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Two former longtime employees of Bestway Disposal have joined with two trucking industry veterans to form Carefree Disposal, the latest entrant into the suddenly crowded Colorado Springs trash market.
Darrell Stutzman and Renae Rockwell left Bestway last year, two years after the company was acquired by Canadian waste giant GFL Environmental, and joined with Scott and Ricky Saunders of local trucking company Carefree Heavy Haul to form Carefree Disposal last month. The new company plans to begin picking up trash March 1 from homes in western and central Colorado Springs and expand to the entire city within three years.
Carefree joins GFL, Waste Management, Waste Connections and Infinite Disposal, which expanded Feb. 1 from Teller and Chaffee counties to the Colorado Springs area. Carefree and Infinite say they decided to enter the Colorado Springs market after Waste Connections acquired Springs Waste Systems, the area’s last major locally owned trash company, in December to becom
Four Colorado Springs natives are launching a new garbage service company, which starts residential pickups March 1.Â
Carefree Disposal is owned and operated by four generations from the cityâs Westside. Scott Saunders, Darrel Stutzman, Ricky Saunders and Renae Rockwell have more than 150 years combined industry experience, according to a news release from Carefree.
Darrel Stutzman, Carefreeâs vice president, spent 30 years as fleet manager at Bestway Disposal, until it was bought out by GFL.
To start, Carefree will service only western Colorado Springs, covering the 80903, 80904, 80905, 80906, 80907, 80909 and 80919 zip codes.
âOur first priority is customer service,â Stutzman said of the decision to initially limit pickup areas, âand we canât focus on that if we take on too much too soon. We want to build a strong customer base before we expand to other areas.âÂ
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