Southern Waste Systems: How They Get Things Done in the 21st Century

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Southern WaSte SyStemS (SWS) iS an independently oWned and operated WaSte Service

provider with 10 locations in South Florida. With a core mission o Recycling or Zero Waste, the company has

decades o experience in the collection and processing o commercial, industrial, municipal and residential

waste. In addition, as a ull service construction support organization, SWS can assist in the preparation o

building sites rom demolition to fnal grade prior to erection o buildings, by providing recyclable materials

like crushed stone, “Greenfl”, their recycled number two fll and wood mulch, while SWS’ All Star Toilets

can provide portable restroom services on the location. SWS also oers a wide variety o open top containersor construction and demolition debris along with any style o compactor available—rom stationary, sel-

contained, ront load, pre-crushers, heavy-duty industrial compactors, to balers and shredders.

SWS also provides hauling service to South Florida builders and commercial businesses, servicing any

project regardless o size or scope. With efcient and proessional service and timely pickup and delivery,

SWS trucks are radio dispatched so drivers are available to drop o or pick up a container at the customer’s

convenience, sparing the work crew any loss o time on the job site. SWS customers include a variety

o businesses, including major shopping malls and strip shopping centers; apartment complexes and

condominiums; mobile home communities; warehouses; churches and schools; hospitals, nursing homes,

rehabilitation acilities; manuacturing acilities; hotels and motels; gol courses and resorts; convention

centers; and automobile dealerships.

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Suth Wast Sstms:How They Get Things Done in the 21st Century

In the Spotlight

By being involved incommunity eventsand developing newmarkets for theirrecycled products,SWS is stayingstrong in thecurrent economy.

The Keeping it Green Team.Photo courtesy of Patti Hamilton.

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aS founder and chairman of

Southern WaSteS SyStemS llc and itS

affiliate companieS, Sun recycling

and Sun diSpoSal, anthony lomangino

haS more than 35 yearS of experience

in the WaSte and recycling induStry

He has throughout his career been a pioneer

and innovator o processes and technology

that have advanced the collection, recycling

and disposal o residential and commercial

waste. A graduate o St. Johns University,

Anthony has served throughout his career

in many leadership positions in his industry

including as a member o Solid Waste

Advisory Boards in a variety o communities

and was appointed a seat on the Railroad-

Shipper Transportation Advisory Council to

the National Surace Transportation Board

in Washington D.C. He has completed FLSI

Certifcation in the Flippen Leadership Series.

He is a recipient o the Ellis Island Medal

o Honor, awarded by the National Ethnic

Coalition o Organizations, and was recently

honored with the Man o the Year Award

rom Boys Town o Italy and is the Honorary

Survivor Chairman o the Susan G. Komen or

the Cure Educational event.

As Co-Founder and CEO o Southern Waste

Systems LLC and its afliate companies Sun

Recycling, Sun Disposal and All Star Toilets,

Charles Gusmano brings more than 28 yearso leadership experience in the solid waste

industry. The combination o his expertise

in strategic planning and acility operations

has been a oundation or the growth o the

organization. As Chie Executive Ofcer, he

is responsible or the long term planning and

daily operations o SWS, Sun Disposal, Sun

Recycling and All Star Toilets. A graduate o

Hostra University, Gusmano has recently

completed FLSI Certifcation in the Flippen

Leadership Series. He has served throughout

his career as a member o a number o

industry organizations and is currently a

member o the NSWMA Chairman’s Council.

Gusmano leads SWS in their eorts to give

back to the communities in which they do

business.

As General Manager o SWS and All

Star, Charles Lomangino is responsible or

the stafng and supervision o the trucking

and hauling operation or both SWS and All

Star. Founder o All Star Toilets, Lomangino

originally added the company to enhance

the overall service to his roll o customers

on construction sites. He has strategically

positioned the company to broaden itsoerings with state-o-the-art equipment that

now services large special events like the

Honda Classic, the Palm Beach Marathon

Festival, the Susan G. Komen Race or the

Cure and the Artigras Fine Arts Festival, in

addition to the construction industry. Ater

ounding and operating the highly successul

All Star Recycling and All Star Toilets,

Lomangino merged the roll o division o the

company with SWS in 2008 and increased the

operations o All Star. As part o the Executive

team o Southern Waste Systems, LLC and

its afliate companies he is instrumental in

the strategic planning and operation o all

companies. A graduate o Florida Atlantic

University, Charles has been KOHL Certifed in

the operations o C&D Recycling acilities and

has completed FLSI Certifcation in the Flippen

Leadership Series.

