When business owner Eric de Jong, 58, launched Diamond Environmental Services in San Diego in 1998, he had one simple goal in...
Entries Tagged Portable Sanitation
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Timing Is Everything for a New Restroom Operator
Chad Howard went to work for Procter & Gamble right out of college, eventually becoming sales director. P&G moved him around a...
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Ranchers Add Restrooms to Family Business Plans
For five generations, Marc Phillips’ family lived in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Yosemite National Park in California. But times change, and...
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Product News - July 2025
Matthews Motors flat vacuum tank truck
Still running two trucks per route to service porta-potties? There’s a smarter way — and it’s a game-changer...
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Texas Restroom Company Sees Strength in Numbers
From analyzing financial metrics to rating employees’ performance to ensuring that training and quality-control measures are effective, A-1 Little John Site Services...
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Preparing a Portable Restroom Business for Disasters
Chad Boudreaux wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his hand, but rather a hand-me-down rusty shovel.Joe’s Septic Contractors began when Joe...
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California Grocer Turns Restroom Operator
Gerardo Raya learned a lot about satisfying customers from years managing Hispanic grocery stores. He also learned the value of keeping team...
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Restroom Company Services Take on Oktoberfest
You don’t have to travel across the pond to enjoy a traditional Oktoberfest.
Every September, thousands of people don dirndls and lederhosen and...
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Arkansas PRO Finds Peace in Portable Sanitation
Ruston Ueckert had a long career as an ironworker, never guessing that in 2022 he’d start a business doing something completely different...
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Businessman Sees Lucrative Side of Portable Restrooms
Brian Knoper loves a good challenge. And that’s exactly what he faced when he bought Kerkstra Portable Restroom Services in March 2020...
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Servicing a Championship
THE EVENT
The Dow Championship is the newly minted name for the LPGA Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Tournament, which has been held...
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A Versatile Company Means Widespread Service
A four-day special event needs all-day service for hundreds of restrooms. A couple of service trucks break down during a busy national...
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Jumping Back In
While in high school, Kayce Peters worked in the wastewater industry selling parts for Vactor trucks, never imagining 20 years later she’d...
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Sticking to What They’re Good At
When Grant Stahla was taking classes in the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program during his junior year at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in...





















