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Want your cart cleaned?

By | Announcements

Signature Waste Systems is proud to recommend a new service option to our customers.

Schedule a cart cleaning at a discounted rate just for being a Signature customer!
Cleanings may be scheduled once or setup on recurring intervals.
Visit our Cart Cleaning Page to learn more.

Please Excuse the Mess

By | Uncategorized

Signature Waste is no stranger to difficult times, but it is during these times that we are most grateful for those around us including our vendors, drivers, mechanics, office staff, and especially you; our customers and neighbors.  We value transparency and want you to know that what you may see happening to many small companies around your neighborhoods is just as equally affecting us.

Our drivers are exhausted, and they need your support.  So please, when you are serviced or communicating with one of our representatives, be kind. Be patient. Be understanding. Our drivers and staff need it right now more than ever.  This Signature team is doing our best to carry on under the continued mental and physical strain being placed on us.  And we are doing so as we, along with other industries across the United States, are facing a staffing shortage – due in part to the effects of this Covid virus.  There have been delays due to weather, driver absences, server crashes due to a lightening storm, we have been short staffed, and behind on multiple occasions but we take pride in the diligent effort and passion we put behind ensuring that you are serviced in the face of these challenges.

We want you to know that we apologize for these delays and are currently making big changes which will soon return us to an even more dependable service routine.  Our team is growing, systems have been upgraded, new systems are being stress tested, and management is undergoing big changes as well.

Please excuse the mess!

We are looking for talented applicants!

By | Announcements

We are hiring!

CDL Driver

We are looking for talented drivers with the following qualifications –

  • Class B or greater commercial driver’s license with air brake endorsement
  • Good customer service skills to meet and exceed customer expectations; acts professionally, courteously, and cooperatively toward customers and co-workers; works with a sense of honesty and dependable trustworthiness.
  • Excellent time management skills to ensure assigned responsibilities are completed in an efficient and safe manner.
  • Good follow-through ability; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise.
  • Ability to adhere to Company policies and rules; promotes the Company’s safety standards; does not take inappropriate risks.
  • Maintains a feeling of pride and positivity in work; strives to achieve all goals.
  • Two years of prior experience driving side-load (ASL) trash trucks preferred.

If you feel like you fit the above description, here is what we are offering –

  • Starting pay of $1,250 – $1,375 weekly
  • 45 – 55 hour average work weeks
  • Tenure-tiered PTO and bonus structure
  • Annual compensation increases
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Starting vacation of 5 days year one

Support Driver

We are looking for talented drivers with the following qualifications –

  • A driver’s license is required with a safe driving record.
  • Great customer service skills meet and exceed customer expectations; acts in a professional, courteous, and cooperative manner toward customers and co-workers; works with a sense of honesty and trustworthiness.
  • Organized and driven applicants with superior work ethic preferred.
  • Excellent position for someone looking to earn their CDL with the potential for upward mobility.
  • Good follow-through ability; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise.
  • Ability to adhere to Company policies and rules set forth; promotes the company’s safety standards; does not take inappropriate risks.
  • Maintains a feeling of pride and positivity in work; strives to achieve all goals.
  • Two years of prior professional driving experience is preferred.

If you feel like you fit the above description, here is what we are offering –

  • Starting pay $750 – $850 weekly
  • 40 – 50 hour average work weeks
  • Holiday pay and regular holiday bonuses
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Guaranteed annual raises and tenure-based bonus structure
  • Starting vacation of 5 days year one

Mechanic

Job Description:

  • Regular A & P PM service
  • Responsible for oversight, upkeep, and repair of a service and support fleet
  • System diagnostics and repair of various Mack & Kentworth trucks under various bodies
  • Address mechanical, air, electrical, exhaust, brake, hydraulic, and other issues
  • Quickly respond to road calls as needed
  • Inspect, address, and resolve property damage, hazmat spills, and collision reports
  • Maintain an effective, orderly, stocked, and well-prepared shop
  • Minimize unnecessary fleet expenses while maximizing the overall mechanical health of the fleet
    • Negotiate best pricing between various vendors and suppliers
  • Reliable and regular maintenance-related accounting reports and schedules
  • Keep records/reports of maintenance, expenses, and inventory
  • Manage invoices and accounts between various vendors and in-house accounting systems
  • Effectively prioritize and schedule multiple projects while meeting expected deadlines
  • Ensure and guarantee the safety, DOT & legal compliance, and road reliability of all equipment and vehicles in the fleet
    • Sign off daily on DVIR write-ups

Job Requirements:

  • Independently, and as a team, work responsibly as a self-supervised trustworthy department
  • Effectively and efficiently communicate with others
  • On-call availability during driver working hours
  • Skilled proficiency with pneumatic, electric, braking, exhaust after-treatment, fuel, hydraulic, and engine systems of diesel and natural gas vehicles
  • Lift, pull, push, and move items of weight up to 50 lbs. regularly
  • Proficient in the use of computer systems such as but not limited to Excel, Word, and Outlook
  • Read, write, and comprehend detailed schematics, invoices, parts lists, and diagrams
  • Trustworthy, honest, and dependable
  • Work well with others in a small business work environment
  • Schedule and program regular and urgent maintenance
  • Self-motivated and diligent

 

If you feel like you fit the above description, here is what we are offering –

  • Starting pay of $80,000 annual D.O.E.
  • 40 – 50 hour average work weeks
  • Paid weekly
  • Health and dental insurance
  • Optional Life, Vision, Short, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • 5 Days PTO Year One & 10 Days PTO Year Two
  • Guaranteed Annual Raises & Tenure Based Bonus Structure

We are a small local waste and recycling hauler who specialize in reliable, friendly, and caring service and we expect those same values be integral elements of each employee’s character.  Please do not apply if you are looking for a big business driving job with micromanaging dispatchers, a textbook of regulations on what not to do, and a clock-in clock-out, not my problem mentality.  We work hard and help each other to get the job done, and we respect the time we have both on the job and away from it.

