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what the company is typically spending for
waste removal. Papa explains that Universal
will typically identify areas where locations
are being over-served or under-served, but
when the audit is completed, Universal re-
turns with a solution that allows for a 15% to
30% reduction in waste removal costs. The
auditing, for that matter, is absolutely free if
Universal can’t save on costs. Savings, how-
ever, aren’t just in terms of the actual waste
removal, but also with respect operational
matters involving accounting and quality as-
surance. Universal manages the waste con-
tractors, the payment of invoices and offers
clients ability to make one call to effectively
handle responsibilities at all of its locations.
And it is a transparent process which en-
ables their clients to rapidly assess what their
wastes costs are each respective location,
with each respective vendor.
What’s more, the haulers deployed by
Universal actually live and shop in the same