Key PerSonnel

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Through Sun Recycling, an afliate company

o SWS, the company collects and recycles yard

waste, bulk residential waste and construction and

demolition materials. With recycling acilities

located in Palm Beach, Dade and Broward Counties,

they are currently recycling up to 90 percent o

the materials collected. Focused on the transition

o the recyclable industrial materials into usable

products, this recycling returns useul material to

the economy and saves valuable landfll space.

A third company, Sun Disposal oers residentialand commercial services that include containers

rom 1 yard through 8 yards and curbside collection

o both reuse and recyclable materials with

transport to landflls, transer stations or recycling

centers. Residential and commercial waste

collection is under most circumstances perormed

under contract with individual companies and

municipalities through Sun Disposal.

EmployeesOver the past 10 years, the SWS team has

grown rom the original 30 employees to nearly

400. Management understands that along with

their customers, the employees are their greatest

asset. SWS’ organizational culture and approach

to doing business keeps the team members with

the company or a long time because they place

great emphasis on the saety and well-being o

all o employees. Encouraging and supportingemployees in the areas o training, certifcation

and advancement, SWS is committed to urthering

their careers through training. In addition to on-

the-job training, advanced training is provided

that includes, but is not limited to:

• Ongoing saety training and emphasis on

daily practices that guard the well-being o

each and every sta member and visitors,

plants and processing centers

• OSHA Saety Training

•ABCGreenBuildingCerticationClassesand

U.S. Green Building Council programs

•NationalSolidWasteManagementAssociationseminars

•The Flippen Leadership Series: leadership

training that encourages a culture o

relationship management. Focus is on

personal growth, raising individual strengths

throughout the organization and creating a

culture o open communications and trust.

Says Anthony Lomangino, founder and CEO

o SWS, “We are ocused on leadership training

throughout the organization as we know that

our employees and our customers are our greatest

asset and we want to ensure our customers are

being served by the best in the industry. We

are in the business o gathering completely

satisfed customers and our employees are the

key ingredient in accomplishing that goal.”

SWS Community

Giving back to the community is an importantpart o the values that have been instilled in the

SWS organization. The employee volunteer team,

conStantly expanding itS Special

eventS involvement, beloW iS a Sample

of SWS participation and Support:

• United States Green Building

Council Gold Level Donor Circle

• Artigras Fine Arts Festival –

Ofcial Recycling Partner

• The Grand Opening of City Center ––

City o West Palm Beach

• The Susan G. Komen Race

For the Cure – West Palm Beach

• The Honda Classic – Children’s Charities

• Lantana Chili Cook Off –

Donated recycling containers - Town o

Lantana

• 4th on Flagler – Donated recycling

container event boxes – City of West

Palm Beach

• South Florida Fair – Ofcial Recycling

Partner – Palm Beach County

• Kaleidoscope 2009 – City of West Palm

Beach

• Palm Beach Marathon Festival -

Ofcial Recycling Sponsor

• West Palm Beach Green Market Sponsor

• Palm Beach Gardens 50th Anniversary

Celebration Sponsor

• Sunday at the Meyer – Sponsor - City of

West Palm Beach

• Palm Beach Gardens Police Explorers

Unit – Sponsor/donor

• Donation of dumpster to the City of

Pahokee or charitable cleanup

• Presenting sponsor of the Palm Beach

County Individual Athena Award

• Boys and Girls Club of Broward County –

Cattleman’s Donor Circle

• Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach

County – Centennial Event Sponsor

• Keeping it Green Team – Making Strides

Against Breast Cancer Walk participants

• North Palm Beach Leadership Awards –

Sponsor

• Ofcial Recycling Partner –

Winter Equestrian Festival – Wellington

S Ws Sss: hw t g ts d 21s ceVenT PArTICIPATIon

SWS roll off truck—the trucks are inspected and cleaned daily and never hit the road with rust, dents or damage.Photos courtesy of David Randall.



