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PSAI and Members Featured on Freakonomics: The Economics of Everyday Things
Posted In: For the Public,
Date posted Feb 6

PSAI is excited to announce that we, along with several of our esteemed members, were featured in a recent episode of Freakonomics: The Economics of...

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History of PSAI’s “Nuts & Bolts Educational Conferences”
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Jan 22

With the 47th Annual Nuts & Bolts Conference in February 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona, you may be curious as to how these internationally recognized...

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Portable Sanitation Was a Hot Commodity 25 Years Ago This Month
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Dec 16

Portable sanitation had a role to play in 1999 as the world raced to reconfigure computer systems ahead of Y2K. What was Y2K and why was it so...

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The Early Years of Service Trucks
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Dec 2

From the first motorized sewage truck patent in 1907 by American inventor George Blickensderfer to today, service trucks for portable sanitation...

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Technology in the Portable Sanitation Industry Pre-Y2K
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Nov 18

Imagine a world where personal computers are a rarity, cell phones are in early development and coverage is lacking, printed and hand-drawn maps are...

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History in the Making: Electric Trucks, Operational and In-Service
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Nov 15

Honey Bucket (based in Puyallup, Washington) is a long-time pioneer in our industry. They're doing it again with electric trucks! Honey Bucket put...

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ELSAN Toilets 100 Year Anniversary (1924-2024)
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Nov 1

In London in the early 1920s, an entrepreneur named Ephraim Louis Jackson identified a need for indoor sanitation in these new areas where sewage...

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PSAI Welcomes New Broker to the Employee Health Benefit Plan
Posted In: For the Public,
Date posted Oct 22

Bona Vita Benefits Group is the new broker for the PSAI Employee Health Benefit Plan

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Help Create the 2024 Portable Sanitation Benchmark Report
Posted In: For the Public, Industry News,
Date posted Oct 22

Your input on the annual ServiceCore survey helps us better understand where the industry is heading and how we can support growth and success for...

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Portable Sanitation Was Essential to Building a Toronto Landmark
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Oct 21

A PSAI member provided the portable sanitation units during construction of the CN Tower—still the tallest structure in the western hemisphere

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What's Special about Toronto's Hard Rock Cafe?
Posted In: For the Public,
Date posted Oct 7

Where was the first expansion of the Hard Rock Café franchise—and the second location ever? Answer: Toronto

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Our Industry’s First Customer: Henry Kaiser, World War II Shipbuilder
Posted In: For the Public, Industry Artifacts,
Date posted Oct 7

We have all heard that our industry had its beginnings in the shipyards during World War II—but how did this happen?

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