Tag: gfl environmental
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Teller County trash hauler expanding into Colorado Springs
Owners of trash companies in Teller and Chaffee counties say they plan to expand into the Colorado Springs market Monday to challenge three waste disposal giants that dominate the local industry. Father-and-son team Jay and Jayson Baker, and Dominic Haight, general manager and Jay Baker’s son-in-law, formed Infinite Disposal (infinitedisposal.com) this month to begin offering residential…
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Waste Connections acquires major Colorado Springs trash company
Toronto-based trash giant Waste Connections has acquired Springs Waste Systems, the last remaining locally owned company among the four largest trash haulers in the Colorado Springs area. Waste Connections bought Springs Waste Systems and trash companies in Bailey, southwest of Denver, and in Omaha, Neb., last month from the Shrader family. Terms of the transaction…
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Are faithful household recyclers in Colorado truly helping the planet? Maybe
When you drop an empty milk jug, soda can, pickle jar or cardboard box into a recycling bin, will it make its way to a processing center and be reborn as carpeting, a beer bottle or a coat? Maybe. Or maybe not. There’s no tracking method to determine whether an item marked for recycling is…
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Are faithful household recyclers in Colorado truly helping the planet? Maybe
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When you drop an empty milk jug, soda can, pickle jar or cardboard box into a recycling bin, will it make its way to a processing center and be reborn as carpeting, a beer bottle or a coat? Maybe. Or maybe not. There’s no tracking…