You are here: Home / Blog / Flag Day 2016 – U.S. Flag Retirement Ceremony – Arwood Waste Flag Day 2015 – U.S. Flag Retirement Ceremony – Arwood Waste Flag-Retirement-Ceremony Arwood Waste Holds Annual U.S. Flag Retirement Ceremony In conjunction with Flag Day and National Garbage Man Day celebrations, Arwood Waste recently held it’s annual Flag Retirement Ceremony. This year’s ceremony was held at the home of John D. Arwood, President of Arwood Waste. The U.S. flag is a beacon to the world of the core American values that we hold most dear–Freedom, Honor, Justice and Respect. While those values will always live on, each physical U.S. flag eventually reaches the end of their life-span. Arwood Waste is proud to continue offering this free public service throughout the year in partnership with local Boy Scout Troops and local U.S. Military. How To Participate If you have a damaged, faded or old U.S. flag, Arwood Waste is honored to properly dispose of it for no charge. We want to make this service easy for you. 1. Send us your Flag. Drop off your flag at any Arwood Waste location during regular business hours or mail your flag to our corporate offices at: Arwood Waste 13255 Lanier Rd Jacksonville, FL 32226 2. We will retire your flag. Arwood Waste stores all U.S. flags received and holds a Flag Retirement Ceremony in conjunction with Flag Day each year during which all collected flags are respectfully and properly disposed of. We’d be honored to include yours. 3. Share with a Friend. Properly retiring a flag is not a process that everyone is familiar with. Why not let your friends and families know about this free community service from Arwood Waste? Arwood Waste is proud to offer this public service at no charge. Original Photo: Georgia National Guard

If you are planning an outdoor wedding this summer, you will need to consider if adding additional sanitation to your outdoor location is required. Even if your wedding is fairly casual, you are sure to want facilities that are a step up from the standard porta potty, or the average beach or park restroom. Below are a few suggestions in luxury portable bathrooms and other sanitation accessories. Deluxe Porta Potty Rentals If you want to offer your wedding guests a toilet that is not too far away from all the excitement and activity of the big day, a deluxe or adavip unit may just be the solution you are looking for. The two models are among the most popular wedding portable toilet rentals, renowned for their spacious interiors and added features. They have interior lighting, running water to wash your hands, and even a vanity mirror to keep you and your guests looking sharp all ceremony long. They even look more appealing than a standard porta potty – making them perfect for the remote areas of your outdoor wedding and events. Luxury Portable Toilet Trailers If your wedding is a bit more on the formal side, or if you just want to offer your guests all the comfort and convenience of their own bathroom, – a toilet trailer is the best way to go. These luxury aw unit flush, have hot and cold running water, are temperature controlled, and come standard with wall-mounted vanity mirrors. Depending on the type of restroom trailer you choose, you can even treat your guests to full-length mirrors, music, marbled countertops, and a skylight to allow in some natural lighting. Even the smallest restroom trailers can easily accommodate wedding parties as large as 130 guests – with completely private entrances for the men and women in attendance. The largest restroom trailers can accommodate crowds up to 800! No matter what you’re after, there are many different size and functionality options for your luxury portable bathrooms. Portable Showers Wedding portable toilet rentals may not fulfill all of your needs for sanitation. If your pre or post wedding events leave you in need of a quick cleaning, portable shower units may be just the thing you’re looking for. Two, four and eight shower units are available for rent, each with their own private entrance, sink, full-length mirror, and changing room to help all of your guests freshen up before or after the ceremonies. Need a Place for the Wedding Party to Get Ready? Wedding portable toilet rentals aren’t necessarily just for the wedding guests, they are also for the wedding party. Even if the wedding party will be getting ready for the big day off-site, they may want to change for the reception – or at least have a private place for finishing touches before walking down the aisle. Toilet trailers, shower trailers and even onsite office trailers allow for a temperature-controlled place where your wedding party can get ready or escape to during the festivities. If your outdoor venue has adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities, then an office trailer may be all that you need. These trailers are the perfect place for the bridal party to get ready, and can be equipped with basic tables and chairs for your comfort. Other Hygiene Accessories Once you have selected the luxury portable bathrooms you require, you will need to consider if there are any other hyenge unites that will help your wedding day go off without a hitch. Experienced portable restroom operators can help you make an informed decision based on your big day’s unique needs. This includes suggestions for additional tables and chairs to be placed inside office trailers, and hand sanitation units. Don’t Need Additional Hygiene and Sanitation? You Might Want to Rent a Luxury