PHOENIX (Dec. 16, 2019) — 2019 has been a successful year for everyone at Leadpoint, thanks to our customers like you. We appreciate your confidence in Leadpoint and our high-performance work teams. The story of the year is growth. We added new recycling sites in 2019 and expanded further into the Southeast and Midwest. We…
By Terrence Patterson. Safety: Risk & Teamwork Poor decisions about safety put you, your team and their families at risk. That’s the first lesson I took away from a safety symposium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, sponsored in conjunction with the American Society of Safety Professionals. The event featured motivational safety speaker Eric Giguere who shared…
As seen in Waste Advantage Magazine, September 2019 Get the Best Workforce Solution Every MRF needs people to keep it running. For municipal or public-sector MRFs, the process for choosing a labor solution is a formal one, typically driven by Request for Proposal or RFP. There is an established process for RFPs, and each municipality…
Why We Exist What’s most important for any business? Some would say profits, long-term viability, and business growth. Others would say making a positive difference in the world and serving the interests of society at large. And many business owners and leaders would cite the well-being of their employees and customers as the thing that…
New Employees, Existing Employees. It’s a situation every MRF manager has faced: how to bring new employees into the plant and integrate them with the existing team without disrupting the operation and its productivity. It happens when there’s turnover, when shifts or days are added to the schedule, or when new lines and equipment are…
It’s Not Easy to Become a Leadpoint Associate. The data keep coming in about historically low unemployment rates and the unprecedented lack of workers to fill our nation’s job openings. From physicians and engineers to truck drivers and retail store clerks, low unemployment is affecting employers across the board. In the world of recycling, we…
What Makes us Different? A common question we get from recycling companies who are considering a partnership with Leadpoint is, “What makes you different from anyone else?” The underlying question is the one they are thinking but don’t say out loud: “We need people and can get them from a variety of sources. What can…
My name is Frank Ramirez, the CEO and President of Leadpoint Business Services. I hope we eventually get a chance to meet. I started this company in 2000 with the sole purpose of providing the most knowledgeable and productive workforce in the industry. I did so after leaving a perfectly good job as a quality…
PHOENIX (April 30, 2019) – Modern recycling came to Texas, this month in a new, 77,000 square foot recycling center and Leadpoint was there for the celebration. The facility uses highly-advanced technology like optical sorters, anti-wrap fiber screens and other innovative techniques to sort and process 350 tons of recycled material daily. But it still…
By Brian Haney, Vice President, Safety & Compliance, Leadpoint Business Services There’s no question that an effective safety culture in any MRF depends on quickly, easily and consistently engaging the workforce in safe behavior. This is a challenge for nearly every MRF I’ve worked with over the last 15 years. With so many competing priorities,…
A diverse team of experts: Albert Pena. Isaac Sanders. Chad Bebber. Leadpoint’s Workforce Optimization Team, or WFOT, is a trio of highly-experienced recycling experts. They are travelers who are on the road upwards of 300 days each year, working with the company’s customers and managers to address issues, tackle problems first-hand, and recommend solutions that…
Profit & Operating Pressures: Steep & Deep Like many municipal entities, at Leadpoint we’re acutely aware of the profit and operating pressures government owned MRFs are facing today. At the same time, municipal organizations across the country are dealing with changes in local recycling programs, tax and revenue pressures on their recycling services, and ongoing efforts…