June 17, 2010—Waste Pro USA has completed the acquisition of Southern Waste Disposal in Meridian, Mississippi and Wyatt & Bowman Waste Container of Asheville, North Carolina.
Southern Waste Disposal is a 12-year-old waste collection and disposal company that operates two Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality approved Class 1 C&D landfills. Southern Waste Disposal’s residential and commercial service area includes eight counties in Central Mississippi and West Central Alabama. The acquisition includes office and shop facilities as well as front and rear load trucks, containers and roll-off vehicles located at 200 Braxton Avenue in Meridian.
Wyatt & Bowman has been in business since 1967 serving a wide variety of commercial customers throughout the Asheville area from 1476 Riverside Drive in Asheville. The acquisition includes compactors, containers and vehicles that will support the expanding residential and commercial collection, recycling and disposal operations from Waste Pro’s expansive Ashville facility.
Earlier this year, Waste Pro made the largest acquisition in the company’s history when they acquired Delta Sanitation in Gautier, Mississippi.
Waste Pro is one of this country’s fastest growing privately owned waste collection, recycling and disposal companies operating in six southeastern states. Serving more than one million customers, Waste Pro USA is headquartered in Longwood, Florida and maintains more than 96 exclusive municipals contracts and franchises.