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Waste diversion means keeping material out of landfill through reuse, donation, recycling and composting. A commercial program organizes that across your sites with a clear method and records, so the result is measurable.
What a diversion program includes
- A baseline. What you generate, by site and stream, and where it goes now.
- Stream mapping. Which materials can be reused, donated, recycled, composted, or must be treated as regulated waste.
- Routing. Matching each stream to the right outlet.
- Collection. Pickups, containers and schedules that fit your sites.
- Measurement. A clear formula for the diversion rate. See how the waste diversion rate is calculated.
- Reporting. Data by site and period that your team can use.
Who needs one
Warehouses and distribution centers, retailers, hotels, stadiums, manufacturers and healthcare sites often start a program for cost, compliance or sustainability reporting reasons. See the industries we serve.
Our own numbers
In 2026, 95% of the 3.4 million pounds Happen Ventures weighed and tracked was diverted from landfill.
How to judge a provider
Ask how they sort materials, what they document, how they calculate diversion, and which streams are weighed versus estimated. A clear method is more useful than a headline percentage.
One vendor for several streams
Combining junk hauling, recycling, donations and hazardous waste under one vendor reduces invoices and gives you one dataset. See recycling, donations and reuse, junk hauling and hazardous waste reduction.
Get a diversion plan
Send your locations and a recent waste invoice through the contact page and we will outline what a program would look like for your sites.
