After several months without one, we finally have a new scale at the Disposal Center of Jackson. The scale was broken and there were delays with getting a new one due to COVID. Shout out to our Jackson associates who went above and beyond to service our customers during this time using a less than ideal setup.

Veterans Day is November 11. Let's take this opportunity to recognize the following Granger associates for their service.

If we missed you, we apologize. Please let your supervisor or someone in the HR Department know so we can update our records.

Congratulations to the landfill and engineering staff on a job well done! We found out earlier this month that our latest landfill capping project, a 4.6-acre cap which was started in 2019 and finished this summer, was certified by the State of Michigan. A cap is installed in an area of the landfill that is considered full and that will no longer be available to accept trash. Landfill caps consist of several layers of materials and soil that form a protective barrier between landfill contents and the area outside the landfill.

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, Nov. 1-8, 2020, is a good time to remember that drowsy driving is impaired driving.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, about half of U.S. adult drivers admit to consistently getting behind the wheel while feeling drowsy. About 20% admit to falling asleep behind the wheel at some point in the past year, with more than 40% admitting this has happened at least once in their driving careers.

These startling figures show how prevalent drowsy driving is. What drivers may not realize is how much drowsy driving puts them and others at risk. In fact, an estimated 5,000 people died in 2015 in crashes involving drowsy driving, according to a Governors Highway Safety Association report.

Driving while drowsy is similar to driving under influence of alcohol. Consider these important points:

A driver might not even know when he or she is fatigued because signs of fatigue are hard to identify. Some people may also experience micro-sleep (short, involuntary periods of inattention). In the four or five seconds a driver experiences micro-sleep, at highway speed, the vehicle will travel the length of a football field.

The following are signs and symptoms of drowsy driving, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine:

Whether you're driving to or from work, running errands or if you're one of our driving associates who drives all day, please be sure you're getting enough sleep before you get behind the wheel. As you can see from the statistics in this article, driving while drowsy impairs you much more than you would think.

If your address changed this year, make sure to update the information with HR. For a number of reasons, it's very important that HR has your correct mailing address, especially as we get closer to sending out W-2 forms.

From time to time, Granger may auction off used items which are no longer needed. Details of items up for bid follow. To bid on any item, email your bid to Andrew Russ at [email protected] no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, November 6.

Please check out our openings and forward these links to any qualified candidates.