News & Updates

Rumpke Waste & Recycling opens new maintenance facility

Rumpke officially opened our new maintenance facility in Colerain Township, Ohio, today. The 77,000 sq. ft. building houses a tire shop and welding and painting operations, along with 50 team members currently. We are looking to add more employees in the near future!

Arwood Waste Honors Greg Brown as Best Roll-Off Driver in Florida

The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) announced its 2018 Drivers of the Year and Operator of the Year winners March 9. The awards recognize an operator and the drivers from member companies who put safety as their top priority. “Safety is a core value at NWRA and for our members. Our members and their employees are … Read more

Waste Connections Chairman’s Club – 2017

From the Horse-Drawn Cart to the Computer Age – Waste Material Trucking Company, Inc.

Much has transpired since 1937! The company’s business footprint has changed dramatically over these 8 decades. 1937 From the 1930’s through the 1950’s, many Plainville residents burned trash in their own backyards in homemade incinerators. Mr. Thaddeus Zommer, an enterprising immigrant from Poland, was a pig farmer who owned land off North Washington Street. In … Read more

Full Circle Project – Waste Industries

Charity and Donations Made Easy Through Waste Industries The Full Circle Project is a way for us at Waste Industries to change the way we handle our charitable giving efforts. We have always believed that giving back to the communities we service is essential to building a better place for everyone to live. Since our … Read more

Flood Brothers Disposal – Iris Parade

We are getting ready for the Northwest Side Irish Parade on Northwest Highway. We will see you out there! #FloodBrothersDisposal #NWSI  

Jake is a senior at Northbrook High School and he loves WCA Waste

We would like to send a special thank you to Jake Davidson of Houston, TX. Jake is a senior at Northbrook High School and he loves WCA and the waste & recycling business. We had a fun time showing Jake our facility and the big CNG collection trucks. Jake graduates on May 26. Keep up … Read more

Phoenix, Garbage Man Saves Family from House Fire

A family is thankful to a passerby who saw flames shooting up from the backyard of a west Phoenix home. The family inside didn’t have a clue about the fire outside. The hero is Scott O’Connor, who was driving by in his garbage truck when he saw the flames. “The fire was starting on the … Read more

Locally owned and operated since 1985, Zanker Recycling

Locally owned and operated since 1985, Zanker Recycling and our sister company, Greenwaste Recovery, have continually pushed the boundaries of traditional recycling technology to redefine our communities’ expectations of us as collectors and processors. By treating the “waste” we manage as a commodity, we continually strive to increase the recycling rates in our processing facilities by … Read more

City of Tillamook Waste and Recycling Workers Week ,Proclamation

Tillamook Mayor Weber and the City Council have issued a proclamation in recognition of National Garbage May Day on June 17, 2017 and have asked citizens to express their gratitude for the service provided by the men and women in the sanitation workforce in the community. Those who work in the sanitation industry provide a … Read more