Career Recognition
We don't hear "Job well done" enough! That's why Waste and Recycling Workers Week is proud to celebrate your accomplishments with you. We know you're working hard each day to do your job safely and with pride. And while you don't work to get a pat on the back, it sure is nice when one comes along. Let us know when good things happen for you so we can all say "Good job!"
Celebrate and Congratulate our fellow Waste and Recycling Industry Co-Workers!
Congratulations Bill Wilkins! Bill accomplished Other Company Advanced Disposal Details of the Recognition As a full-service environmental services company, Advanced Disposal is ready and able to meet your waste collection needs. We provide collection, transfer, disposal and recycling operations to more than 202,000 commercial customers and 2.5 million residential customers throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, … Read more
Congratulations Robet Taylor! Robet accomplished Other Company Friedman Recycling Details of the Recognition The Friedman Recycling Companies exist to be the acknowledged leader in providing recycling, solid waste control, and secure data destruction services in the Southwest. For over 30 years, we have found new ways to recycle natural resources and control waste. From corporate … Read more
Congratulations Arnold Harvey! Arnold accomplished Good Samaritan Act Company Waste Management Details of the Recognition Arnold Harvey, who has worked with Waste Management for more than 25 years in the Gaithersburg, MD district, is far from your average trash hauler. In fact, some may just know him as a “tent angel.” Harvey, a U.S. Army … Read more
Congratulations Nathan Binnie! Nathan accomplished Good Samaritan Act Company Advanced Disposal Details of the Recognition In late 2014, Advanced Disposal garbage truck driver Nathan Binnie of Johnstown, PA, was collecting trash from a bin when he saw a small pair of eyes looking up at him. Those eyes belonged to a Collie-lab mix, now known … Read more
Congratulations Andy Perez Garcia! Andy accomplished Good Samaritan Act Company Waste Pro USA Details of the Recognition Andy Perez Garcia, a truck driver for Waste Pro USA, heard screaming while on his service route in Miramar, FL in December and quickly jumped to investigate what was happening. What Garcia found was a one-year-old boy named … Read more
Congratulations Micah Speir! Micah accomplished Good Samaritan Act Company Waste Management-Seattle Details of the Recognition Micah Speir, a Seattle-area garbage truck driver for Waste Management with a sharp eye, noticed a bank bag in a pile of trash while on his service route in November. Inside the bag was $12,000 in checks — and a … Read more
Congratulations Harvey Corrigan! Harvey accomplished Good Samaritan Act Company Advanced Disposal – Ferguson Township Details of the Recognition Harvey Corrigan, a truck driver for Advanced Disposal in Ferguson Township, PA, was picking up trash from a local Subway when he found a pickup truck stopped in the trafficway. Inside the truck, Corrigan found an unresponsive … Read more
Congratulations John Connerton! John accomplished Job Advancement Company Republic Services Details of the Recognition John Connerton — Operations Manager John has over 25 years of Solid Waste Industry experience in all lines of business, Commercial, Residential and Industrial Roll Off and Transfer Station Operations in Florida at Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) and Waste Management Inc., … Read more
Congratulations Kris Spilsbury! Kris accomplished Other Company Waste Management Details of the Recognition Earlier this month, Farmington police Officer Greg Ericksen and Kris Spilsbury, who works with Waste Management Corporate Security, trained 19 garbage truck drivers and two managers about how to identify suspicious behaviors, what type of activities to look for while traveling routes … Read more
Congratulations George Roby Dempster! George accomplished Other Company Dempster Details of the Recognition According to this history, garbage trucks began with horses pulling cars of stuff around. Then came modified versions of things like Ford Model Ts, which had only been around since 1908. These were way better than horses, but they were still little … Read more