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Tackling Grease in Kitchen Grout Lines with the Windsor TAZ

By: Briana Smith, Social Media & Product Branding Specialist & Mike Anderson, Equipment Specialist, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

Kitchens are notorious for collecting many types of food grease and oils deep in the grout lines. Unfortunately, if this isn’t cleaned up properly & regularly it becomes a health and safety problem as bacteria and grime can quickly multiply in those small crevices. Plus greasy floors can easily lead to slip & fall accidents.

Oftentimes, even after regular sweeping and mopping there is still some grease that gets caught in those grout lines, and after a while your previously tan grout looks black. Talk about frustrating!

Recently Mike, our Equipment Specialist in WAXIE Ontario, visited a customer who cleans their floors regularly, but who was having a tough time with those pesky grout lines.

Topics: Hard Floor Care, machines & equipment, Foodservice

Investing in Technology & Innovations – Planning for the Future

By: Briana Smith, Social Media & Product Branding Specialist, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

Building partnerships with our customers, vendors and suppliers is important to WAXIE. A partner you can depend on is worth their weight in gold. They can make a job or a project go a lot easier, smoother and more efficient. When a problem arises, a great partner will be right there helping to figure out the best solution. That is the type of partner that both Descartes & Oracle have been for WAXIE as we strive to continuously improve logistics for both our internal and external systems.

As our Chairman & CEO Charles Wax always says, “Investing in our people and our systems has always been a hallmark in our business strategy and paramount in providing us the opportunity to serve our customers.”

Topics: Innovation, company news

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kick-Off Breakfast 2014

By: Briana Smith, Social Media & Product Branding Specialist, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

“Let’s put the American Cancer Society out of business!” rallied Susan Taylor (Executive Director, External Affairs - Scripps Health) who closed out the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kick-Off Breakfast at the Town & Country Hotel in San Diego, CA yesterday morning.

That’d be nice, wouldn't it?

Since 1993, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has been fundraising towards this goal of eradicating breast cancer through their Making Strides Walks. In 2013, they had over 30,000 at the San Diego Making Strides Walk in Balboa Park raising over $945,000. WAXIE has been a proud supporter of the walk since 2007, and now all of our divisions are helping in the fight for more birthdays participating in nine different walks across the Western United States.

Topics: community involvement, Making Strides

WAXIE Joins Forces with VPWC to Provide Needed Supplies to Veterans

By: Stacy Main, Senior Account Executive, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

WAXIE Ontario has joined with Veterans Partnering with Communities, Inc. (VPWC), which is an organization that helps support the men and women veterans and their families in our community. Hearing their stories of what they have seen, lived through and came home to is heartbreaking, so when presented with the opportunity to help give back to our veterans, WAXIE Ontario jumped at the opportunity. 

Our first community project was in August 2014 for the “SHEROS” or women veterans. When men and women are serving together they are considered “equal”, however no one ever realized that women are serving all over the world with NO feminine products provided to them. As women are coming in and out of the VA Hospitals they are leaving with no personal hygiene products either (as these are not covered by the government).

Topics: community involvement

How BigBelly Solar Compactors are Improving Waste Diversion at UCSD

By: Briana Smith, Social Media & Product Branding Specialist, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

Accumulation of waste is a major challenge for most college or university campuses. Buildings are spread out across hundreds of acres, requiring a lot of time and effort not just to check the levels of trash in receptacles, but also in travel time. It gets even trickier for larger sprawling campuses, especially those with steep hills.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is one such campus. It is comprised of six undergraduate colleges, five graduate schools, and two medical schools; in addition, UCSD also operates research institutes. From students to staff, tens of thousands of people are on campus daily, so waste receptacles tend to fill up rapidly. The staff, in particular the landscaping crew, has a lot of ground to cover with a large to do list and only so many resources available.

Topics: BigBelly, Recycling, Waste Management

Assisting the San Francisco Giants towards Achieving their Sustainability Goals in Recycling

By: Briana Smith, Social Media & Product Branding Specialist, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

(left: Tiffany McLaughlin, WAXIE Sanitary Maintenance Consultant; right: Randy Gomez, Director of Facility Operations at AT&T Park)

WAXIE Northern California is proud to be part of the San Francisco Giant’s sustainability efforts and congratulates them on receiving their 6th consecutive Green Glove Award. The Green Glove Award is given by Major League Baseball to the baseball club with the highest recycling rate.

WAXIE has helped the Giants in implementing an improved waste & recycling program on-site, including trash can liners specific to their needs & receptacle systems. Recycling is done on the premises 24/7 and the Giants are working towards reaching zero waste. Zero waste is a concept in waste management & planning that takes into consideration the life cycle of a product, so that it can be reused, and nothing is sent to a landfill or incinerated (1).

Topics: Recycling, Green Cleaning, Sustainability

GHS Hazard Classifications in Relation to HMIS® III & NFPA 704 Rating Systems

By: Briana Smith, Social Media & Product Branding Specialist, WAXIE Sanitary Supply

As of December 1st, 2013 all employees exposed to chemicals had to be trained on the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) format to be in compliance with OSHA’s new Hazard Communication Standards. Now manufactures & distributors are moving into phase two: reclassifying and updating both labels and chemical Safety Data Sheets (SDS) into the new GHS format by June 1, 2015.

Over the course of the next year, chemical labels & current Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) will begin to look a little different. One of the reasons that GHS was adopted was to improve the understanding of hazards associated with chemicals in a workplace environment and to provide a more uniform & consistent way of communicating these potential hazards.

WAXIE is committed to keeping our customers informed & educated on all of the continuing changes in relation to the transition to GHS. Part of this will be an ongoing series of blog articles in which we’ll break down some of the major changes between the current versions and the new GHS formatted versions into “bite-size” pieces.

To view a timeline of GHS Compliance: http://info.waxie.com/events/events/ghs

Topics: workplace safety, GHS

WAXIE Announces Several Promotions & New Sales Managers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAN DIEGO, CA -- WAXIE Sanitary Supply, America’s largest independently-owned distributor of sanitary maintenance supplies, is pleased to announce the following:

Keith Schneringer, Director of Channel Marketing and Sustainability

It is with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Keith Schneringer from Market Manager to Director of Channel Marketing and Sustainability. In his new role Keith will be responsible for connecting sales to marketing and the continued development of WAXIE’s Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs.

“Our commitment to making workplace environments clean, sustainable, and healthy is complimented by the addition of Keith in this new, strategic role,” says Rick Hazard, Vice President of Marketing, WAXIE Sanitary Supply.

Topics: press release, company news

Summer Break Doesn’t Apply to School Maintenance Staffs

By: Briana Smith  |  June 26, 2014

Summertime Deep Cleaning & Maintenance Procedures

Mark your calendars - it’s time to tackle those yearly restorative cleaning projects! Many school maintenance staffs are gearing up to tackle some time consuming cleaning tasks including gum & graffiti removal, as well as deep cleaning various hard flooring surfaces. Here are some ideas for making these tasks easier.

Topics: flooring, Education, cleaning tips, deep cleaning