SP Updates: Where we’re at and where we’re going

Having entered the holiday season and with the end of 2011 fast approaching, SP would like to discuss our present and future.  Not only have we been much more active in manufacturing and selling Extended Height Dumpers, but we are also heavily focused on marketing our metal recycling systems. This focus stems from a push to maximize efficiency as well as sustainability throughout the metal recycling process. 

As business picks up, we are seeing a good deal of interest from the food waste industry as well as transfer stations around the country.  Some of our latest equipment shipments include CP-8002 compactors, ROLO dumpers, and many food waste compactors such as our CP-125 and CP-155 units.  We are also very excited about our new hydraulic latch system designed to secure semi-trailers to commercial compactors and allow for fast, efficient trailer replacement. This premium alternative to traditional ratchet fastening systems covers the shaft from weather exposure and prevents corrosion therefore extending its overall life. 

We have also been regularly updating our website with new literature, photos, and interactive 3D drawings from our engineering department. There has been a boost in our website traffic and our social media presence is ever growing.  As always, we enjoy the online dialogue with others in the waste handling industry and would love to hear from you on Facebook or Twitter.  On a separate note, shortly after the first of the year we will be releasing our new pricing guide to reflect updated parts and equipment changes.  More information on this will be available once the changes have taken place.

Finally, SP invites you to incorporate sustainability into your holiday season personally and professionally.  There are many ways to reduce waste or plan ahead with the environment in mind and online resources such as www.facebook.com/greenopolis, http://www.facebook.com/RecycleBank, and http://twitter.com/#!/carbonfeet serve as great for reminders for how to accomplish this.    

Becoming a Dealer for SP Industries

SP is currently looking for dealers who are as committed to customer satisfaction as we are.  As you may know, we are a leading manufacturer in the waste material handling industry dedicated to selling premium products and systems.  Our facility has been producing product destruction, recycling, compaction, and cart dumping equipment for over 45 years. And most importantly, our sustainable systems attract customers by providing them the lowest overall operating costs in waste handling. 

Lowering operating costs happens on many levels with SP equipment.  By maximizing payloads our equipment minimizes labor, transportation costs, equipment repairs, power usage, fuel emissions, resulting in a significant reduction in your carbon footprint.  Our website is an excellent resource for details regarding the many time-saving and money-saving reasons why our waste equipment outperforms the competition.

Right now we serve a wide customer base in the food waste, metal recycling, pallet destruction, and waste compaction industries.  Expanding our operation, however, does not happen without qualified dealers who are sales minded and can provide customers with support throughout the buying process.  For dealers as well as direct customers, SP provides sales training, technical support, systems consultation, and the best warranty program  in our industry for all of the equipment we manufacture.

If you are interested in becoming a dealer of high quality waste handling equipment, we would love to hear from you!  Please contact Denny Pool at 800.592.5959 or denny@sp-industries.com for more information on pursuing a relationship with SP.

The SP Triple Bottom Line

We have been busy updating our literature, tweaking the website, and working on new products! The theme we have kept in mind during these updates and changes has been a continuing focus on sustainability, most popularly known as “thinking green.” At SP, we take a very detailed and involved approach to sustainability. The development and production of new products to be added to our line of waste handling equipment centers around meeting the needs of the present without compromising those of the future. In other words, we gauge how sustainable our products and operations are according to how well they uphold three interdependent dimensions: the environment, economics, and society—what we refer to as our triple bottom line.


For a leader in the waste material handling industry, adhering to this triple bottom line means manufacturing equipment that not only achieves maximum density but also increases our customers’ payloads and results in less trash hauling. Also, with the economy in mind, we have specific criteria designed to help our customers perform an accurate cost savings analysis regarding their material handling and recycling efforts. For instance, it is important for companies to ask: “What size and type of waste am I dealing with?” “What volume have we produced in the past?” “What compaction ratio are we currently getting?” How many pick-ups do we currently have and what is the maximum load allowance in our current container?” Moreover, we help companies navigate deciding among buying, leasing, and renting. Labor and equipment intensity also becomes relevant in making purchasing decisions especially in terms of the number of workers and machines utilized within a waste handling operation.


