Hi, I have been on the municipal side of the Solid Waste industry for 17 years. I have worn many hats during this time, with the last 3.5 years being in management. There are so many challenges that we encompass each day, as many others do, I'm sure. Because the industry seems to have such a huge turnaround with drivers/helpers due to the pay and/or nature of the job, I feel it hard to build a good reliable team. We collect solid waste 5 days a week, between trash, recycle yard waste and bulk for just over 4K residents. We seem to have quite a bit of missed collections each day, drivers who call out often, drivers who just want to drive and go home and ...