News & Updates
We appreciate our customers glad we could make this little guys day!
Take a look inside one of our Safety Training sessions with our drivers. We are deeply committed to safety to protect our drivers, customers, and communities. Waste and Recycling Workers Week along with SWANA support all safety programs. Slow Down to Get Around (SDTGA) is a national safety campaign that reminds motorists to drive more carefully … Read more
We take pride in celebrating the waste and recycling workers who work hard every day to keep our communities clean and safe. Show your friends how much you appreciate your friendly, neighborhood garbage man or woman by updating your Facebook profile picture for Waste and Recycling Workers Week. We Make Celebrating Easy We created a … Read more
Republic Services recently partnered with Aubrey S. and Westfield Middle School in Roselle, Illinois for a class project to assist the Roselle community with recycling. Aubrey helped clean up Parkside Park and was key in orchestrating the donation of four new recycling bins by Republic Services. Great job, Aubrey!
Thank you to everyone who entered to win free Waste and Recycling Workers Week shirts for your teams. We had so many great submissions from waste & recycling companies and municipal sanitation departments that we couldn’t pick just one! Also a big “Thank You!” to our friends at WasteExpo 2019 where our winners were first … Read more
Tweets by SWANA
A Phoenix-based waste management firm has made some key changes in its C-suite. Republic Services Inc. (NYSE: RSG) this week promoted Jon Vander Ark to president. He previously served as the company’s chief operating officer since Jan. 1, 2018. Timothy Stuart replaced Vander Ark in the COO role. Most recently, Stuart served as executive vice president, operations. With … Read more
Waste and Recycling Workers Week offered lanyard stickers in efforts to honor the men and women that keep our cities Safe and Clean. Credit, #WasteExpo #NGMD , volunteer S. Goode
This month we’d like to highlight Brother Rosty Beltran from California Waste Solutions in San Jose. Brother Beltran has been a member with the Teamsters since 1994, and transferred into Teamsters Local 350 back in 1999. Throughout the years, the company logo on his uniform may have changed but his dedication and service never faltered. … Read more
IMPROVING your company’s safety record – and your BOTTOM LINE! HOW DOES JOHNNY JAWS WORK? Johnny Jaws’ patented technology engages the rear-load containers at their strongest points, where the sides, front, top and trunnion all come together. See picture below. This area is stronger than the location used in traditional dumping because it is closer to the weldment of the gussets, trunnion … Read more