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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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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…