Roll off trash containers provide a way for large project managers to get all their trash collected and to the dumping facility safely. AMC Consolidated added this service to provide recycling and trash options to our clients.

A roll off trash container has four sides, but is open on the top. There is a door in the back that opens and closes. The truck gets its name from the fact that AMC Consolidated delivers the dumpster to your site and roll it off the semi in your yard, driveway, or project site.

Roll Off Trucks are used for:

• Construction projects
• Demolitions Remodeling
• Moving
• After a disasters i.e. natural, fires

You have the dumpster to fill level with the top of the container and depose of waste. When you have completed your project we collect the dumpster and we dispose of the waste according to regulations.

The guidelines for what you cannot put in the dumpster they are:

• Hazardous waste
• Chemicals
• Asbestos materials
• Any items that contain Freon
• Tires
• Liquids
• Electronics

Many times some projects are recyclable materials and AMC Consolidated ensures that these are disposed of in the proper locations for the least impact on the environment.

Please feel free to contact sales regarding your trash removal projects or questions. We will be happy to assist with your clean up projects.

Date: January 24, 2012

Contact: Luis Guerrero Owner

Ed Sales

Business: AMC Consolidated

Phone Number: 602-233-9800

Email: sales@amcconsolidated.com

Web Site: http://www.amcconsolidated.com

AMC Consolidated AMC Consolidated was purchased by IBS, Inc. in 1990. This mission was then established, “We work for you.” AMC Consolidated’s goal of high level of service at a reasonable price was set in place. The 1990’s brought about some changes for AMC Consolidated. The company began to look at how the company could reduce waste and increase recycling. These changes fit the mission protecting the environment and expanding their product line allowed for the customer to meet their needs at one location for wood products.

 The company added Roll-Off trash removal services. This fleet of trucks contains open top containers, over the road tractors, 48’ flat bed trailers, and 53’ dry vans. This allowed for our company to handle most materials from construction, landscaped, cardboard, paper, plastic etc. This increased our ability to encourage recycling and assist our customers with that need. This allowed for us to meet our second goal of recycling our products and giving our customers the option to recycle at a reasonable cost.

We began to recycle our wood products for use as landscaping mulch, playground covering, and trail covering. The allowed for us to continue to work for our customers they could obtain their wood shavings and mulch products at our location. This allowed us to meet our second goal of eliminating waste and reusing our products. This mulch is known throughout the Phoenix valley.

We have our products in development and school playgrounds, as well as numerous homes.

AMC Consolidated began creating and mixing our arena/horse bedding from new wood that was at the pallet yard. This allowed for us to expand our product line and increase our customer satisfaction with our variety of products. The bedding is found in many local boarding and arenas. This continued to allow us to work for our customers.

The new millennium brought about new opportunities with Peco Pallet. This increased our ability to work with our customers and increase our customer base. We began heat-treating pallets to meet international regulations. We currently have the only kiln in the Phoenix area for the sterilization meeting the IPPC international standard. We received minority owned business status. Pallets are our passion and we continue to provide quality pallets to our customers around the Phoenix area, U.S. and internationally.

We continue to find ways to ensure that our pallets meet the current guidelines, standards, and customer stratification. Our customers have provided us with the ability to continue to increase our product line and services. They continue to provide feedback and information that allows us to continue to improve our company and meet our mission, “we work for you our customers.” We would like to say thank you to our customers for making  AMC Consolidated a great company without your continued support we would still be only pallets. Please feel free to contact AMC Consolidated for further details.

AMC Consolidated has partnered with Peco Pallet, the red block pallets, for four years. Peco Pallet has seen continued growth and became a leader in the pallets pooling industry. The early 1990s found 18 independent pallet recyclers forming Peco Pallet in answer to the pallet monopoly held by an overseas company.

They began with supplying pallets to private label vendors and club stores. This allowed for efficiency and reduced costs. Peco Pallet became a strong competitor with quality customer service and products.

They grew through out the United States and began business in Mexico. They recently announced that they are expanding to Canada and continued expansion in the United States. They are looking to South America as their next area of expansion.

AMC Consolidated is currently the only depot for Peco Pallet in the state of Arizona. Peco Pallet has provided AMC Consolidated with expansion and growth. During 2011 Peco Pallet added 12-14 new customers thanks to our partnership we have seen continued growth.

Peco Pallet business is to work closely with manufacturers, distributors, and depots to provide new innovation regarding products, costs, and usability. Partnering with all sides of the pallet business Peco Pallet has continued to be an industry leader in blocked pallets. They have a 95% service rating score because they listen to all partners in the industry and respond within 24 hours to any issues that arise. This response time coupled with identify the root causes and taking the necessary steps to ensure the issue does not happen again allows Peco Pallet to be unmatched in the pallet industry.

