How Do I Stop Overage Notices & Fees?

Trash hauler overage fees are caused by overflowing waste that makes it more difficult for your hauler to complete your community’s waste removal. Overage can incur bothersome fees, is bad for the environment and is an eyesore for your residents. Oftentimes, trash haulers won’t even haul bins with overage. At Strategic, we want to make…

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What is Material Diversion? A Way to Guard the Environment

One of our core tenets is to Guard the Environment. One of the ways we do this is by diverting materials that would otherwise go to the landfill. Material diversion is the practice of redirecting materials such as papers, plastics, metals and other resources to a more environmentally responsible destination. Some of the ways we…

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How to Call Your Trash Hauler

Last month, we talked about the reasons your trash hauler might not be picking up at your community. This month, we’re talking about what to do if the trash has not been hauled and you need to call the hauler. It’s a tricky conversation. One that involves finding a representative who will listen to your…

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R3 Award: Josue Guzman

The 2023 January R3 Excellence Award goes to Josue Guzman. Josue has been with us since January 2021. Josue is innovative and proactive. He brings positivity and care to his team as a General Service Lead. Josue shows Respect, Reliability and Responsibility in and out of the field. We are extremely lucky to have Josue…

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Why Won’t the Trash Hauler Pick Up My Trash?

There’s nothing worse than seeing your waste bins piled high with days-old, stinking trash at your otherwise tidy apartment community, or noticing debris that has made its way out of the bin to the trash enclosure floor. As someone in community management, you know it’s a major dampener on curb appeal and is sure to…

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Happy New Year

5 Strategic New Year’s Resolutions for 2023

Resolutions are a hot topic this time of year. At some point or another, we’ve all gotten out a pen and pad of paper to write down our lofty aspirations for the next 12 months. And we’ve all also rolled our eyes at the “new year, new me” trope that returns every year. The pressure…

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Our 2022 Giving Recap

Part of our Purpose is to Care for People and Guard the Environment. We see our endeavor to keep communities cleaner and safer as part of that purpose. In addition to our daily services, we also commit to financially support worthy causes chosen by our team throughout the year. We want to highlight the important…

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5 Ways to Reduce Holiday Waste

Winter is coming to Southern California, and while that doesn’t mean much for the temperature, it does mean a major increase in the trash volume. This puts pressure on your trash enclosures and trash haulers. It’s also a risk to the appearance of your community. Missed hauls means overflowing trash left to decay in the…

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Packages Piling Up? Prepare For Black Friday

Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. is chockful of deals. Each year, it seems that businesses begin advertising further out from that weekend than the year before. But what is the deal, exactly? The Facts Black Friday has a long history in the United States. As early…

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