Community Happenings

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

Meridian Waste, an integrated announced today it closed on the purchase of Eco Waste Services, Inc., in the greater Greenville, S.C., marketplace.  

The acquired assets from Eco Waste Services include a hauling facility located at 512 Hood Rd. in Powdersville, S.C., and commercial contracts in Anderson, Cherokee, Laurens, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg counties. In addition to waste and recycling collection, the acquisition includes new construction site service lines of business for Meridian Waste with portable restrooms, temporary fencing, portable storage, and portable offices.

The Touch-A-Truck event for East Wake Education Foundation at Shotwell Landfill. Families and students were welcomed to Shotwell C&D Landfill for a Touch-A-Truck event.

An American Bald Eagle was spotted atop Eagle Ridge Landfill in Bowling Green, Mo. 

And the "Brightening the World" Coloring Contest Winners Are...
In the category of age five to seven: Siddharth Pradeep of Princeton, N.J.
And in the category of eight to 10: Lily Behe of Webster, N.Y.

Happy Earth Day 2021!

Even a year ago, a drive-thru Easter Basket event wasn't in the realm of possibility. But with the teamwork, vision, and partnerhship of the East Wake Education Foundation, it was a Springtime 2021 Success!

Lunenburg County, Virginia, residents participated in their second Recycle Right event held on April 17, 2021. 

On April 16, Meridian Waste Missouri sponsored the hole-in-one contest at the Chip In for Charity golf tournament benefitting Emmaus Homes. 

Meridian Waste is proud to be selected as the solid waste and recycling provider for Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.