ABSTRACT
For many companies, the labor costs associated with storing, handling, and internally transporting their own waste can easily exceed the fees from contracting with an external waste hauling service to remove it from the premises. The reduction of internal waste handling should be a priority in waste reduction efforts. This is done with the primary intention of minimizing internal labor costs by only pulling staff away from other duties to transport waste the shortest distance in the shortest time. Minimizing the external waste handling costs from waste hauling services is really a separate goal from this, and is tied to reducing the actual volume of the garbage being removed.