Portable Bathroom Anyway Even if your outdoor wedding location has indoor or outdoor facilities, if the facilities have to be shared with other beach or park attendees – then you still might want to consider wedding portable toilet rentals. This will ensure that your guests do not have to wait in long lines, and that they have access to clean, comfortable, and fully stocked facilities. You can rest assured that your restrooms, showers and changing facilities are always nearby. It will even safeguard you event in the case of an unexpected public restroom catastrophe; such as one of the bathrooms being out of order or another large party being hosted nearby on the same day. Adding your own portable sanitation units can ease stress on your big day. If you aren’t quite sure which wedding portable toilet rentals are the best for your outdoor wedding or event, get in touch with the porta potty professionals at Arwood Waste. Putting years of experience and expertise to work, our team can help you narrow down your sanitation selection to accommodate all of your big day’s special needs. Don’t let poor sanitation make your special day anything less than perfect.

The winter and summer hot and cold months are approaching. As a construction site manager, it is important to begin the planning process in order to prepare your worksite and protect your important capital equipment. Office trailers for rent as well as mobile storage containers are just some of the essential additions you’ll need to keep your site safe and operational, even in the harshest winter weather. Gift-Card-Front-Free-400x256 Winterizing your worksite for the coming months is key to staying on top of your job and keeping on schedule. Make sure you’re prepared for the cold temperatures and harsh conditions winter can bring and take advantage of the rental storage solutions available to enhance your construction site’s conditions. The Importance of Prepping for Winter One of the reasons for preparing your construction worksite for winter is to help lower costs and reduce scheduling delays. Creating safe walkways and protective covering as well as storage facilities for important construction equipment is imperative to staying on task. You rely on your equipment for a particular job. You purchase materials with the purpose of utilizing them in the building process. Make sure you have the proper storage capabilities to keep your equipment safe and your materials usable. A public education campaign launched by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stresses the importance of planning, equipping and training employees for winter construction safety. This effort by OSHA and NOAA recognizes the hazards presented by the conditions brought on by winter. These hazards include slippery roads and surfaces, cold weather and the strong winds that may cause damage to a work project or injury to employees. Why Renting Mobile Storage Containers are Important Mobile storage containers for rent provide you with a convenient solution for your worksite storage needs. A 20 or 40-foot steel container provides you with valuable space to place your heavy equipment, building materials and/or other supplies that you want to keep protected from the effects of severe winter weather. Large storage containers are designed to withstand the elements and protect your equipment and material from damage or unnecessary environmental exposure. Depending on the size of your construction project, you should plan accordingly for the rental of several containers that can be placed strategically throughout the site and provide you with storage ease and access. Why rent mobile storage containers? As a construction project manager, your job is to bring the project to completion on time and within budget. If the time needed to build your project includes the months during winter where inclement weather will be a factor, your need for additional on-site storage will only be for that period of time. Instead of investing dollars in a permanent storage solution with a temporary need, you can maximize your budget and fulfill your winter construction storage needs all at once through the rental of mobile storage containers. Obtaining an Office Trailer for Your Winter Construction Project Protecting people is as equally important to the success of your construction project during winter as protecting equipment and materials. This is especially true if you need to spend time reviewing work and conducting inspections of the worksite during the winter. Providing an office trailer for the job site gives you a warm, dry facility to conduct business, store important construction drawings and documents, and allow you to maintain your timelines no matter what is happening outside. An office trailer is as essential to your worksite as the storage solutions you rent. As winter approaches, meeting your storage needs is an important part of your construction worksite management. Mobile office trailers and large storage containers provide you with what you need to meet deadlines, stay on task and complete your construction project. You should make the affirmative decision to look into storage rental solutions for your current job site. Rental containers do more than store materials, equipment and site plans; they help you complete work even when the winter weather conditions dictate otherwise. Make sure your construction site has what you need to stay on schedule all season long with help from the temporary storage solutions.

