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Collection Update – Week of July 4th

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Week of July 4, 2022: Due to the 4th of July holiday falling on a Monday, all residential waste and recycling collection will be delayed by one day the week of July 4th. Monday customers will be serviced Tuesday. Tuesday customers will be serviced Wednesday, and so on for the remainder of the week. Penn Waste wishes all of our customers a safe and happy holiday!

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Collection Update: Memorial Day 2022

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Collection Update: Memorial Day 2022 – During the week of the Memorial Day Holiday (5/30), all Residential Penn Waste collections will be delayed one (1) day. Monday (5/30) customers will be collected on Tuesday (5/31). Tuesday customers will be collected on Wednesday and so on for the remainder of the week through Saturday.

The following municipalities yard waste collection will be delayed by one week, occurring on 6/11/22, due to the holiday:

  • Carroll Township
  • Conewago Township
  • East Pennsboro Township
  • Fairview Township
  • Newberry Township
  • Susquehanna Township

Penn Waste wishes all of our customers a safe and happy holiday!

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Collection Update: Normal Collection Schedule Good Friday (4/15) and Week of 4/18

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Friday, April 15, 2022 – All Penn Waste routes will be operating on a normal collection schedule on the Good Friday holiday. Please place your waste and recycling curbside on your regularly scheduled collection day.

Monday, April 18, 2022 – All Penn Waste routes will be operating on a normal collection schedule the week following the Easter Holiday. Please place your waste and recycling curbside on your regularly scheduled collection day the week of April 18th.

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‘Everyone has trash’: Shift leader finds job security and more at Penn Waste

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Tony Santiago, who has been at Penn Waste seven years, was hired as a driver while he was still attending York County School of Technology to be a diesel mechanic. Today, he takes pride in his work and the life the job has provided him.

Tony Santiago is a second-shift leader at Penn Waste and oversees repairs, inspections, safety checks, and training of new staff. (Photo by Orendorff Studios for Our York Media)

While most people imagine truck bays to be greasy, dusty, and dirty places, Tony Santiago knows that’s not the case at the repair garage at Penn Waste in East Manchester Township. Every day, he prides himself in ensuring his toolbox shines and the floor is spotless.

Tony was hired by the company more than seven years ago as a truck driver. He spent six months behind the wheel, learning how the vehicles work and what the job entails each day.

His real goal, though, was to fix the vehicles when they broke down. When he finished his education as a diesel mechanic at York County School of Technology, Penn Waste pulled him off the route and put him in the garage. He’s been there ever since.

Through the years, Tony Santiago’s built relationships with his crew at Penn Waste. “I’m blessed being here,” he says. (Photo by Orendorff Studios for Our York Media)

‘Proud of my career’

Today, Tony is the second-shift leader and oversees repairs, inspections, safety checks, and training of new staff.

He sees a lot of young mechanics coming up through the ranks as he did years ago. They’re curious. They want to grow. And Tony wants to help them.

“I enjoy sharing my passions with others who want to do good work,” he says. “I feel like I accomplish something when I can train someone to do something on their own. It’s rewarding to see someone succeed.”

For Tony, he finds reassurance that his job is secure.

“Everyone has trash,” he says, laughing. He feels respected by the company; he knows he’s valued.

Through the years, he’s also built relationships with his crew. Someone might come over and help him with a project at his house, or if he ever needed anything, he knows he has people he can call.

“I’m blessed being here,” Tony says. “I’m proud of my career. I feel I’ve accomplished a lot.”

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Penn Waste, a Waste Connections company, is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Female/Disabled Veterans). Its jobs offer an outstanding working environment, including a great atmosphere with extensive on-the-job training and top-notch equipment. The company offers opportunities for career growth as well as a competitive compensation package with attractive benefits.

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