WEEKLY EDITION OCTOBER 3, 2018
Portable Sanitation and the EPA
Part 1
By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director
One of the more common phone calls we get at the PSAI
office is from an operator who is frustrated with the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We'll hear, "My
disposal site won't take our waste – they say it's EPA
regulations!" or "The job super insists on staking the units.
He says EPA requires it. Do they?"
Back in 2016 Association Insight published a three-part
series about how the EPA does — and doesn't — affect
the portable sanitation industry. In light of the questions
that still come up from time to time, we've decided to
update and re-run that series.
Relationship Selling: Our Industry Runs On It
By Rand Retterath, PSAI Marketing Director
I've been with the PSAI a little more than three months now. In my role as
Director of Marketing I'm really enjoying talking with our Members and
getting to know the people who make this industry hum. It's clear to me
there are some wonderful folks involved in portable sanitation, and I'm
really impressed by the length of time people — both operators and
suppliers — stay in their companies and their roles.
On the other hand, longevity is not the case for everyone. Over the
course of the weeks I've been here, I've had a few conversations about
why this or that industry supplier either isn't a Member or has decided
not to renew their membership after just one or two years. A theme I am
hearing is that the short-timers are sometimes disappointed they weren't
able to sell more and sell it more quickly.
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