Material Handling and Recycling Blog
Informative articles written by Xerowaste Solutions or our respected partners on topics of waste, recycling and material handling. Press releases included as well.
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Greenhouse Cart Mover: What to Look For
Anyone who has watched a crew wrestle full greenhouse carts across wet concrete, expansion joints, and slight grades knows the real issue is not just movement. It is control. A greenhouse cart mover has to do more than pull weight. It needs to start smoothly, stop…
Shopping Cart Pusher Machine: What to Look For
A parking lot tells you a lot about retail operations. If associates are still pushing long trains of carts by hand in traffic, in rain, or up sloped approaches, the risk is already built into the workflow. A shopping cart pusher machine changes that equation by…
What a Semi Trailer Positioning Tug Solves
A trailer that needs to move 20 feet can create a full shift of problems. When a yard truck is oversized for the space, when a forklift is being used for a job it was never designed to do, or when staff are pushing placement tasks into already busy schedules, trailer…
Battery Powered Tow Tractor Buying Guide
Many sites will use a forklift to move carts or pull one or more carts or bins by hand, whether it be in a manufacturing plant, a distribution warehouse, a greenhouse, or even a large condominium or apartment complex. That is usually the moment operations teams start…
Industrial Vacuum Cleaner for Warehouses
A forklift track coated in fine dust does not stay a housekeeping issue for long. It turns into slip risk, air quality complaints, product contamination, and extra wear on equipment. That is why choosing the right industrial vacuum cleaner for warehouses is less about…
Zero Emission Material Handling Equipment
A crew member straining to push a full recycling tote up a loading ramp is not just a productivity problem. It is a safety problem, a labor problem, and often a preventable cost sitting in plain view. Zero emission material handling equipment changes that equation by…
Electric Dumpster Mover: What to Look For
A full dumpster rarely feels heavy until your team has to move it across broken pavement, around parked vehicles, and up a loading ramp before the day is half over. That is where an electric dumpster mover stops being a nice-to-have and starts looking like a practical…
LiFePO4 – Lithium iron phosphate Battery Technology: V-move Load Movers are Green and Ready for Tomorrow.
As we strive for a low-carbon footprint with an eye on the environment, more and more people are looking toward Lithium iron phosphate batteries as a possible environmental and cost-effective solution to replace lead-acid batteries. The life of maintenance-free…
How to measure the angle of a driveway with a phone or tablet app
This article is about the step by step process of measuring the driveway slope. An important piece of information needed for Xerowaste to recommend the correct V-move load mover is to know if there is any angle greater than 2% grade and the largest sampled value of…
Five ways to reduce waste management costs in condos and apartment buildings.
Five ways to reduce waste management costs in condos and apartment buildings: Total Time: 1 minute Step 1 – Compile Waste Analytics Determine where you have recycling that is less cost per unit than the waste cost per unit and divert to those streams of recycling….
Reducing Injuries Related to Moving Waste Bins: A New Reality
While you are working toward zero waste and looking to save money in the process, one thing you may ignore is the genuine potential for an injury to your on-site custodian related to moving totes and bins both within and to and from your site’s waste and…
Rethinking textiles recycling and collection for the traditional hauler
This is an article about how a traditional waste/recycling hauler should approach commercial recycling of textiles to maximize their profit/productivity. Textiles are no different a commodity than cardboard, refundables, plastics, and other streams that have a value…
Smart recycling in condos can save money!
This is an article about how condos and apartment buildings can increase their recycling , reduce their waste, and save money. Il s’agit d’un article sur la façon dont les condos et les immeubles d’appartements peuvent augmenter leur recyclage, réduire leurs déchets…
Is the Intelligent bin in the Future for Commercial Haulers?
An intelligent bin is a term for a bin with an ultrasonic bin monitoring device. These are small hockey puck sized cellular devices that are usually permanently installed in bins. They have an ultrasonic sensor and normally have a motion sensor, temperature sensor and…
Xerowaste Press Releases
XeroWaste Solutions Introduces the V-Move Walk-along Electric Tugs to Reduce Material Handling Injuries and Damage
2018-04-06 | XeroWaste Solutions is proud to have paired our waste and recycling sector expertise and material handling experience, as a distributor, with that of 50-year plus global electric tug manufacturing industry veteran, Verhagen Leiden of the Netherlands.
Now You Can Easily Move a Semi-Trailer on Your Property Without a License
2019-12-10 | You now have a simple, safe and cost-effective way to move semi-trailers in your yard without using a licensed truck driver and semi-tractor with the new V-Move™ electric trailer mover.
Easily Move Heavy Trailers Without a Semi-Tractor
2020-09-10 | Save time and money by safely moving your heavy semi-trailers in your yard without a licensed truck driver or an expensive semi-tractor with the new 2020 model V-Move© 40t semi-trailer walk-along mover.
The Newly Engineered and Modern Tow Tractor
2023-09-05 | Xerowaste introduces the newest Verhagen Leiden V-move heavy duty tow tractor to their line-up of 17 other tow tugs and tractor models. The V-Move© 3100 heavy-duty ride-on tow tractor.
Xerowaste Solutions Launches New Product Line of Industrial Battery-Powered Vacuum Cleaners
2026-02-02 | Xerowaste Solutions is proud to announce the launch of its new Comzu cordless Lithium-powered industrial vacuum cleaner with high particle filtration.