Waste Industries
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| Waste Industries | |
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| Type | Public / Private |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Slogan | Welcome to a Cleaner World! |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, NC |
| Number of employees | 1600 |
Waste Industries is a provider of non-hazardous solid waste and recycling collection, transfer, and disposal services to the southeast United States. The company has over 1.6 million service points today and has continued to grow since it's creation in 1970.
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History
Waste Industries was created as a waste management company in 1970 by Lonnie Poole Jr. in Ohio. Shortly after it's creation Lonnie Poole would move the company to Raleigh, NC where he went to college at. The company would later grow, becoming publically owned, then private again.
As of 2014, the company was valued at $570 million with over 1600 employees.
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| August 08, 2022 | Earthjustice | US Ecology received and failed to report more that 11 million pounds of PFAS waste to @EPA. Reporting laws cannot… https://t.co/CyWaVdfMkG |
| July 30, 2022 | FEhrsam | There is a common pattern in new industries to seek acceptance from the current establishment to bootstrap credibil… https://t.co/VUSivakOYS |
| August 15, 2022 | Farah_Arch | How can the waste and AEC industries work together to address waste management? Check out my article via… https://t.co/5IAhmuh4U9 |
| August 15, 2022 | CurioLv | Curio is focused on commercializing the case for a closed fuel cycle with #nuclear waste recycling. Curio’s NuCycle… https://t.co/djMewqbk2E |
| August 15, 2022 | ymrgf | @messylife @hordearius @RSM5013 @TotallyNotBrit @allllcaps @___JaneDough___ Doubtful. Even with faux leather indust… https://t.co/F4xJJ2TATt |
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