AMC Consolidated enjoys the partnership with Peco Pallet because of their response time, quality customer service, and being an industry leader. This partnership has provided our company with the opportunity to build trusting relationships with our customers and work with an industry leader that will be a worldwide provider of pallets.

Uploaded: October 25, 2011

Contact: Luis Guerrero, Ed Soto

Business: AMC Consolidated

Phone Number: 1-602-233-9800

Email: sales@amcconsolidated.com

Web Site: http://www.amcconsolidated.com

      Green living has been a hot topic for over a decade now. Many companies and individuals have started thinking more about what they buy with regards to packaging, recycled materials used, and companies that support recycling. Some interesting facts about the every day products we use:

• 80,000,000 Hershey’ Kisses are wrapped each day enough to cover 40 football fields
• 1 quart of oil can contaminated 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water
• A typical family uses 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water per year
• Motor Oil never wears out it just gets dirty

AMC Consolidated developed their company with the principle of recycling and reducing waste. This offers a better use of our products, employees’ time, cost savings, and the environment over all.  The amount of waste produced affects the planets soil, fresh and salt water, and the air.  It is important that we work together to do what we can when it comes to recycling. Many products can be taken to recycling centers in your area. Paper recycling can be done in Phoenix at International Paper. They have four locations in the Phoenix area for paper recycling. Metal recycling can be handled at Metal Management of Arizona.

Reducing, reusing, and recycling provides:

• Protection
• Expands jobs
• Saves Energy
• Conserves Natural Resources
• Decreases pollution
• Reduces Cost

There are many products that cannot be recycled with our recycled trash and need to be taken to a specific center hazardous waste center. At these centers they can handle items like batteries, electronics, paint, light bulbs, fluorescent, adhesives, motor oil etc. Please check your local waste management company for a listing of household hazardous waste.

For further information regarding recycling or local centers see your local waste management company. In the Phoenix area you can contact AMC Consolidated or Phoenix Public works for further details.

Contact: Luis Guerrero, Ed Soto

Business: AMC Consolidated

Phone Number: 1-602-233-9800

Email: sales@amcconsolidated.com

Web Site: http://www.amcconsolidated.com

Horse and arena owners have many choices when it comes to bedding for their horses’ stalls. Wood chip bedding can provide many positive results for horses.

¨     High Absorbency this allows for less bacterial growth and keeps ammonia lower

¨     Processed wood provides clean and dust-free chips without toxics or causing respiratory issues

¨     Reduces the amount of stall maintenance, but remember to clean stall daily for the health of the horse(s).

¨     Provides traction in the stall for the horse(s)

¨     Eliminates spores and dust often found in other forms of stall and arena bedding

¨     Keeps the number of flies down

¨     Lowers hydro carbons diminishing hives and coughing

¨     More economical because you use less

Providing quality bedding for your horse(s) can eliminate many health and safety issues for your horse(s).  It is important that a horses’ stall be cleaned of soiled bedding at least once a day.  This allows for a good place for the horse to bed, safety, and keeps bacteria growth down.

To clean your horse’s stall do the following:

¨     Make sure you have your equipment – shovel, wheelbarrow, and pitch fork

¨     Clear solid and wet waste from stall with shovel

¨     Move the remaining clean bedding to the side of the stall

¨     Sweep the floor clear with the pitch fork

¨     Clear the bedding of the walls of the stall

¨     Keep a high bank around the sides of the stall for warmth

¨     Empty the wheelbarrow contents in the waste pile

¨     Clean wheelbarrow thoroughly

¨     Add clean bedding to wheelbarrow and cover floor until you cannot feel through the bedding to the floor

¨     Clean all water buckets and provide clean fresh water

¨     Provide fresh hay in rack

For further information regarding quality stall bedding you can contact AMC Consolidated for further details.

Mulch is a protective covering that allows for vibrant finished appearance, and imitates the ground covering found in a forest. Mulch is one of the most beneficial materials you can do to your soil and plants.  Besides the items above mulch provides the following:

• Seed germination reduction
• Soil temperature regulation
• Assists with reduction of weeds
• Provides fertilize
• Encourages growth of beneficial soil organisms  such as worms their feces is one of the best fertilizers, soil conditioners, and they till the soul
• Keeps soil off plants especially during rain preventing crusting on plants
• Increases water absorption
• Improves soil nutrients and structure for plants
• Beautifies trails, playgrounds, and gardens with contrasting coloration
• Decomposing bark mulch does not use soil nitrates

Bark mulch once in place will last for years and is inexpensive with high benefits. When installing the bark it is best to layer two to three inches thick. Each season that mulch is applied will provide different benefits. Winter/early spring it will act as a slow insulator. Mid-summer will help maintain the highest soil temps into late fall. The best time to apply bark mulch is late spring or early summer. This provides best results because soil temperature is high and plants are well established after winter or planting.  The will provide the best coverage and provide the best benefits for your garden.