the “Keeping it Green Team”, is available to ulfll any volunteer duties that

might be needed by non-proft organizations in the communities it serves

(see Event Participation sidebar, page 20). With an emphasis on children,education and the neediest individuals in the community, SWS and Sun

Recycling have partnered with a number o organizations throughout their

service area by making donations, along with giving volunteer hours o service

and complementary waste removal and portable restroom services. The many

organizations SWS supports include: the Boys and Girls Clubs o Broward and

PalmBeach Counties,Nicklaus Children’s Charities,the QuantumHouse,

the Broward Partnership or the Homeless, Broken Star, The Gul Stream

Council o the Boy Scouts o America, the Girl Scouts o South East Florida,

AllSaintsSchool,St.Christopher’sCatholicChurch,L.I.F.E.,theAmericanCancer Society, Susan G. Komen or the Cure, Cystic Fibrosis, Palm Beach

County Public School programs and the Catholic Dioceses o Palm Beach.

SWS also participates in community programs, acilitates tours o their

recycling acilities, provides recycling event containers and portable restrooms

or special events and ully supports any educational or community project

with a ocus on oering sustainable programs. SWS assists in organizing

recycling programs and donates recycling event boxes to dozens o charities,

schools and churches rom Miami to Vero Beach; they are in the process o

creating the SWS Recycling Merit badge – Gul Stream Council o the Boy

Scouts o America.Servant leadership and giving back have been a way o lie or the ounders

o SWS. They eel that being engaged in and supporting the communities

in which they live and do business is vital or all businesses. In addition,

they see their customers as partners in the community and support them in

their charitable endeavors whenever possible. A strong ocus on customer

satisaction and serving others, has kept them strong in the current economy.

Still Going Strong

With a drop in the construction industry, the condition o the currenteconomy has aected SWS; however, the company is continually expanding

their opportunities by ocusing in on other commercial industries that have

recycling needs. SWS works to fnd new markets or their recycled products,

although it is an ongoing challenge. “So many o us are stuck in our ways and

won’tstepoutoftheboxtotrysomethingnew.Luckilywearendingpeople

are seeking the use o recycled products and it has opened markets we never

knew existed,” says Charles Gusmano, Co-Founder and CEO.

Constantly engaging in research and development and fne-tuning their

recycling processes, SWS processed nearly 3 million cubic yards o materials

and sent only 462,000 yards to the landfll in 2008. That equates to an 84

percent recycling ratio. With modifcations to their systems, SWS is now, just

10 months later, recycling at close to a 95 percent rate in the West Palm Beach

acility. “When we started in this industry nearly 30 years ago, we never imagined

thoseratesbeingattainable,”explainsLomangino. “Ourfocusisonrecycling

or zero waste and the rates we are achieving today are moving us to that goal.”

Inturn,manystatesarebecomingmorefocusedonstatewiderecyclingrates.

For example, the state o Florid has set a goal o 75 percent recycling by the

year2020. Accordingto Lomangino,thisgoal isattainableaslong as the

conditions are in place to reely encourage and allow the recycling to takeplace. “Construction and demolition material is nearly 40 percent o the total

waste stream and in order to attain the goal, the materials must be recycled.

We are actively participating in the process to hit the goal.”

Committed to their employees and the communities they serve, SWS is

looking orward to a long and mutually rewarding uture as well as a healthyplacein theeconomy.StressesLomangino.“Wearealwayslookingforthe

opportunity to branch out into new markets, especially in high growth areas.

We know that our expertise and commitment to recycling can beneft many

communities and we welcome the opportunity to partner and serve them.”

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For more inormation on Southern Waste Systems, call (561) 582-6688, e-mail

[email protected] or visit www.southernwastesystems.com.

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