Oakland County NoHaz Collections Could Top 5 Million Pounds as Grade School Poster Contest Kicks Off for 2017 North Oakland County’s NoHaz communities will likely top 5 million pounds of household hazardous waste amassed and properly disposed of since 2003 after completing their first collection date in April 2017. The NoHaz program has collected more than 4.9 million pounds of items commonly found around the house such as latex and oil-based paints, motor oil, pesticides and outdated … [Read more...]
OU Engineering Students Work with Independence Twp. on Lean Project
February 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Oakland University ISE Graduate Students Work on Lean Project with Independence Township Master’s students from Oakland University’s Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department worked with Independence Township officials to help improve the township’s rental facilities reservations process. The project was part of the ISE Department’s Lean Principles and Applications course and helped identify a potential savings of $14,000 per year for taxpayers. “Most people think of lean as … [Read more...]
