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Puneet Bhasin, WM former CIO Leads New Garbage Truck Technology Waste Management’s Puneet Bhasin was promoted above the chief information officer role earlier this year without a successor named. He became Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations and President of Waste Management Recycle America. Two of the company’s vice presidents are jointly running IT, reporting to the chief financial … Read more
Read the ArticleWaste Industries is donating $10,000 to the Veterans Leadership Council of North Carolina – Cares (VLC) in support of its project to build the Veterans Life Center. Waste Industries will make the presentation to the Veterans Leadership Council at the Waste Industries Corporate office on September 15, 2015 at 10:30 AM, RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 14, 2015 … Read more
Read the ArticleAlpine Waste and Recycling is a competitor of Waste Management throughout Colorado. Alpine Waste and Recycling has invested in equipment that will allow for Styrofoam recycling and expanded the capacity of its Denver recycling plant, more than doubling its ability to process single-stream recycling material “Alpine Waste and Recycling has invested in the future of recycling,” … Read more
Read the ArticleAnother man’s trash is Robin Nagle’s treasure. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/09/07/nyu-professor-sanitation-worker/ As CBS2’s Andrea Grymes reported, Nagle is the New York Sanitation Department’s very own anthropologist-in-residence — and for several months, a garbage woman. Back in the 1800s, when the department first formed, three-quarters of what it picked up went into the Atlantic Ocean. Now, workers … Read more
Read the ArticleDespite rain, snow, 100-degree heat, wind and the occasional wild animal, Fernando Mendiola enjoys working outside. “You are not enclosed into one little area like if you worked in an office,” the city of Salina sanitation worker said. Mendiola, who’s been on the job four years, said he’s seen just about everything in the … Read more
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Truck / Vehicle The TL-3 Lightning Loader® is the industry leading knuckleboom grapple truck. With a multitude of standard and available options, the TL-3 Lightning Loader® can be custom manufactured to fit any need. The TL-3 uses a hydraulically actuated knuckleboom with a single cylinder bucket and manifold block to keep hoses out of work … Read more
Read the ArticleWesley Baumeister Company: High Lakes Sanitation, Inc Years of Service: 7 Comments: Our prayers are with his family and friends. We will not forget you, Wesley Baumeister. Together, let’s honor the memory of the men and women who have served by our side. Whether on the garbage trucks, delivering portable sanitation units, or working in … Read more
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Frank Musella Company: NYC Sanitation Years of Service: 9 Comments: “I lost my love, my friend, my life, my heart,” said his wife on a post to her public Facebook page. “I lost my other half, the one I was supposed to grow old with! My Love My Husband, HOW DO I GO ON WITHOUT … Read more
Read the ArticleGary Soto Company: Kekaha Landfill on Kauai Years of Service: 6 Comments: He as a long time friend and he will truly be missed. R.I.P. We will not forget you, Gary Soto. Together, let’s honor the memory of the men and women who have served by our side. Whether on the garbage trucks, delivering … Read more
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