Textile Recycling: How It Works and Why It Matters The textile industry is a big business, with increasing demand for clothing and other textiles. But what happens to all those clothes when we no longer want or need them? Many individuals and hospitality corporations just throw them into the garbage. “In America alone, an estimated […]
ESG’s & Sustainable Growth ESG Compliance: CheckSammy Can Help You With Your ESG Score! Maintaining and sustaining human civilization is the overarching theme for humanity as we move toward the future and will be for the next decade or more. As large-scale economic activities produce unfavorable results for the environment, it has become a concern […]
Show Your Support For Environmental Protection On Earth Day Earth Week is a week-long event held annually in April, dedicated to raising awareness and promoting sustainability practices. The week usually begins on April 16th and ends on April 22th. The theme for 2023 is Invest In Our Planet. This year, individuals, organizations, and governments worldwide […]
Beauty Product Recycling 101 Recycling your old and empty beauty products can be an uphill task, especially since not every material may be recyclable; despite this, it’s a good habit to nurture and certainly one that pays off for the environment, especially since the global cosmetics industry was valued at 532 billion dollars in 2017–with […]
Why Cleaning Supply Recycling Matters Often, cleaning can be so taxing that when the bottle of Windex runs out, we simply toss it in the dustbin for lack of a better purpose. And while, for the most part, this is the responsible thing to do, did you know that recycling your cleaning supplies can be […]
It’s that time of the year again when we look forward to spring, and with that comes spring cleaning. It’s a great way to tidy up, declutter and schedule some much-needed deep cleaning. If you’re unsure where to start, in today’s post, we’ll be sharing the benefits of spring cleaning, giving you some practical tips, […]
Interview with Clint Crouch, CheckSammy’s Head of Power Washing Q: How did you come to join CheckSammy? A: I’ve been with CheckSammy for almost 6 months, but I’ve been part of the Power Washing industry for nearly 7 years. Sam and Paul told me that a number of their clients were regularly asking for Power […]
Carbon Footprint Carbon footprint refers to the estimated total greenhouse gas emission, especially carbon dioxide, caused by people, products, places, organizations or events. In a nutshell, it is the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere. Why is this such a major concern? It is the natural order of things that oxygen be […]
Food Waste & Recalls: What You Should Know Food waste is a problem. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about one-third of all food produced is never eaten. As a business, you probably don’t realize how much of your product ends up in the trash. But when dealing with recalled […]
The Candle Project You’ve heard the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” right? Well, this story proves that adage to be true. CheckSammy, a recycling company based in Texas, recently recycled thousands of candles for a beauty supply company. The candles were either broken or just returned—and therefore unable to be resold. The […]