When you’re in a rush, taking the time to properly wash your hands may seem to be a simple inconvenience that can be easily bypassed. In fact, recent studies have shown that 95% of Americans are washing their hands improperly. While most restrooms private and public throughout the country have the proper means available, some people simply refuse to take the time out of their day to wash their hands correctly. marked-hand-wash-multi-use What these people may not know is how important washing your hands is. Whether you are simply just practicing good hygiene or trying to prevent the spread of germs and disease-carrying bacteria, washing your hands can play a big role in your overall health. Preventing the Spread of Illness and Disease Just a simple touch is all it takes for disease and illness carrying germs and bacteria to be transferred from one person to another. According to the Clean Hands Coalition, germs and bacteria can live on surfaces for up to 2 hours, leaving those people who don’t wash their hands vulnerable to several different illnesses. When you use any restroom, public or private, you expose yourself to several nasty germs. From the common cold to the stomach flu, unwashed hands and contaminated surfaces can lead to a number of different illnesses that could be damaging to anyone’s health. How to Properly Wash Your Hands The most effective way to protect yourself from the harmful germs throughout the bathroom is by washing your hands after any contact with restroom surfaces. Whenever you are washing your hands, be sure to use warm, running water. Next, apply soap to your hands and lather the soap between your hands, fingers and under your nails. After the soap has been applied to your hand, scrub the surfaces of your hand and wrist for at least 20 seconds to ensure you are getting a thorough wash. After scrubbing, rinse your hands under clean, running warm water before drying them with a clean towel or a nearby air drying station. Even if soap and running water aren’t available, you should be sure to clean your hands as much as possible. An alcohol-based hand sanitizer that includes at least 60% alcohol can quickly reduce the number of germs on the skin. However, it is important to remember that applying hand sanitizers is not a replacement for washing your hands with running water and anti-bacterial soap. Whenever you’re hosting a large event, sanitation isn’t always easily accessible. Make sure you have your temporary sanitation needs met with portable sanitation services

Whether you plan to remodel a kitchen, build a brand new home, or add a wing onto a commercial building, one of the best things you can do is to place a portable toilet on your construction site. Not only do they benefit your clients, workers and the environment, but they can also save you money. Read on to find out how portable bathrooms can keep your job site safe, efficient, legal and make your clients and workers happy. marked-topline-open A Remedy for Faulty Logic Sometimes companies mistakenly believe that workers should be responsible for finding restrooms for their daily use. After all, many establishments offer bathrooms for public use, including gas stations, restaurants, malls and libraries. Those same construction companies hope that they will save money by avoiding the expense of construction toilet rentals. While this reasoning may appear sound at first glance, the logic quickly falls apart when you examine the facts. For example, each time workers visit off-site venues to use their facilities, they spend valuable time driving or walking to that location and then driving or walking back. And, what happens when workers can’t easily find a public bathroom to use? Not only are they unhappy, but they are gone from the job site even longer. Plus, there is also the chance that other distractions will come up during their trips to find a bathroom, such as making phone calls, stopping for a beverage or grabbing a snack. In addition, clients can become concerned when workers are coming and going throughout the day because they may start to think they are wasting time. Portable bathrooms can solve these problems. Improves Worker Productivity If you provide portable toilets on your construction site, you will eliminate worker’s travel time to find a restroom and the possibility of off-site distractions. Workers will be able to walk right to on-site portable restrooms and be back on the job within minutes. How does this help you? To begin, your workers will be happier and more comfortable, and studies show that happy workers are more productive. This also means that your workers will be more focused and spend a lot more time on the job completing their tasks of the day. Combined, all of this means that your project’s productivity will significantly improve. This overall increase in productivity will translate into more profit for you, since your projects are more likely to finish on schedule or even ahead of time. A win-win for everybody. Protects Your Clients’ Privacy Occasionally companies may consider asking their clients if the crew can use their existing on-site bathroom. This is not usually a good idea. Even relatively easy building projects can interrupt the daily routines and lifestyles of individuals and families. Not only must they contend with unusual noises, dust, and debris, but if the crew needs to use their private bathroom, then it can add additional stress to their