Community Happenings

Meridian Waste celebrated its frontline workers during Waste & Recycling Workers Week, celebrated during National Safety Month in June. 

Meridian Waste has over 400 employees and operates in seven states with 23 facilities. Essential services provided by the Company range from residential waste and recycling hauling and operating transfer stations and landfills.

All employees who drive a vehicle for, or on behalf of, Meridian Waste are required to comply with federal and local laws and will utilize the seat belt assembly installed in their vehicle. 

Safety is the number one priority at Meridian Waste. Our goal is to be the leader in safety and health and ultimately achieve zero accidents and zero injuries. The personal safety of each employee and every member of the communities in which we live and operate is vital to us.\

Slow Down to Get Around! Reminder to motorists to drive more carefully when near waste and recycling collection vehicles. By slowing down, drivers protect themselves, the waste and recycling collection workers and other motorists.

At Meridian Waste, the word SAFETY is a verb. Much to the mortification of my elementary school English teacher, I want all of our team members to embrace SAFETY as an action—something we DO every day with every task to ensure you protect your body, your health, and those of your peers, customers, and the greater community.

Meridian Waste Knoxville gets a new truck. 

Our Touch-A-Truck event touched a few hearts!

Meridian Waste Missouri brought a big rig to the Moscow Mills 1820’s Days On Main Street Festival as part of the State of Missouri’s Bicentennial celebration.

Meridian Waste Virginia's Petersburg Team talked trash at the Tri Cities Home & Garden Show May 21 & 22. 

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement for-impact organization, has announced the summary of its 2020 study on litter in America.

Key findings include:

• Nearly 50 billion pieces of litter along U.S. roadways and waterways
• Slightly more litter along waterways (25.9B) than roadways (23.7B)
• 152 items for each U.S. resident
• More than 2,000 pieces of litter per mile (both roadway and waterway)
• 90% of people surveyed believe litter is a problem in their state
• 6 billion pieces more than 4 inches in size
• Most littered item remains cigarette butts, but this litter is down almost 70%
• 207.1M PPE items littered