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Garbage Men & Women Doing Good in the Community
Here you will find a selection of our stories from the communities we serve and the environmental heroes who are part of the Meridian Waste team.
Meridian Waste held a team member hiring event at its hauling operations facility located at 2078 Lane Avenue North in Jacksonville, FL on Saturday, August 26 with 122 candidates for commercial driver's license (CDL) drivers, helpers, mechanics, and dispatch positions.
Meridian Waste has provided financial and employee training with $15,700 and 113 hours, respectively, to upgrade and protect its team members with the installation and personnel training of automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) first aid training in all company operating locations. Meridian Waste places great importance on the safety and health of the company's most vital assets, its people.
Golden Retriever puppy, Harvey Messinger (pictured at eleven (11) weeks old) pouts as his dad, Patrick Messinger, now Area President - North Carolina, prepares for work at Meridian Waste.
Today, we bid a fond farewell to Conor Walsh who has served Meridian Waste HQ as our 2022-2023 Intern. Conor will be enjoying a few more weeks of summer prior to attending Harvard University as a Freshman and Harvard football team player starting in August 2023.
On June 27th, Kevin received his Shout Out certificate from Joe Gustaf, General Manager and Director - Landfill Operations among his peers at Meridian Waste’s Lunenburg Landfill. The Shout Out by Pam B., a resident of Lunenburg County, read, “Kevin Woodard is a hard worker and a good driver for the company.”
Meridian Waste announces the promotion of Cooper Tharp to site manager at Shotwell Environmental Park. Tharp’s three years with Meridian Waste have progressively increased with site responsibility and compliance knowledge, first as a heavy equipment operator to landfill supervisor, and most recently to site manager.
Ashleigh Garnes, General Manager - Blue Ridge Hauling & MRF Operations, flanked by Chief Operating Officer -Dave Lavender (left) and Vice President of Operations - Charlie Gray (right) pose for a photo at WasteExpo 5/2/2023 upon receipt of Ashleigh’s 40 Under 40 Award from Waste 360 for expemplary operational efficiencies and community involvement efforts in her market area of Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia.
With a background in sales, Ashleigh Garnes, a five-year employee with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Meridian Waste, taps into her people skills to manage her region and establish a customer service culture across Meridian’s Blue Ridge, Virginia, operations.
She shares more about her work at Meridian Waste in an interview with Waste Today Magazine.
The Meridian Waste - Auxiliary Services Team attended this past weekend’s Wedding Expo in Raleigh, NC to show off our event restroom trailer.
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