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June 21st marked WorldSweeper's 18-year anniversary.
WorldSweeper's September e-newsletter has been distributed. Sign our guestbook to get on the reception list. Our August e-newsletter included the following: Info from WSA on the pitfalls of using independent contractors; an announcement our WorldSweeper newsletter won its 11th straight Award for Publication Excellence; news about WSA's 2023 Memorial Scholarship winner; a warning about CASE Management Solutions' contractor payment record; a fact sheet from the EPA on sweeping; and, info on rising post-accident positive marijuana results. Other important past news included...Info about the testing of the Trombia Free autonomous EV sweeper at the Ports of NY and NJ; Elgin announced a next generation hybrid Pelican with thermal management; an article and Zoomcast with the people bringing Denmark's Egholm sweepers to the USA. A Zoomcast with long-time Elgin GM, Mike Higgins, on his retirement; a story about the autonomous sweepers taking to China's streets; and, a link to a story about Japan turning trash collecting into a sporting contest. Other interesting industry news includes Oregon City using CityRover on sweepers to identify potholes. Also, our Zoomcast interview with two industry pros on how to obtain and handle large event setup and cleanup. Have you read the inspiring story about Nationwide Environmental Services? Sweeping Corp of America is being sued for not paying prevailing wages in California. Do you know why removing grit is critical for treatment plants? We wrote an article about the increasing theft of catalytic convertors from sweepers and how to counter. Elgin Sweeper has announced an electric-chassis Broom Bear model.
A heartwarming story about Swiss street sweeper who cleans with a rose attached to his cleaning wagon. An investigative report concerning reports alleging nonpayment and other negatives about North East Landscaping and Tree Service (N.E.L.T.S.), a third party vendor company located in Franklin, CT. Victory Sweepers' announcement on making its new UNO single-engine sweeper. Info about Minnesota's plan to start providing credits for street sweeping. Tire dust particles on pavement are being called "the DDT of our generation." We offer two different articles on this topic, linked here and here. A FleetOwners' article link on how to diagnose diesel aftertreatment headaches. The many reasons why sweeping is the best BMP for stormwater runoff pollution. Our feature article on San Diego's proactive sweeping program. Link to a seminar that provides information about the rising importance of pollution insurance for sweeping contractors. If you are a sweeping contractor, you might want to read Mark Schwarze's suggestions for you. In one of the most important developments ever for street sweeping, both Florida and Minnesota will be providing credits worth millions of dollars to municipal MS4s in those respective states. These are being paid because studies done by those states have found that removal of phosphorus to be from seven to 150 times more cost-effective to do than the next best BMP, which involves catchbasins. If you care about phosphorus removal from the runoff stream, our article and Zoomcast with Randy Neprash is a 'must watch.' Randy is a leader in Minnesota's move to providing phosphorus removal credits to MS4s based directly upon amount of debris collected via a sweeper. Did you know that Charles Brooks, a Black man, was one of the first US inventors of a street sweeper? Check out this article and video on sweeping's value for the environment. We love the heart-warming story about a group of kids in India who built their school's elderly custodian a 'grounds sweeper.' The pavement-based pollutant removal ability of a wide variety of BMPs has shown street sweeping to be the most cost-effective of all by a significant margin. Check out the new comprehensive study that involved 14 Florida municipalities.
After a cost assessment of implementing Chesapeake Bay requirements tallied up to more than $1 billion, the county sought a less expensive solution. A study on the costs of stormwater management practices prepared for the Maryland Department of the Environment Science Services Administration found that air street sweepers provided the lowest average annual cost over 20 years per impervious acre treated. WorldSweeper surveyed eight U.S. cities about their sweeping practices. The results may surprise you. Did you know that over 40% of the tickets nationwide are for not moving vehicles prior to sweeping?We now have on the WorldSweeper website an in-depth analysis of the City of San Jose, California's street sweeping program. The report – which is 72 pages in length – is entitled "Street Sweeping: Significant Investment and Re-tooling are Needed to Achieve Cleaner Streets." We highly recommend anyone involved with street sweeping read the report. Complete info is at this link. Risk transfer clauses are becoming a regular part of mall and third party contracts. Every sweeping contractor needs to read this article that discusses how to recognize and defend against risk transfer clauses. Next time one of your sweeper operators complains about their job, we suggest to show them the dangers of being a sweeper in Jamaica, where most of the sweeping is done manually amidst drivers that a U.S. contractor calls "maniacs." Is one of your operator's problems that they might have to "jump into the nearby crocodile-infested swamp"?! Have you wondered how to tell a prospect or client how they can tell a quality sweeping contractor? Check out the article I wrote for Retail Facility Business on this topic. Are you a Facebook Fan of WorldSweeper.com yet? Our Fans often receive advance notice of our newsletter, as well as a variety of industry tidbits not meriting an actual article. Finally, if you are a vendor to the sweeping industry and don't yet advertise here, please consider doing so with either a banner ad or a Sweeping Products listing. As you can see from the logos above the headline, we have an RSS feed on the website, as well as links to our Twitter and Facebook accounts. These are easy ways to keep up with news at WorldSweeper.com. We also offer a web page that contains the latest articles we've added to the site.
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