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Second Lunenburg Landfill Fall Fest A Success

October 31, 2022

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Second Lunenburg Landfill Fall Fest A Success

BBQ, Games, and a Giant Pumpkin Make Lunenburg Landfill Fall Fun Fest A Smashing Success

Lunenburg County, Va. - (October 31, 2022) – Meridian Waste, an integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, and its Lunenburg Landfill at 45 Landfill Road, celebrated the second Fall Fun Fest on Saturday, October 29, with 170 members of the community.

The Lunenburg Landfill Fall Fun Fest was the second event of its kind, providing a free lunch, inflatable games, a bounce house, and pumpkin and face painting for the community.

“We are so pleased that many of our friends and neighbors came out to enjoy a beautiful, sunny October day, with games, Truck-or-Treating, and a BBQ,” said General Manager Joe Gustaf. “It was our pleasure to host this event for the community and to show off our clean and green disposal facility. We featured narrated hayride tours emphasizing the many steps the company takes to protect and enhance the natural environment, “ said Gustaf.

In addition to meeting and exceeding state and federal environmental regulations, the Lunenburg Landfill has broken ground on a gas-to-clean-energy program converting landfill gasses and processing them into usable energy to power vehicles and homes as renewable natural gas. The clean energy project is expected to be completed in Fall 2023.

MORE INFORMATION: For more information about Meridian Waste’s services in Virginia, visit https://www.MeridianWaste.com/VA/.

PHOTO 1: The Meridian Waste Virginia team from the Petersburg and Lunenburg facilities. Pictured left to right are Angie Dawn Carpenter, Karen Streat with her spouse pictured on the right, William Vaughan and family, and Meridian Waste Area President Tim Webb.

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PHOTO 2: Fall Fest attendees posing at the photo booth.

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PHOTO 3: Fall Fest attendees enjoyed a hayride tour of the landfill, showcasing the clean grounds while viewing an active landfill cell and spotting wildlife along the way.

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PHOTO 4: Winner of the 65-inch flat-screen television. Left to right are Joe Gustaf, Sarah Evans and her husband (drawing winners), and Landfill Site Manager Josh Gustaf.

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About Meridian Waste:

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Meridian Waste is a company defined by its commitment to servicing its customers, caring for and engaging its employees, and generating financial value for its shareholders while delivering a clean and healthy community. The company’s core waste business is centered on residential, commercial, and industrial non-hazardous waste collection and disposal. Currently, the company operates in Northeast Fla., St. Louis, Mo., Goldston, N.C., Raleigh, N.C., Greenville, S.C., Knoxville, Tenn., Blacksburg, Va., Harrisonburg, Va., and Richmond, Va., servicing more than 205,796 residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers. In addition to a fleet of commercial, residential, and roll-off trucks, the company operates 13 hauling companies, six transfer stations/materials recycling facilities (MRFs), two municipal solid waste landfills, and three C&D landfills in which 812,524 tons of waste are safely disposed of annually. For more information, visit MeridianWaste.com.

Released Oct 31, 2022

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