In 2016, when Cole Leister’s father and grandmother bought a 65-year-old septic/portable restroom company from the retiring owner in Salina, Kansas, something...
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This Young Kansas PRO Learns His Lessons
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Product Spotlight - December 2020
PolyJohn responds to unprecedented demand for hand-sanitizing solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic has put cleanliness and sanitation on the mind of everyone. The enormous...
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Product Focus - December 2020
DecalsAllied Graphics decals
Decals from Allied Graphics are designed to stand up to tough environments. Their adhesive is designed exclusively for the portable restroom industry...
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Just Call These Sweepers Turned PROs “The Clean Freaks”
Three generations of Thompsons have offered entrepreneurial services in southern Maryland to make T&T Sweeping and Port-O-Let
Service a familiar name. The most...
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The Double Life of Charley Heltunen
Charley Heltunen is a third grade teacher who also happens to be the owner of A-1 Toilets, in Calumet, a small town...
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These Can-Do Pennsylvania PROs Are Not Intimidated by Any DIY Project
The ability to manufacture portable hand-wash stations for their customers kept Biros Utilities of Sheppton, Pennsylvania, at full staff, even during the...
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Product Focus - September 2020
BarricadeOxford Plastics Systems StrongFence
Oxford Plastics Systems’ StrongFence provides safe access for pedestrians through roadway and construction areas. The barricade system is stable and...
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Robert and Wendy Garland Truly Are the Mom and Pop of Portable Sanitation
People get into the portable restroom business for a variety of reasons. For Robert and Wendy Garland, two factors converged: a need...
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PolyJohn Remembers Its Rich Past, Looks Toward a Future of Change
PolyJohn has manufactured equipment for the portable restroom industry for nearly 40 years, producing several restroom unit models, sinks and sanitizer stands,...
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Where's the Restroom: And the Winner Is ...
The winner of Portable Restroom Operator's August Where's the Restroom? contest is Jon Fazio, owner of AMF Real Estate Group in San Diego....
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An Unlikely Landmark Draws Thousands of Visitors
Construction is a constant for the owners of this deceivingly industrial tourist attraction somewhere in America’s heartland. Maybe that’s why you see...
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Product Focus - August 2020
Dispenser and SuppliesPolyJohn E SaniStandThe E SaniStand from PolyJohn assembles and disassembles quickly and stores flat to be tucked away when it’s...
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Georgia’s Outback Portable Restroom Services Has a Promising Future
David Spencer had been a homebuilder in the St. Marys, Georgia, area for more than 15 years; and his wife, Nicole, was...
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With the Right Level of Customer Service, Roy Baring Saw Endless Opportunity in Portable Sanitation
Ask Roy Baring, 38-year-old owner of San Antonio’s Tex-San Site Services, how he works to keep his clients happy, and he will...