Read more about how our systems make waste handling operations more sustainable in our latest metal recycling catalog or on our website. Also, we would love to hear any questions or comments that you have via a response to this post or by emailing us.

“Greener” Recycling

The three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle have become a sort of social mantra that communities and households operate under to create environmental awareness and promote sustainability. What many people do not know is that these terms are part of a hierarchy. This means that one should first reduce or use less; whether you purchase fewer products, take shorter showers, turn off unused lights, or unplug unused chargers.


Next, reusing is a straightforward reference to using an item more than once for their original purpose. This is conventional reuse. But, with some creativity people can reuse everyday items for many different purposes. For instance, old CDs, toothpaste tubes, yard debris, and tires have several uses around the house: http://www.squidoo.com/reuse-everything

Finally, recycling refers to the processing of old products into new ones in order to reduce wasting valuable materials. One of the major concerns with recycling now-a-days speaks to the carbon footprint that results from transporting recyclables around the country and around the globe. Cars, garbage haulers, lorries, pettibones, and ships all use energy to transport recyclables and it is important that this “environmental cost” does not outweigh the costs and energy saved throughout the recycling process.

One major change that can take place to reduce carbon emissions is simply taking less trips. Naturally, taking less trips and maximizing the efficiency of waste transportation requires packing waste containers as full as possible. Whether traveling overseas or across town, recycling is simply “greener” when more waste is transported less often. On the commercial and industrial levels, SP Industries prides itself on manufacturing the highest quality compaction systems that maximize the load size of containers in waste transportation.

Ultimately, following through with the three R’s takes personal sacrifice and being conscious of the carbon footprint your lifestyle produces. Another challenge should be for people to re-think or “pre-cycle” by reconsidering what they are purchasing, how it can be disposed of, and whether other products or services are better alternatives.

Do you have any creative ways that you have reused household products? What environmental considerations do you think are most important when you make purchases?

Recycling That Starts Small and Finishes Big

A great deal of what we read, talk about, and learn is found online. The explosion of mediated communication over the last 15 years is best understood by looking at the exponential increase in texts, emails, and video chats sent every year. Meanwhile, hard copy books are still being printed, magazines are still published weekly or monthly, and snail mail and fax machines are still around. And, of course, millions of newspapers still roll off production lines daily.

Obviously, it is important to remember that these old media can and should be recycled. In fact paper makes up over 30% of all recyclables in the United States every year. Newsprint and office paper are two of the largest sources of scrap paper in the US adding to the 68 million total tons produced each year. The reason newspapers stand out among other types of paper grades such as magazines and telephone directories is that 89% of scrap newspaper is recovered and reused again in products like Scotch tape, lamp shades, coffee filters, insulation, and more newspapers.

What are your options for pitching in and making yesterdays news tomorrows news? Many schools and organizations have turned to old-fashioned paper drives to recycle newspapers, raise a bit of money, and ultimately help the environment. This takes partnering with a fundraising company and making a recycling dumpster available in your collection area. Next, you can arrange for a one time curbside pick-up of the dumpster or make this an ongoing fundraiser in which case you organize with a company that will pick up your container regularly. Here are other options for organizing your drive: http://bit.ly/10nlk0

On the commercial side, paper mills load semi-trailers with scrap newsprint. The more scrap that can be placed into a trailer equates to less trips to and from each mill during the recycling process. Our NP-165 Newsprint Loading System is designed to load trailers with up to 40,000 pounds of scrap newsprint and provide “hands free” processing at these mills. In turn, efficiently transporting scrap newsprint means an important reduction in a company’s carbon footprint.

So, while recycling efforts may start small with local paper drives, SP Industries helps them finish big by providing the most efficient means of transporting scrap newspaper. For more information visit http://www.bestcompactors.com/Newspaper_Loaders.htm and to watch how this happens visit http://bit.ly/k3zi0d

Have you coordinated any recycling efforts at work, school, or home? Let us know via comment, facebook, or Twitter how you have pitched in or any ideas you have for successful recycling campaigns.