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“ John made less than $ 1000 in the first month, but he continued to propel forward and returned to the Florida market to offer the high level of service customers were longing for. John believed that an equal focus on customers, employees, and trucks was key to delivering top-quality service. Word quickly spread that John was back with a company called Waste Pro, and from there, the business snowballed. Fortunately, I was able to join John in 2005, and he provided me with the resources and trucks to build my own team.
“ When I joined, we turned over less than $ 20 million in annual revenue, and today, we’ re on track to turn over around $ 1.4 billion by the end of the year,” Keith reflects.“ The company’ s foundation was built on service contracts with cities and governments and servicing highly contracted commercial spaces like grocery stores and shopping
plazas, but we then extended to the open market to enable us to build ground-up relationships with additional customers.”
The Waste Pro Way
Fast-forward to today, Keith shares a snapshot of Waste Pro’ s current operations.“ What’ s most important is that we remain a streetlevel company, delivering services with a distinguishable difference,” he states.“ We operate just over 4200 collection trucks, around 15 percent of which are powered by natural gas, and service more than two million residents across more than 260 municipal contracts. We operate 32 landfills, 20 transfer stations, and six recycling facilities for curbside residential recycling.
“ Over the last five years, we’ ve focused on adding transfer stations to our portfolio to offer an integrated service in terms of flow control. For many states, flow control is managed by
I’ ve been a loyal Castrol customer for over 20 years, most recently with Waste Pro USA. I trust their product quality and the consistent support from the Castrol team— from equipment and analysis to training and follow-up, they help us manage over 4,200 assets efficiently.
Dave Kutschinski, Vice President of Fleet and Maintenance
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