For further information you can contact AMC Consolidated or your local mulching company for further details.

The International Plant Protection Convention oversees the introduction, spread, and prevention of non-native plants, pest, and plant products. This organization created a raw wood packaging requirement for international shipment of products. One regulation developed is ISMP 15 international shipment of wood packaging material.

This regulation protects the spread and introduction of pest internationally. The difficulty of tracing the wood product because of recycling, re-used, or re-manufactured make it difficult to ensure the product is clear of all pests.

All pallets or skids must be phytosanitized to reduce the risk of introduction and/or spread of quarantine pests that can travel on wood pallets/skids. This process includes heat-treating all dry wood pallets for international use. This process eliminated bag bleed, mold, and insect infestation. Heat/Kiln treating are environmentally friendly treatments and makes the pallets lighter and stronger. When heat-treating the minimum requirement is:

• Minimum wood core temperature 56⁰C
• Pallet or Skid must be heat 30 minutes
• Kiln Drying is an acceptable way to heat-treat
• Methyl Bromide should be less than 10⁰ C
• Exposure for Methyl Bromide treatment can be no less than 24 Hours

All wood pallets or skids treated for international shipment must be stamped with a specific symbol to represent the treatment of wood.

Treating the wood pallets or skids eliminates the following insects and pest groups:

• Anobiidae
• Bostrichidae
• Buprestidae
• Cerambycidae
• Curculionidae
• Isoptera
• Lyctidae
• Oedemeridae
• Scolytidae
• Siricidae
• Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus

The following organization requires heat-treating and kilning dry pallets, European Union (EU), American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), and National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA).

When purchasing or receiving your pallets internationally look for the stamp that ensures your pallets meet the ISMP 15 requirements for treating pests and any certifications from organizations like, ALSC to ensure you are meeting all standards. To keep costs low and ensure pallets are meeting standards ask the pallet company if they are treating their pallets on site.

Please feel free to contact us regarding any questions or further information you may have about your international pallets and ISMP 15.

Company: AMC Consolidated

Phone Number: 602-233-9800

Email: contactus@amcconsolidated.com

Web Site: http://www.amcconsolidated.com

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Ordering Pallets

Things to consider when purchasing pallets

• Pallet delivery address.
• How will the pallets be unloaded: Dock or Ground (Flatbed or Van Trailer)
• What is the minimum quantity per order for this size pallet?
• How often is this quantity ordered?
• Pallet type requested: New, Recycled Or Either

 Pallet Parts and Style for Correct Ordering

Pallet Length (stringer)
Pallet Width (boards)
Entry Style	2 way (no notches in stringer) 4 way Either
Deckboard Style	Flush Single Wing Double Wing Any Style
Pallet Style	Stringer Style Block Style Either

• Approximate Maximum Total Weight to be placed on pallet.
• If you have a special service request: export or pallet disposal needs.
• AMC has the capabilities to heat treat and kiln dry pallets, processes necessary to prepare pallets for international use.
• Kiln drying and heat-treating are the most environmentally safe methods used in the treatment of wood pallets.

If you do not know your exact pallet specs answer these questions:

If you do know your pallet specifications, these questions may be optional

• Pallet Jackable: Yes or No
• Minimum Thickness of Deckboards.
• Maximum Spacing Between Top Deckboards.
• If 48″ by 40″ Reconditioned 4-way, Specify Grade: (1 or A, 2 or B, 3 or C)
• Will Pallet be used in Racking System? Yes or No
• Describe Products to be placed on Pallets.
• Will Pallets Containing Product be Double or Triple Stacked? Yes or No

You should know the following information if you do know the exact pallet specifications:

Stringer Information	Stringer Length Stringer Width Stringer Height Number of Stringers Wood Type: (Mixed Hardwood, Softwood, Solid Oak or least expensive.)
If pallet is notched	Notch Length Notch Depth Notch Location
Top Deckboard Information	Top Lead Board Length Width Thickness Wood Type: Mixed Hardwood, Softwood, Solid Oak or least expensive.
	Top Inner Board Length Width Thickness Wood Type: Mixed Hardwood, Softwood, Solid Oak or least expensive. Number of Top Inner Boards If Wing, Length of Wing If Top Deckboards are not evenly spaced, describe spacing
Bottom Deckboard Information	Bottom Lead Board Length Width Thickness Wood Type: Mixed Hardwood, Softwood, Solid Oak or least expensive.
	Bottom Inner Board Length Width Thickness Wood Type: Mixed Hardwood, Softwood, Solid Oak or least expensive. Number of Bottom Inner Boards If Wing, Length of Wing If you know your exact fastener size (nail/staple) please describe.

Please feel free to contact AMC Consolidated regarding you pallet needs or questions.

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