operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company.
It provides waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services to residential, commercial, and industrial service locations in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida.
The company operates transfer stations, which receive, compact, and transfer solid waste to large vehicles for transport to landfills.
Waste Industries USA also recycles office paper, cardboard, newspaper, aluminum and steel cans, plastic, glass, pallets, and yard waste.
In addition, the company operates convenience sites, as well as offers disposal services.
As of March 31, 2005, Waste Industries USA operated 34 collection operations, 25 transfer stations, approximately 90 county convenience drop-off centers, 11 recycling facilities, and 10 landfills.
The company was founded in 1970 by Lonnie C. Poole, Jr.
and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
