This June, join Rumpke in taking a day to celebrate the men and women who keep our communities clean and green. The week of June 17 marks National Waste and Recycling Workers Week, a holiday proposed to celebrate workers in the waste and recycling industry. 

Rumpke currently employs 2,400 people, more than 1,000 of which serve as drivers of various types. Fifteen percent of Rumpke drivers have been with the company for more than 10 years and 7 percent have been with the company for more than 20 years. Recycling and residential drivers exert serious physical effort, lifting and dumping resident cans or bins at each stop. A recycling driver averages 500 stops a day while the average trash hauler makes between 400 and 750 stops. These drivers work an average of 55 hours each week all year round. Rain or shine, snow or sleet, these men and women work to make sure local communities stay trash-free.

So, take a quick moment to appreciate all the effort that goes in to keeping your streets clean and garbage free and thank your local Rumpke worker.

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About the author: Darby Fledderjohn is the corporate communications intern at Rumpke.