Advantage Waste no longer servicing JoCo

Got a letter from Advantage Waste saying that they are no longer servicing Johnston County and that, effective May 2, Waste Industries will be our new garbage provider. It says that all prepaid accounts will be honored and pick-up dates will remain the same. The enclosed letter from Waste Industries says there will be no change to our monthly rates, day of service, or the services we receive, although the time of day for pick-up may change.

Anyone have any experience with Waste Industries? I did some online research and looked back through old posts, and there weren't many people in the area willing to recommend them.

I started doing some research on additional companies, which I've provided below. If there's someone else that you use, it would be great if you could provide the cost and services.

All Star Trash: $65 quarterly for trash only or $74 quarterly with recycling. It's $72 a quarter if you pay in advance for the whole year, at $288.

Ken's Trash: $45 quarterly for trash only. Recycling not offered. It's $39 a quarter if you pay in advance for the whole year, at $156. There is also a $5 set up fee for all new accounts.

ABC Sanitation: $66 quarterly for trash only or $84 quarterly with recycling. It's $78.75 a quarter if you pay in advance for the whole year, at $315.

Waste Management: (no pricing info on their website)

Brock's Sanitation: (no website)

Donnie Morrison Garbage Service: (no pricing info on their website)(don't offer recycling pick-up)

Wayne Stallings?

JoCo Convenience Centers: Free for recycling drop-off. $40 yearly for garbage drop-off privileges.

 

I have to deal with Waste Industries in Sampson County, they privatized their waste collection system with WI running the landfill and all the dump stations in the area.

My goodness what a cluster ****!

 

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JoCo Convenience Centers: Free for recycling drop-off. $40 yearly for garbage drop-off privileges.


Recycling is free But A sticker for trash is $65 yearly. This is the way i go.

 

We do this, too. :iagree: $65 for a year...a LOT cheaper. Why pay more, and still have to worry about restrictions on what kind of trash, and how much can be put out for pickup?

 

Decals are reduce to $40 through June 30, 2011. Looks like they prorate through that date. Sorry. http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.cfm?category_level_id=989

 

Brocks does have a website.....
http://www.brockssanitation.com/

 

I got that letter too.. nice that the letter came on May 16th and it was dated May 3rd, and said that it was effective May 2nd.

I initially changed to Advantage Waste because Waste Industries had annoyed me with their pricing. I had found out I had been paying more than my neighbor for years, and they wouldn't lower my price when I called them on it.

I just called Republic Waste

http://www.republicraleigh.com/Pages/ForYourHome.aspx

They do service Johnston County, their initial set up charge is $103 and that includes your first 3 months service. After that it is $72/qtr.

Personally I'm not looking to pay more than I already do, and we still have some time to look for another company since we've paid through June 30th.

I definitely was irked when I read their letter the other night. :?

 

Wayne Stallings?

 

I didn't get the letter yet?? :?

I HATED W I before and will surely hate them again.

 

We are using Allstar. No complaints.

 

We switched from WI to Advantage and have been very happy. I think there has been a buy out involved...last week when the Advantage Waste truck came into the neighborhood I noticed on the side it now said "A Waste Industries company". And I'm sure at some point WI will raise prices.

 

Wow, I had actually written Republic completely off my list because they were by far the most expensive; even more than Waste Management. And I was really unhappy with their recycling program.

 

We were with Busy Bee until Waste Industries took them over...told us the rates would remain the same. Rates have increased slightly and customer service is horrible.

Was going to switch to Advantage at the end of the month...that sux.

 

Advantage just got bought too. I think we're switching to ABC.

 

We switched to Advantage from WI about 2 years ago. Their customer service was horrible and once a month our garbage was not picked up. I would call and they would say they'd get us in a day or two but never came back until the following week, and at that point we had 2 weeks worth of garbage. I really don't want to get stuck with them again, and I definitely don't want to pay more!

 

The exact same thing happened to us! We had Waste Industries when we first moved out here 15 years ago. Their pricing was whacked and much higher than our neighbors who also had Waste, and they wouldn't match it. Dropped them (which they could care less about), and went to Advantage. Guess the joke's on us.

 

we started doing this last yr, saves us money and works well for us! :lol:
Before that we had Waste Management.

 

I guess we are in the minority here, but we have had no issues at all with Waste Industries. We had them when we lived in Kenly for years and then we signed up with Preferred when we moved to Clayton. Had them for a few years until they were bought by WI. They kept the rate the same ($45/qtr) until just recently. I think it is somewhere in the low $60/qtr now. Always on time, never missed a pick up, nice guy who regularly drives the truck, will pick up most anything I put out there.
Before we got WI, we took our garbage ourselves, but I don't miss it a bit...especially in the summer!:ack:
Also, just an observation. Several of our neighbors have Advantage and their receptacles seem to be smaller than our WI can. No way I could get by on a smaller one and definitely something to ask about when pricing.

 

We use Allstar and have no issues. They have been very reliable, were helpful when we forgot to put our trash out (whoops) and are locally owned by the Simms family. They have been great with their recycling service too. They also offer the convenience of being able to pay your bill online if you choose, which I personally love.

 

We used to have Busy Bee but WI bought them out. I've not had any problems with WI. We're paying $64.89 per quarter.