 

Follow the link to the left to download the application.  Once you have filled it out please email it into us at info@signaturewaste.com for the fastest results!  We look forward to your application.

See what’s not being recycled

By | Announcements, Recycling

In the spirit of transparency, and in hopes of preserving our privilege to recycle right we want to show you what has been rejected by the York county Recycling facility and why!
This is a community effort we need to make to clean up our collective recycling.
If you are ever unsure – Trash it!
As much as we hate to say it, risking unrecyclable materials in the recycle bin puts everyone’s recycling at risk.  It is better to throw it away than to reject an entire haul of otherwise clean recycling.

All of the following hauls were rejected by York county recycling facility for contaminated materials.  Those materials were listed beside each slideshow.
If you see several rejected recycling loads from your community tell your neighbors to clean it up!

Biohazardous or chemically contaminated waste is NEVER recyclable.

Recyclables are sorted by hand, and for this reason alone you should NEVER dispose of materials unsafe to the touch.

Gold Hill

Bags, metal hangers, and scrap metal are NOT recyclable!
Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.
We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Baxter

Bagged recycling, bulk items, and glass are NOT recyclable!  Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.  We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Bags, garden hoses, styrofoam, and crates are NOT recyclable!  Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.  We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Lake Wylie

Plastic bags, either loose or full with recyclables are NOT recyclable!
These bags, regardless of what is in them, contaminate the entire load of otherwise clean recycling.

Glass and plastic bags are NOT recyclable!
Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.
We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!


Regent Park

Propane/Helium tanks are ABSOLUTLY MOST CERTAINLY NOT recyclable!  They should also not be disposed in your trash cart.

Bagged recycling, bulk items, and glass are NOT recyclable!  Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.  We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Gold Hill

Bags, metal hangers, and scrap metal are NOT recyclable!
Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.
We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Baxter

Bagged recycling, bulk items, and glass are NOT recyclable!  Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.  We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Bags, garden hoses, styrofoam, and crates are NOT recyclable!  Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.  We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Lake Wylie

Glass and plastic bags are NOT recyclable!
Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.
We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

Regent Park

PROPANE TANKS ARE ABSOLUTLY MOST CERTAINLY NOT RECYCLABLE!  They should also not be disposed in your trash cart.

Bagged recycling, bulk items, and glass are NOT recyclable!  Please let us know if you have questions about what is or is not recyclable.  We can clean up recycling and keep the privileges if we do our part to keep recycling clean!

NC Counties Closing Curbside Recycling

By | Recycling

Where curbside recycling programs have stopped in the US

U.S. curbside recycling programs have been under serious pressure in recent years, following international commodity market changes and pandemic effects.

In recent years, the narrative of recycling in free fall has led some officials to cite anywhere from 300 to 3,000 cancellations. While the effects have been widespread, as Waste Dive documented for two years with its 50 state tracker, the number of cancelations is less dramatic and represents a small share of the thousands of active curbside programs. Since 2018, more than 100 have been ended or paused. Additional changes to drop-off programs have also occurred, but are harder to quantify.

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Want an extra pickup?

By | Announcements

Need an Additional Pick Up?

Looking to schedule an additional cart pick up?  Maybe you have an item you’d like hauled away or disposed that won’t quite fit inside of your cart.
We have added a way to schedule an extra pick up without ever picking up even a phone!

Answer a few quick questions and within 5 minutes your extra pick up can be on schedule.

We are excited to help getting rid of the junk in your life just a few clicks simpler!

Recycling Inspection in Tega Cay

By | Uncategorized

One city in York County wants volunteers to inspect neighbors’ recycle bins

“If they can find the volunteers, Tega Cay could start a program early next year where volunteers inspect what residents put in recycle bins.

“It’s kind of a one last ditch effort before we cancel the program,” said City Councilwoman Heather Overman…”

 

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Dirty carts? See how we’re cleaning things up!

By | Announcements

Signature Waste has been working to develop a solution to filthy carts.  We finally have a solution.  We want to introduce you to our friends at “We Clean Dumpsters”.  Take a look here to see their pricing.  You can sign up to have your carts washed on various intervals and select from multiple plans.  We know what its like to have a filthy cart, clean it up with “We Clean Dumpsters”!

Glass and Recycling

By | Announcements, Recycling

The facility that we bring your recyclables to has asked that we remove glass from our recycling.  This means that we, Signature Waste, can no longer accept your glass recycling.  The recycling center we use tells us the expenses associated with recycling glass outweighs the value of recycling glass to begin with.  Please read the following article it goes into detail about the need and the issues of accepting glass.

High costs and limited markets puts a crack in glass recycling.

If you are looking for alternative solutions to recycle your glass bottles and material click on your area below for a list of community drop of sites where you can bring your sorted glass recycling.  These sites are able to continue recycling glass because they do not have the added expense of sorting glass bits out of co-mingled (or mixed) recycling material.

Mecklenburg County

York County

Lancaster County