day. Providing workers with a porta potty provides clients with much needed privacy during an already challenging time. Ensures Sites Stay Safe and Sanitary Construction toilet rental ensures that your job sites are always clean and safe for your workers, clients and anyone who visits the construction area. These contained units are designed to protect everyone from dangerous microorganisms, bacteria and disease. Keeps the Planet Healthy These days, everybody knows that anything we can do to help keep the planet in good shape is important to our well-being and survival. Portable sanitation units can help in alot ways. For example, since they use very little space and don’t need an on-going water supply, they have very little impact on the earth. I Helps You Follow the Law If your city, town or county requires portable toilets on job sites, then you must make sure you have one in place before you start your job. If you are unsure, call your jurisdiction to learn if there are any laws or requirements you should know about. Depending on your project’s specifications, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may also demand portable toilets for your workers. For instance, if water or sewer lines aren’t working for 72 hours, you must install no less than one portable toilet on your work site. Like other regulations, if you do not comply with the law, your project may be stopped and you can incur costly fines. Therefore, before you begin any building project, make sure to rent construction site portable toilets if they’re required. Even if they’re not required, construction toilet rental is a good idea since they can usually benefit everybody involved with your projects in one way or another. Whether you’re planning a large scale project or a small home renovation, make sure your crew’s sanitary needs are met with help from the experts!!!

Portable toilets have undergone a considerable evolution since the inception of outhouses and other varieties of outdoor plumbing facilities. Those first outhouses were no more than permanent or semi-permanent structures placed over dugout pits, which either had to be periodically emptied, or an entirely new pit had to be dug and the structure moved along with it. 123PTR-Ad-Long-2 Portable Bathroom Evolution The earliest portable toilets can be traced back to the 1940’s, on the ship building yards in Long Beach, California. One of the shipbuilders quickly recognized the growing costs and lack of productivity his team faced with every trip back to the dock to use the restroom. Rather than continue the delay in work, they decided to build temporary bathrooms right on the ships to help keep everyone satisfied. Using spare parts on the job crews built wooden cabanas outfitted with a small holding tank, and thus the first portable toilet was born. Unfortunately, the weight of these toilets left little in terms of flexibility for construction companies and event planners. Even worse, the early wooden or metal cabanas easily absorbed odors and were hard to keep clean. Eventually these clumsy bulky structures gave way to plastic structures made of strong lightweight polymers, then the 1970’s saw the rise of the one-piece fiberglass unit. While the fiberglass units solved the problem of flexibility, they still failed to fight off the odors and sanitary issues of their wooden and metal counterparts. By the 1980’s plastics became the prefered material for porta potties and portable restrooms. Mostly made of polyurethane, these plastic portable toilet units were by far the easiest to clean and transport. In years since, plastic has remained the preferred material for many sanitation solution providers, and special cleaning agents have been developed to have portable toilets looking and smelling better than ever before. Common Misconceptions About the Porta John They’re Smelly and Unsanitary One of the most common complaints and misconceptions about portable bathrooms is that they’re just smelly and unhygienic. This perception is largely due to commonly-held notions about the most basic portable units, which have the sanitary tank positioned directly below the toilet seat, in plain view. Luxury portable restrooms have flushing toilets, which keep all the nasty details out of sight from users. Hands Can’t Be Washed Many people are turned off by the fact that there is no way to wash hands after a visit to the portable bathroom, giving rise to concerns for hygiene. Even some of today’s more basic units are equipped with hand sanitizer pumps mounted on the inside walls so that patrons can wash after a visit. At more refined events, like weddings, hand-washing stations can be set up right alongside the portable bathrooms so that users can wash their hands with soap, if they so desire. Unsuitable for Classy Events Nothing could be further from the truth, especially since modern luxury portable bathrooms can provide nearly the same kind of experience that an indoor bathroom allows for. The misconception about unfitness largely stems from the fact that portable bathrooms used for huge events like concerts and fairs are nearly impossible to keep clean and sanitary due to over-use and the careless attitude of throngs of users. Portable Bathrooms Harm the Environment This may be the most incorrect of all myths associated with portable bathrooms, since in point of fact the opposite is true, and your home bathroom is really more harmful to the environment than its