“I was sitting on my deck making a list of industries that would never go away, then a Casella truck drove by.”
That moment of clarity launched Rachel Ashworth into a career spanning over 15 years and various leadership roles. Now serving as Director of Operations for Resource Solutions, her path from answering phones to overseeing material recovery facilities across the eastern U.S. is a testament to hard work, vision, and a deep belief in the power of recycling to drive environmental change.
Whether managing frontline teams or shaping strategic operations, Ashworth brings a people-first mindset and a passion for sustainability to everything she does. Her story is a reminder that sometimes, the right opportunity rolls right past your front door, and when it does, it can lead to a career that truly makes a difference.
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.