A trash collection company contracted by the City of Jacksonville has to pay over $1 million to settle a federal racial ...

The EEOC filed the suit on behalf of 26 Haitian-American and Black American employees. There could be others in the affected ...

The company must offer training, hire a compliance officer and change task assignment policies after a Black employee and 26 ...

Waste Pro’s bid was ranked initially as the preferred option for a five-year garbage and recycling contract City Council ultimately awarded to J.J.’s Waste & Recycling.

Waste Pro by the numbers. 35,000 — Total number of households serviced in Buncombe County. 8,000 — Estimated number of households that receive service but do not pay the monthly $14 fee.

Martavious Hair (left), and Leroy Green, residential helpers with Waste Pro, wrestle with carpeting laying on top of a couch during their trash pickup along Southwest Goodman Avenue on Tuesday ...

In a matter of days, Waste Pro’s contract with the City of Port St. Lucie will end, closing the chapter on a frustrating time for customers who long battled weeks-long delays in their trash pickup.

Buncombe County officials have chosen a new solid waste provider for the area - and the transition from current provider Waste Pro to new provider FCC Environmental Services is coming soon. In ...

Waste Pro serves 42,000 Buncombe County residents and 2,000 commercial customers, according to its website. It also serves six other states around the Southeast.

In 2014, 12,942 calls for service (or requests or complaints) were fielded by Waste Pro officials. Of those, 1,456 were deemed legitimate and resulted in "liquidated damages," or fines.

Waste Pro has collected more than 2,200 trash cans throughout Buncombe County so far. WNC TRASH HAULERS SEE INCREASE IN HOME GARBAGE. More cans will be picked up throughout the month.