Meridian Waste Names Donald Link as Corporate Controller

25-Year Accounting Veteran Leads Financials for
Growing Waste Company

GREENSBORO, Ga. – March 30, 2018: Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRDN) (“Meridian Waste” or the “Company”), an innovative technology and integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, is pleased to name Donald G. Link, as corporate controller, effective April 2. He will work from the new corporate location for the company’s waste operations in Greensboro, Ga.

“Don brings a breadth of experience and financial acumen from world renown companies in the construction, energy, automotive and aerospace industries,” said Wally Hall, COO of Meridian Waste. “His fresh perspective on the waste industry will undoubtedly help us achieve the innovation and growth plans we have for Meridian Waste.”

Link most recently served as vice president finance at Hawkeyepedershaab Concrete Technologies, a $60 million annual revenue company, where he completed purchase accounting activities following an acquisition and was responsible for all treasury functions. Prior to that post, Link spent seven years with Contech Engineered Solutions as vice president financial planning and analysis, where he directed the company’s $600 million overall financial planning, budgeting and sales data.

Link holds a bachelor’s degree from Clarion University with a concentration in accounting.

About Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc.
Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRDN) is a company defined by our commitment to servicing our customers with unwavering respect, fairness and care. We are focused on finding and implementing solutions for the resource needs and challenges of our customers with a fundamental objective to seek rewarding environmental solutions through technology and innovation. The technology division centers on creating community-based synergies through healthcare collaborations and software solutions. Our innovation division (http://attisinnovations.com) strives to create value from recovered resources, through advanced byproduct technologies and assets found in downstream production. Our waste services business is centered on residential and commercial waste collection and disposal. Currently, the company operates in St. Louis, Missouri and Richmond, Virginia servicing over 130,000 residential, commercial, industrial and governmental customers. In addition to a fleet of commercial, residential and roll off trucks, the Company operates three transfer stations, one recycling facility and three municipal solid waste landfills. For more information, visit www.MWSinc.com.

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