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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| March 27, 2023 | BernieSpofforth | NET ZERO CON - Councils in the U.K. are to roll out 7 different recycling bins. So you do the waste industries job… https://t.co/nNwqZDdAHR |
| March 29, 2023 | Ed_Miliband | Absolutely shameful. The Government's official 'Green Day' policy is now Wake Me Up When September Ends. As other… https://t.co/YFRKU5enE9 |
| April 01, 2023 | RDA_AHFKI | GRANT: Recycling Infrastructure Program | Green Industries SA
FUNDS: $25k-$500k CLOSES: 11 APR 2023 AIM: to help… https://t.co/ZETD1WbYXo |
| April 01, 2023 | LucasandMe123 | @BocaTrumpette @RenzTom The fish are the recipients of the run off from the medical, agricultural, textile, chemica… https://t.co/NwtWrkJHYn |
| April 01, 2023 | AurigenZA | @BagalueSunab We have grown our industries into waste producing monsters. High-tech is not helping. Solution for a… https://t.co/SGDiKyH06B |
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