Interstate Waste Services (IWS)
505 Cozine Avenue , Brooklyn, New York, United States

Interstate Waste Services (IWS) was created by a group of entrepreneurs in Rockland County in 1998. Later the company was purchased by a private equity group and continued to grow to the point where today, IWS offers a complete portfolio of environmental services to manage waste from point of generation to final destination. Many of the founders who started Interstate over fifteen years ago are still with the company today.

• Our customers enjoy the convenience of one-stop shopping and the confidence knowing their waste is being handled in the most efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
• They depend on personal, friendly and reliable service that has evolved out of our small-company heritage. In this regard, IWS is uniquely positioned to offer our customers the best of both worlds.
• IWS also recognizes that every organization has distinct waste disposal and recycling needs. So we work hand-in-hand with our customers to design customized service plans that are highly efficient.
• Because IWS is committed to protecting the health and well-being of the communities we serve, we operate with an unwavering focus on customer satisfaction and sustainability.
• We serve our customers with pride as we set our sights on being a leading environmental management company as we join the Action Environmental Group.

IWS is one of the most progressive and innovative providers of non-hazardous waste management services, serving a diverse range of industrial and commercial customers, including –

• Restaurants
• Medical facilities
• Building contractors
• Retailers, malls, and plazas
• Universities, colleges, and schools
• Stadiums
• Investment banks
• Other types of businesses

Our Mission
The mission and purpose of our company is to provide our customers with the highest quality waste, recycling and environmental services.

Our Vision
To be the most efficient waste services company in the metro NY/NJ market.

Core Values

• We strive to exceed our customers' needs and their satisfaction is our top priority.
• We strive to ensure an exceptional workplace environment for our employees.
• We do the right thing even when no one is looking.
• We take personal responsibility for the safety of our team, community and the environment.
• We build professional relationships based upon mutual respect.
• We do what we commit to do.

Corporate Responsibility – Safeguarding Our Environment

Interstate brings an unwavering commitment to our environment with a focus on sustainability and environmental consciousness. We are constantly seeking and innovating new ways to cut emissions, recycle more effectively, and reduce the amount of waste committed to landfills.

Recognition for Sustainable Design

Our parent company, the Action Environmental Group has been recognized by leading environmental and “green” organizations in the metropolitan New York area, is a founding member of Global Green’s CORR and a member of the Green Committee of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.Action has been cited by the New York Times in an article about the efforts of private trash haulers to create cleaner air. In the article, our CEO, Ron Bergamini, outlined Action’s support of New York City’s efforts to update the air pollution control code and Action’s commitment to reducing emissions. “With or without legislation, we support cleaner emissions for our industry.” Mr. Bergamini also noted “Action has plans underway to replace 50% of our 80 trucks by 2020.”We’re proud to note that Action Environmental Group has received recognition at the Global Green Sustainable Design 14th Annual Awards for the opening of our state-of-the-art material recovery center in the Bronx, which has empowered us to significantly increase the volume and diversity of materials we recycle citywide.

We are one of the few environmental services and waste management companies to have a full-time safety director on staff, demonstrating our commitment to employee and customer safety.

• We reduce and eliminate incidents and potential issues through extensive, ongoing training and education for our employees
• Every member of our team understands that a dedication to safety is part of their personal mission and a pillar of our corporate best practices
• We hold monthly safety meetings to review and update rules and practices and instill our safety commitment to every IWS employee
• Our company wide Action IWS “Yellow Campaign” demonstrates our safety focus – you’ll see the decal on each of our trucks

Recycling

• Recycling is the cornerstone of Interstate Waste Services’ commitment to environmental protection. It’s also an important service we offer to all our customers, whether large, small, industrial, retail, commercial, institutional or construction.
• IWS environmental consultants work with customers to make their recycling efforts as effective as possible.
• We maintain up-to-date information on federal, state and local guidelines to ensure that IWS services are provided in complete compliance with these ever changing guidelines.

Recycling Cardboard and Plastic

• Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy needed to make new cardboard.
• Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil.
• Over 90% of all products shipped in the US are shipped in corrugated boxes, which totals more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard.
• Nearly 80% of all retailers and grocers recycle their cardboard.
• Five plastic bottles (PET) recycled provides enough fiber to create one square feet of carpet or enough fiber fill to fill one ski jacket.
• Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
• Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two person household for one year.

Commercial Services

You’re busy managing your business. That’s why you need a waste recycling and disposal company that knows how to manage its business. At Interstate Waste Services, we’re professional, dependable and committed to managing your waste in the most efficient manner.

• We offer waste collection, recycling and disposal services to large and small retail establishments, hospitals and medical facilities, corporate offices and multi-unit residential communities.
• Our experienced staff, large fleet of trucks, and extensive network of transfer stations, recycling facilities and landfills enable us to offer you one-stop shopping and competitive, flexible pricing programs.
• Our small-company culture that began with us remains with us today and we are focused on the personal attention and superior service you deserve.

Fast, Smart, Eco-Friendly Construction and Demolition

Construction sites generate a lot of debris. The quick and correct disposal of that debris is critical to your project’s schedule and cost. Interstate Waste Services offers complete construction and demolition (C&D) waste removal, recycling and disposal services provided by some of the most experienced professionals in the industry.

• Our LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified construction consultants can provide supervised and certified product destruction and disposal services.
• We offer next-day service to deliver, replace and remove roll-off containers at your request. And, we’ll work with you to develop a responsible recycling plan for all acceptable construction waste.
• IWS supplies roll-off containers in a variety of sizes to fit every temporary waste collection need. We’ll help determine the right sizes and pick-up frequency to ensure that your project progresses smoothly and efficiently

An Award-Winning Material Recovery Facility

Along with local Material Recovery Facilities, IWS is now able to utilize an award winning MRF of our parent company, the Action Environmental Group.The future of waste management lies in recycling and green initiatives. At Action’s state-of-the-art Material Recovery Facility (MRF), we engage in the automated processing of paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, and aluminum. Our team has decades of experience in operating facilities and the innovative Bronx site is one of the most modern and efficient in the metropolitan area. Today, we keep more and more materials out of landfills through greater efficiency and leading-edge technology.Operating a facility of this type affords the Action Environmental Group the opportunity to remove any recyclable material from the waste stream prior to disposal. In addition to preserving landfill capacity, this process assists in our continuing efforts to control overall costs for our customers.

In early 2014, this facility received recognition at the Global Green Sustainable Design 14th Annual Awards for increasing recycling of valuable materials citywide.On site, we have installed an advanced new technology: the RedWave NIR/C. This is an optical sorting machine that recognizes and separates the material and the color in only one step. Different kinds of material, like colored printed and not printed cardboard, catalogues, newspapers, magazines, plastics, etc. can be identified by Near Infrared. There is a big advantage in the separation of brown and gray cardboard due to the additional color sensors.Our facility is the only one of its kind in the region, and possibly the country.