GREENVILLE, SC – Meridian Waste, an integrated non-hazardous solid waste services company, announced today that it has closed the purchase of Sunrise Sanitation in the Greater Greenville, SC market, expanding operations to the company’s seventh state.
The acquisition includes the assets of Sunrise Sanitation, Inc. located in Easley, SC. The terms of the purchase agreement to remain private. This marks the first acquisition of Meridian Waste in South Carolina and the fourteenth acquisition since the company’s transition to private equity under the ownership of Warren Equity Partners (WEP) in April 2018.
The Sunrise Sanitation acquisition includes residential subscription and commercial contracts in Anderson and Greenville, SC counties. Sunshine Sanitation’s front-line team members stay with the Meridian Waste team ensuring a seamless transition and quality service.
Greenville is South Carolina’s largest market and has grown by 2% a year for the past ten years.
South Carolina is the seventh state in which Meridian Waste now operates. To learn more, visit www.MeridianWaste.com.
About Meridian Waste
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Meridian Waste is a company defined by its commitment to serving its customers, caring for and engaging its employees and generating financial value for its shareholders, while offering a clean and healthy community. The company’s main waste business is focused on the collection and disposal of residential, commercial and industrial non-hazardous waste. The company currently operates in St. Louis, Mo., Richmond, Va., Blacksburg, Va., Augusta, Ga., Northeast Fla., Knoxville, Tenn., Raleigh, NC, and Greenville, SC serving more than 104,796 ressential, commercial, industrial and government customers. In addition to a fleet of commercial, residential and roll-off trucks, the company operates seven transfer stations / material recycling facilities (MRFs), three municipal solid waste landfills and three C&D landfills in which 920,814 tons Waste is safely disposed of annually. For more information visit MeridianWaste.com.