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Christmas Tree Pickup

By | Announcements

Signature is picking up your Christmas trees!

 

Interested?  Here is what you will do:
  1. Fill out the form below and check “Christmas Tree” under items to be removed.
  2. Remove all lights, ornaments, and decorations from your tree.
  3. Have your tree out the morning of your pick up date listed below and you are all set!

 

You must have submitted the form below and prepaid before December 29th to be eligible for Christmas Tree pick up!

 

Visit the Calendar page to see when your tree pick up date will be according to your service day.

  • Monday and Tuesday trash routes will be picked up Monday the 8th of January.
  • Wednesday routes and Indian Land route will be picked up Wednesday the 10th of January.
  • Thursday and Friday routes (not including the Indian Land route) will be picked up Friday the 12th of January.

Pickup is $15.00 / Tree

*Deal only applies to residents who schedule a removal by the deadline and on their respective pickup day as assigned above

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 | Announcements

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!

Automator Driver

We are looking for talented drivers with the following qualifications –

  • Class B or greater commercial driver’s license with air brakes endorsement
  • Good customer services skills to 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.
  • Good 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 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 experience driving side load trash trucks preferred.

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

  • Starting pay of $50,000 – $71,500
  • Sign on bonus to be discussed
  • 45 – 55 hour average work weeks
  • Holiday pay and regular holiday bonuses
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Short and long term disability
  • Starting vacation of 7 days year one

Support Driver

We are looking for talented drivers with the following qualifications –

  • Driver’s license required with a safe driving record.
  • Great customer services 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 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 preferred.

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

  • Starting pay of $35,000 – $42,000
  • 40 – 50 hour average work weeks
  • Holiday pay and regular holiday bonuses
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Short and long term disability
  • Starting vacation of 7 days year one

Mechanic

We are looking for talented mechanics with the following qualifications –

  • Class 8 truck mechanic
  • A & P PM service experience
  • Transmission service experience
  • Welding proficiency
  • Electric systems error diagnostics and resolution capability
  • Excellent understanding of hydraulic systems, maintenance, and repair
  • Air breaks certification or an intent to acquire
  • Understanding of exhaust after-treatment systems and their maintenance
  • Drivetrain, suspension, & steering
  • Drivers license class C or better with a clean driving history
  • Diesel engine experience
  • Organized and driven applicants with superior work ethic preferred
  • Good follow through ability; overcomes 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 experience preferred
  • Preference given to self sufficient candidates eager to move into a Master Mechanic position

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

  • Starting pay of $55,000 – $85,000  D.O.E.
  • 40 – 50 hour average work weeks
  • Holiday pay and regular holiday bonuses
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Short and long term disability
  • Starting vacation of 7 days year one

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.

Rate Adjustment

By | Announcements

Service Rates are Changing

Rating adjustments are coming effective 01/01/2022 to all subscription customers!  If you belong to a community with special pricing your rates will not change.   Communities wishing to apply for special pricing can do so at any time.  You will see these changes on your next invoice.

  • Trash Only

    • $75.00/quarter or $25.00/month
  • Trash & Recycling

    • $90.00/quarter or $30.00/month
  • Extra Trash or Recycling Cart

    • $24.00/quarter or $8.00/month

Trash Only

$ 15.00

Increase QuarterlyWhat has caused this change to your trash service rate?

↓↓↓ See below to find out! ↓↓↓

Trash and Recycle

$ 15.00

Increase QuarterlyWhat has caused this change to your trash service rate?

↓↓↓ See below to find out! ↓↓↓

Landfill Increase

$ 11.01

Per QuarterLandfill rates have been going up.

 

We use both Republic’s transfer station in Fort Mill, SC, and York County Landfill in York, SC to dispose of your waste.

As average disposal weights for each home have skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021, so have the disposal costs!  We are working diligently to keep your rates to an affordable low while still guaranteeing you the best service we can provide!

Recycle Increase

$ 4.03

Per QuarterRates for the York County Recycling Center went from $35.00 to $50.00 / ton in July 1st of 2021.

Contaminated recycling loads of recycling yield an additional $50.00/ton fine.

Our 30% adjustment on recycling directly reflects this base 30% rate increase but does NOT reflect the over 185% contaminated load penalty.

HELP RECYCLE RIGHT!

Driver Pay

$ 2.40

Per QuarterAs our neighborhoods continue to grow, our driver’s routes do to in spite of our ever expanding fleet!

We take pride in treating our drivers with the utmost respect, and that includes compensating them appropriately for their tireless work.

We have decided to update the pay stubs of both the drivers you’ve come to know and recognize in addition to a few new faces on the team!

Contamination

$ 7.50

Per QuarterThe 30% rate increase at York County Recycling Center accounts for only a small portion of the cost it takes to dispose of recycling.

Contaminated recycling loads literally double the total bill from $50.00/ton to $100.00/ton.

This is an expense we have historically covered out of pocket, however contaminated load frequency has also nearly doubled since 2020 officially making recycling MORE expensive to dispose than even solid waste.

In Addition…

We spent MANY man hours running numbers, figures, and hypotheticals to determine the best quote to guarantee top of the line service to every home we serve. Fuel prices, volatile markets, and several more unnamed expenses have been considered, negotiated, and factored into our consideration.  The prices you see are a result of that effort.  These rates allow us to avoid fluctuating annual (or even quarter to quarter) rates like many of our competitors, guarantee reliably honest trash and recycling practices, all while ensuring that the service you pay for is the top of the line Signature quality of service you receive!

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

02/11/21

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

03/02/22

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!

02/02/21

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

10/22/21

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.

02/12/21

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

07/08/21

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!

Gold Hill

02/11/21

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

03/02/21

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!

02/02/21

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

02/12/21

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

07/08/21

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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