portable cousin. Portable bathrooms use considerably less freshwater – to the tune of 13 million gallons per day – so far less resources are being consumed. Portable Bathrooms Are Too Expensive Of course, there is a cost associated with renting portable bathrooms for any kind of event where outdoor facilities will be required. But the actual solution to this is somewhat counter-intuitive, in that renting more units becomes far more cost-effective for an event organizer, because users will spend less time in long lines waiting to use the bathrooms. When patrons at the fair or the concert are not spending so much time waiting to use the bathroom, they are free to spend more money on concessions, souvenirs, and whatever other items are for sale by event vendors. The Truth About Portable Bathrooms The real truth about portable bathrooms and modern bathroom trailers is that they can actually be very sanitary units, as long as they are not abused at high-volume events like concerts, where little consideration is given to hygiene by hundreds or thousands of users. Luxury portable bathrooms are available at affordable prices, and can be as clean or cleaner than the bathroom right in your home. In fact the cleanliness of modern portable bathrooms, just like the cleanliness of your home bathroom, relies much more on the attitude of users than any inadequacy of the unit itself. Portable toilet rentals today are a much better solution than they were 10 or 20 years ago, and the myths from earlier years now have little relevance.

No matter what the project is, you are all but guaranteed to face at least some difficulties during the process Without hosting office spaces on-the-job, much of your crews time will be wasted as they travel and attempt to communicate with the key decision makers for your project. Ad-Long Mobile Office Trailers offer a streamlined solution to this obstacle, allowing for increased control over the work site to minimize on-site delays and expedite decisions. Rather than wasting time traveling back and forth to the main office and the site, a mobile office allows your crew to quickly communicate any problems they may come across and come up with effective solutions on the spot without much delay. Beyond the project related issues avoided with a mobile office trailer, an on-site office provides a wealth of advantages for increased site management. Handling Human Resources Issues: A construction site is only as efficient as its workers and crew. Outside of the project demands itself, human resource issues are one of the most common on-the-job factors that will impact your site’s productivity levels. An on-site office trailer allows you to more easily squash any human resources issues that may arise, keeping your workers happy throughout the entirety of your project in order to improve your job site culture and efficiency. Dealing with Design & Implementation Issues: One of the principle elements that will have an impact on your job’s completion is your ability to thoroughly navigate through the various site design and implementation issues you come across on the job. Having a mobile office trailer on-site allows you to carefully and accurately assess your site’s functionality and remove any barriers that may be holding your company back all without stepping foot away from the worksite. Accessibility More so than anything else, incorporating a mobile office trailer into your worksite allows for maximum accessibility to all of your project needs. Mobile office trailers make your company’s project managers and foreman readily available to tackle any problems the crew may come across while on-the-job. Making Your Site Even More Productive with Mobile Storage Containers Another common obstacle that arises from the worksite is the issue of space. Construction and heavy equipment often take up a lot of room on the job, and can even cause problems as the clutter from the job quickly adds up. Cargo storage containers help provide a quick and easy solution to this problem, allowing you to store your equipment in heavy-duty containers to minimize clutter on the worksite. Not only do mobile storage containers help to cut out the clutter on the worksite, these containers offer site managers with safe storage of your company’s valuable equipment. Most storage containers are built from heavy-duty steel, keeping your equipment safely stowed away at the end of business so your crew doesn’t waste time transporting equipment to and from the worksite. Should you ever need more storage on the site, the ability to add more mobile storage containers is as easy as making a quick call to your local construction site supplier, reducing your stress and building productivity every step of the way. When setting up your next construction site, make efficiency and productivity your site’s priority with help from the experts. If you are a project or site manager, you are well aware that efficiency on the worksite is a number one priority no matter what the project may be. Keeping efficient on the site will help keep your overall costs down, but many times this improved efficiency comes with sacrifice. The struggle that many project managers encounter on the job is managing their site for maximum efficiency and safety while often working from a remote location. However, mobile office trailers and storage containers are making it easier than ever to help build efficiency on the site without the sacrifice.

