Recycling has many benefits for the planet. It reduces landfill waste, saves energy and helps the environment. Brad Satran acknowledged all of those things, but he focused his Best of Success presentation on one thing: making money with recycling.
Satran, vice president of Interstate Roofing in Portland, Ore., shared the story of how his business reaped the benefits of recycling asphalt shingles and detailed what companies need to do to start their own recycling program. With shingles constituting the number one source of landfill volume, recycling makes sense from an environmental point of view, but it can also differentiate your company from the competition and show you care about the community. “It improves credibility and shows we care about more than ourselves and makes for a great talking and selling point,” he said.