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Pete catches up with Ryan Granger from Acadian Sanitation in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Ryan launched Acadian Sanitation in November 2019 with 25 toilets and recently purchased  25 more.  He talked with Pete about how he started the business, the challenges he faced, his business strategy and his hopes for the future.  Over the course of the conversation, Ryan and Pete share experie...

This week, Pete asks how many toilets a sanitation driver can clean each day and thinks about the variables that determine a daily workload. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording more great content. Use the...

Pete talks to a recruitment agent about how to find new staff and jumps in a truck for a ride-along with a new sanitation driver. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording more great content. Use the SUPPORT OUR SHOW...

Pete looks at toilet paper and asks why it is perhaps the most overlooked part of the portable sanitation system. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording more great content. Use the SUPPORT OUR SHOW button on our h...

Host Pete talks with Tina Stinnett from Sunrise Environmental and David Pipkin from Portaclear about how best to deal with Uric Scale. To find out more about the products discussed in this episode: Scale X click HERE or email  tina@sunrisenv.com   Portaclear click HERE or email info@portaclear.com   If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider ma...

Pete talks to David Pipkin about his product Portaclear, which aims to set new standards in odour elimination. Visit www.portaclear.com  to learn more about this product. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recordin...

Pete discusses the chemicals used to treat portable toilets with Odour Control specialist Tonya Ray from Surco Portable Toilet Products.  Tonya makes a great offer for anyone wanting to try Surco products.  Visit www.surco.com  to learn more. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations ar...

Pete talks about vacuum pumps, holding tanks and sanitation hose and thinks about some of the challenges that come with removing, transporting and discharging liquid waste. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording m...

Pete assembles a plastic portable toilet cabin and explores what happens when portable toilets reach the end of their working life.   If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording more great content. Use the SUPPORT...

Host Pete examines the rules for handling septic waste and joins a local sanitation driver on site to see what happens when portable toilets are cleaned. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording more great content....

Pete considers the steps needed to launch and run a portable toilet business and looks at the sanitation market through the eyes of a local provider. Visit www.abcgroup.co.nz  to learn more about this week's guest. Check out Les The Night Cart Man article about Andre's grandfather on Radio NZ (skip to 41m 25s).

Pete discusses the history, design, manufacture and assembly of individual portable toilets and their modern plastic cabins. If you enjoy Get Flushed and would like to support the show, please consider making a donation to help cover our costs.  All donations are welcome - however large or small - and every cent will help us continue recording more great content. Use the Paypal button on our...