California leads the nation in the fight to divert waste, increase recycling, and reduce greenhouse gases. Here’s a look at major environmental laws enacted over the past 20 years, and Athens Services’ solutions to keep customers compliant.Read More

Athens Services’ core values focus on Service, People, and Environment. Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our employees and communities we serve is our highest priority.Read More

(ONTARIO, California) – The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has voted to extend the current management contract of the County’s solid waste landfill system with Athens Services to 2031 and potentially to 2039.Read More

Congratulations to Amoeba Music for being awarded a Platinum recycLA Star by the Los Angeles Board of Public Works! Amoeba is truly setting an example for other Los Angeles businesses on how to incorporate environmentally sustainable efforts into everyday practices. Known as the largest independent music store in the world, Amoeba has locations in San...Read More

Many college students today are food-insecure. Athens has responded by funding food recovery expansion and pop-up pantries at Los Angeles Harbor College.Read More

As cities and businesses work to meet California’s 75% recycling goal by 2025, Athens Services is meeting the challenge head-on for their customers with innovative technology.Read More

California Assemblywoman Blanca E. Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) joins Athens Services Executive Vice President Gary Clifford, left, and drivers to upcycle five refurbished sanitation trucks to the City of Tijuana, Mexico. Athens Services proudly joined Assemblywoman Blanca E. Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) to upcycle five sanitation trucks for the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The refurbished...Read More

Athens Services workers clean up two weeks’ worth of trash at a shopping center in Maywood, California. The city brought Athens in on an emergency basis to help for the holidays after it lost its hauling service.When the city of Maywood, California, found itself suddenly facing the busy holidays without trash service, Athens Services stepped...Read More

By Gary Clifford, Executive Vice President, Athens Services When municipal waste and recycling contracts near their end, municipalities are faced with the request for proposal (RFP) process. Issues such as price, quality and reliability of service, and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations all must be taken into account when reviewing proposals from RFP...Read More

As injury rates at materials recovery facilities (MRF) increase nationally, Athens Services’ Sun Valley MRF just north of Los Angeles and employees have accomplished an unprecedented 1,000-day with no lost time…Read More