Juniper Ridge Landfill plays a critical role in helping Maine communities safely and responsibly manage waste every day. Through facility tours and educational outreach, the team opens its doors to students and community members, providing a firsthand look at the people, processes, and infrastructure behind modern landfill operations.
By welcoming visitors onto the site, the team creates meaningful opportunities to answer questions, dispel misconceptions, and demonstrate the extensive work that goes into operating a secure, modern disposal facility. These firsthand experiences help connect people to an essential service they may rarely see, while highlighting the dedication of the employees who keep it running safely and efficiently.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, is one of the largest recyclers and most experienced fully integrated resource management companies in the Eastern United States. Founded in 1975 as a single truck collection service, Casella has grown its operations to provide solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling, and organics services to more than one million residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers and provides professional resource management services to over 10,000 customer locations in more than 40 states.