful, you probably have heard of the author Napoleon Hill. He is the...

My father used to tell me, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.’’ The advice has served me...

No one will argue that new products, services and technologies are driving innovation and higher standards in the portable restroom industry. Research...