If you’ve read About Us, you know that Waste Material Trucking Company has been owned and operated by the Zommer family since 1945.

In the late 1980s, three of Mike and Linda Zommer's children began to make important contributions to remolding the family business into a modern waste management operation.

When state law began to mandate recycling in 1988, daughter Michele was instrumental in helping the company's 15,000 residential customers embrace the new recycling routine. Together with son Mark, they researched responsible new sources for processing recyclable household wastes including newspaper, corrugated cardboard and glass. Son Michael Louis, meanwhile, contributed daily to operations of the fast-growing company. In the mid 1990s, Mark took steps to control rising customer costs and at the same time make it easier for people to drag trash out to the curb. The company invested in automated trucking equipment and large trash Toters with wheels.

Today, the company is proud to operate residential trash collection and recycling operations in four central Connecticut communities: Farmington, Plainville and Southington. In addition, we provide commercial garbage collection and dumpster rentals in seven Connecticut towns: Avon, Burlington, Farmington, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.

Our fleet of trash and recycling trucks and a workforce of about 50 employees, many with years of service to the company, is based at the company's transportation headquarters in Farmington. During the course of more than 50 years, size and success have not changed the character of the business—Mike, Linda and their children and employees continue to put customers' needs first.