January 24, 2012
We’ve all heard the same resolutions when January comes around – exercise more, eat healthy, save for retirement, etc. These are all important, but if you’re a city or county, these may not be very realistic goals. Last month, we saw a different kind of New Year’s resolution for some of our city and county customers – Recycle More!
July 05, 2011
April is an important month, because that is when many people across the globe devote their energy to being cleaner and greener – something Advanced Disposal does 12 months a year! Read about our beach cleanups, parties for the planet, how we're building a garden out of recyclables, and much more!
July 05, 2011
Our Birmingham location was paid a special visit by an honorary chairman recently. Patrick Hnizdil is a six-year-old boy with a passion for garbage and taking care of the environment. He was named Honorable Chairman of the Garbage Committee for the City of Chelsea, which is a new municipal contract for Advanced Disposal.
July 05, 2011
Last weekend, Advanced Disposal was a proud sponsor of both the Mercedes Marathon and Half-Marathon in Birmingham, Alabama and the National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer in Jacksonville and area beaches. Advanced Disposal provided garbage collection and recycling services for both weekend-long events, along with event boxes for recycling collection and to teach people about the importance of recycling. Between the two events, Advanced Disposal recycled more than 15,000 plastic bottles and aluminum cans, while supporting two large-scale community events.
July 05, 2011
CONGRTULATIONS, Morris Logan for being selected as Advanced Disposal’s 2010 Corporate Employee of the Year! Morris is Shop Supervisor at our St. Johns County, Florida facility and has been with Advanced Disposal since May 2004. Also, congratulations are in order for Fred Garrett and Charlie Keith for being selected as Advanced Disposal’s 2010 Good Samaritans of the Year! We are so proud of our top notch team!!
July 05, 2011
Thanks to Advanced Disposal, Florida State College at Jacksonville got a shiny new toy today – a 19-ton, rear-load solid waste collection truck. Chairman and CEO Charlie Appleby turned over the keys to a 32-yard 2000 MACK MR688S over to Florida Coast Career Tech, a division of Florida State College at Jacksonville, Heavy Truck and Diesel Technology program. The gift comes in time for the holidays and will provide much needed hydraulic and diesel training to students and potential Advanced Disposal employees.
July 05, 2011
In addition to giving thanks tomorrow at the dinner table, Advanced Disposal is also thanking everyone who contributed to our growth and success. While we all enjoy turkey, stuffing and pie, Advanced Disposal will enjoy an important milestone – our 10 year anniversary. In that time, Advanced Disposal has become a leading environmental services company.
July 05, 2011
HAPPY AMERICA RECYCLES DAY! Today is your chance to celebrate with us, as Advanced Disposal teams up with local communities to recognize a day dedicated to the promotion of recycling programs. America Recycles Day is one day to make recycling bigger and better 365 days a year.
July 05, 2011
A large percentage of our staff has served for the U.S. military, so Veterans Day holds a special place for the company. In fact, Charlie Appleby, Advanced Disposal’s CEO & Chairman retired in 2001 after 31 years of service to the U.S. Armed Forces. For the second year in a row Advanced Disposal is teaming up with local communities and Cell Phones for Soldiers to collect residents’ used cell phones in honor of Veterans Day. The proceeds from the recycled cell phones will provide soldiers serving overseas with prepaid calling cards to communicate with their families back home.
July 05, 2011
Driving safely is serious business at Advanced Disposal, and our facilities are using this week as an opportunity to reinforce the message of safe behavior while driving. How will you recognize this important week?
July 05, 2011
Advanced Disposal again sponsored this year’s Bike MS Cycle to the Shore by providing garbage and recycling services for the 150 mile bike ride that brought out more than 2,000 participants.
July 05, 2011
Mack Trucks recently approached Advanced Disposal to see if it could video our trucks in action for an upcoming Mack World Sales Conference. Of course we were happy to show off our trucks! Check out some photos from the shoot.
July 05, 2011
We all owe a big thanks to our top-notch safety and maintenance teams for keeping us all rockin’ and rollin’ day by day! After all, they have the mammoth job of keeping our 1,084 vehicles running smoothly, so Advanced Disposal can continue to service 159 city and county contracts, representing more than 753,000 residential customers and more than 45,500 commercial, industrial, construction and demolition customers.
July 05, 2011
During the assessment process to build an MSW landfill in Washington County, Alabama, we learned that the approved site for Turkey Trot Landfill was home to a large colony of gopher tortoises, a federallyprotected species. Respect for nature and the environment is critical to Advanced Disposal, and we go to great lengths to protect the environment in all our operations. We consulted with appropriate federal and state agencies and developed a course of action that created minimal impact to the land, the tortoises and the environment.
July 05, 2011
Advanced Disposal – Jacksonville recently supported the First Coast Invasives Working Group and Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens at their invasive plant removal cleanup. Like most of Florida, the Arboretum property has been invaded by plants such as the Chinese Tallow, Air Potato, and Cogon Grass that "take over" and crowd out other plants and therefore, must be controlled.
July 05, 2011
We saw it with Hurricane Katrina. And continue to learn it with the recent 500-Year Flood in Nashville and with the Gulf Coast oil disaster – planning for the unexpected can make all the difference when a disaster strikes. Learn how Advanced Disposal is helping with the cleanup efforts from the 500 Year Flood in Tennessee and Gulf Coast oil spill.
July 04, 2011
Recently, our Chairman and CEO Charlie Appleby, sat down with Christian Conte, staff writer with the Jacksonville Business Journal. Christian has taken note of the numerous acquisitions Advanced Disposal has announced in the last 6 months, and she wanted a deeper look into the company’s business model and plans for continued growth.
July 04, 2011
Everyone at Eagle Point Landfill is getting ready for Spring Fest 2010 taking place on Saturday, May 15 from 2 – 5 p.m. at Advanced Disposal’s Eagle Point Landfill. If you’re in the area please come out and join us! Support your school while having fun in the field, and you just might help your school win the $5,000 Grand Prize.
July 04, 2011
Today is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and we are celebrating big at Advanced Disposal! Here are a few things happening in and around our communities that we are taking part in to celebrate Earth Day. We have contests, new recycling bins, e-cycling events and even a Christmas tree thrown into the mix! Whatever you decide to do for Earth Day, your friends at Advanced Disposal thank you for your commitment to keeping your community clean and green!
July 04, 2011
Advanced Disposal was thrilled to be the title sponsor of Nease High School’s International Baccalaureate Program’s annual service project for the second year. On Saturday, about 200 freshman and sophomore students from Nease High School cleaned St. Johns County's entire 42-mile shoreline, supplied student-designed T-shirts for the volunteers and assisted with planning
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