Community Happenings

WFXR-TV Visited with Meridian Waste and the Agape Center of the NRV to check in on the success of the "Fill a 40" food drive.

Meridian Waste, has kicked off Thanksgiving week by spreading joy through the Gifting of the Turkeys community initiative. Neighbors who live adjacent to the company's landfills will receive free holiday food provisions throughout the organization's operational footprint. 

Across the four U.S. states which serve as home to Meridian Waste landfills, 94 turkeys were delivered to neighbors. Recipients received a postcard in November about the kind gesture for planning holiday meals.

- Annual Gifting of the Turkeys for the Neighbors of the Eagle Ridge Landfill & Thanksgiving Meal Donations to Disadvantaged Families- 

Meridian Waste Missouri, LLC, a subsidiary ofMeridian Waste, an integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, has kicked off Thanksgiving week with two community efforts to give thanks for the greater Pike County community:  1)  the Gifting of the Turkeys to Eagle Ridge Landfill immediate neighbors and 2) the company’s annual Thanksgiving partnership with the North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) Pike County to share a full Thanksgiving dinner with families in need.

Residential solid waste collection for Charlton County, Ga., Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. The dawn of a new day started with a brand-new auto side loader truck.

Meridian Waste & Eagle Ridge Landfill present their quarterly host fee payment to the Pike County, MO Commissioners as an early Halloween treat.  

Meridian Waste Virginia, LLC, held its first annual Recycle Right event in Lunenburg County, Va. 

The first annual Recycle Right Drop-Off event was created for the residents of Lunenburg County, their involvement in recycling, and to understand how to recycle. The event was held on Saturday, October 10, at Central High School. 

Washed Ashore builds and exhibits aesthetically powerful art to educate a global audience about plastic pollution in the ocean and waterways and spark positive changes in consumer habits.

Meridian Waste North Carolina hosted its first of five (5) Saturdays in a row introducing its one-of-a-kind charity pumpkin patch at its Shotwell Landfill facility in Wendell, NC. Besides raising monies and doing good for local charities, the event showcases that even the unexpected can be fun, educational, and very “cool” for kids of all ages including those simply young at heart.

The City of Wentzville held its biannual Large Item Pick-Up event from September 28 through October 2, and Eolia had a biannual Weekend Clean-Up from October 3 until October 4. With the two collection events, a total of 251.13 tons of bulk waste was collected. The Village of Eolia purged 6.65 tons (or 13,300 lbs.), and Wentzville banished 244.48 tons (or 488,960 lbs.) of bulk waste from their homes.