If you are organizing an upcoming special event for the near future, and you’re expecting to have several dozen or event hundreds of people attending, then you certainly have quite a bit of planning on your plate. Whether it is for a corporate event, a family reunion, or a fun festival of several different affairs, you certainly want to make sure that you are thoroughly and properly prepared to accommodate all the necessary amenities for your valuable guests. It seems more often than not, people tend to forget about preparing for some of the little things when it comes to their big events. One commonly forgotten step is planning for the convenience of a restroom nearby. People typically don’t think about the need for a restroom at an event until they “have to go.” So wouldn’t it be nice to go above and beyond their expectations and completely impress them by having a beautiful, unique, luxury portable bathroom for them to freshen up in? We certainly think so! Picture this scenario: say you are hosting an outdoor professional golfing tournament in your city and are expecting some people of very high importance to attend (for example professional players, announcers, etc.). Well, you definitely don’t want to miss out on an opportunity to amaze them. Well why not consider giving them exclusive access to their very own private luxury porta potty? We guarantee you’ll win big bonus points with all of them, and it’ll be a great topic of discussion well after the event has come and gone. Everyone will surely be talking about those great luxury portable bathrooms you had specially provided just for them!

Restrooms for a Family Reunion Have a family reunion scheduled for the summer? Then you might be expecting a few very special guests of all sorts of ages. Some of them may even rely on a walking cane, wheelchair or walker to help them get around. Well, wouldn’t it be nice to offer your beloved elderly family members the convenience of having a luxury toilet rental for their immediate access? Or better yet, a ADA handi-cap unit with spacious interiors designed for easier maneuverability? They will appreciate you for going out of your way to make sure that they are not only comfortable, but also safe as well. After all, there is a reason why you are the most favorite grandchild in the family. Festivals and Events of Special Nature Now we understand that there may be some instances here you are expecting such a large crowd of people (we’re talking in the hundreds, or even thousands) that you don’t necessarily want to provide such a nice luxury to every single person attending. Not only is it unnecessary, but let’s face it. If everyone had access to a luxury toilet rental at a large event or show, that they wouldn’t be considered luxurious for long at all! When a large crowd of people comes together, they are usually gathering to see an individual of special importance, or a group of popular stature. Perhaps a public speaker, a musical artist, or a personality of celebrity status. You wouldn’t want to give them just any old ordinary porta potty, would you? Heavens no! You want to give them a nice, clean, private luxury porta potty to enjoy all to themselves. What a great way to say thank you for attending! Not only will you make a great impression, but they may also like it so much that they agree to return in the future for another event! So regardless of the nature of your special event, having access to luxury portable bathrooms certainly has its perks for both you, and your guests. People will absolutely love and appreciate the efforts you went to in order to give them a nice amenity at your disclosure. They will remember those wonderful porta potty restrooms for many years to come! If you would like more information about our luxury toilet rentals, or to check availability for the future, please give us a call today. We are here to help you make your event a memorable one!

The urinal unit is an ideal piece of equipment for events with large crowds. The urinal unit helps to offset long lines and overuse of any additional restroom facilities. The large interior space and capacity for a higher volume of traffic makes the urinal unit a key addition to any special event. The urinal unit has a capacity of six (6) simultaneous users and is good for up to 1,000 uses before service is required.