BOSS – Big Orange Sanitation Services (BossWaste.com or 770-693-5777) launched operations in East Cobb on July 1, 2016. We want to thank you for your encouragement and support. The response has been overwhelming! We, the proprietors, Scott and Jim, take pride in delivering a level of service East Cobbers haven’t seen in years. BOSS believes you shouldn’t have to put up with bad service and poor attitudes. BOSS can and will do better. This upstart wants to change how things are done for the better. Provide service a customer like you deserves. Deliver what we promise you. Words we live by and you can count on.

The price you pay for service is important. We understand that. We know competitors are going to resort to dropping their prices. But they should’ve done this years ago, not when you’re about to leave them. You have to ask yourself why you were considering leaving your current collections company in the first place? Our focus group said time and time again they were leaving because the service had declined and they felt ignored and underappreciated. When asked about price they said they’d rather pay a few dollars more for a company who was willing to go the extra mile in customer service, with simple things like answering the phone.

BOSS is also thinking ahead about the garbage we produce and what to do with it. Every great idea starts somewhere, usually small. In 1879, Thomas Edison, in a small shop, and with no money, invented the light bulb. In 1919, Georgia’s own Coca Cola started out as a small syrup company with the help of Trust Company, which later became SunTrust Bank. Today, Coca Cola is a global company started from humble beginnings.

Everybody agrees that burying or burning garbage is a bad idea. If you bury it, it leaches and hurts humans, animals and vegetation. And if you burn it, you contribute to the problem of global warming. What to do? BOSS believes harnessing the energy in garbage is a great idea and the best way to preserve this planet for our children to enjoy. Let’s face it; our garbage is slowly killing us. The current recycling effort is commendable, but not nearly enough. Less than 5% of the materials ever get recycled. It ends up in a landfill somewhere. We can do better. And we have a plan. Why not recycle everything we would normally put out at the curb and convert it into useable clean energy? Clean energy is good for you, Cobb County, and our children.

One of the most frequent questions we encountered in focus groups with you, the residents of Cobb County, was; “do we have a recycling program”? Yes we do! Unlike the competition who cleverly meet the minimum requirements of the current rules by using the same truck they haul garbage in; we use dedicated trucks – not garbage trucks.

Why? Garbage trucks, no matter how clean, contaminate the contents because of the residues from your household waste. So, we’ve invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy and use dedicated recycling trucks. Since the margins in hauling waste are so thin, we’re likely not to recoup this investment for a very long time, if ever. But we’re doing it because we’re more interested in the long term. Furthermore, we’re taking the recycling directly to the recycling center. You also may be interested to learn that we make no money from recycling. On the contrary, we have to pay to drop off the recycling. Then why would we be willing to change the way things are done, and lose money at the same time? It’s the foundation of our ground game in waste to energy and designed to show the world how one little company can set an example.

We are sincerely interested in making Cobb County the best place to live in the U.S. and making Cobb a shining example for other counties to follow. Why? Because unlike other major waste companies that take your money and manage their operations from another state, the folks at BOSS live here, work here, shop here and their kids go to school here. Not only have we invested millions of dollars in this plan but we are home grown Georgians through and through. From the real estate we own to the big orange equipment you’ll see on the street to the printers and phones and people in the offices, we live local, spend local and believe a dollar invested in Cobb County is in our best interest and yours too!

We are here to stay. Years in the planning brought us to the point we could initiate our master plan. We chose Cobb County because we live here. We promise we will not allow ourselves to be influenced or persuaded by our competitors, at any price. Some things are just too precious to sell off for money. We will not sell our children’s futures. After all, this planet was not passed on to us from our parents and founding fathers just to fetter away. It was only entrusted to us for our children to enjoy.

BOSS has the know-how, the backbone, the financial capabilities and the engineering resources to make its plan a reality. But BOSS can’t do it alone. BOSS needs your help. BOSS plans to lead the charge and make Cobb County a shining example of what can be achieved by forward-thinking communities coming together for positive change. Our environmental future depends on it. So, stay tuned for upcoming information about exactly how BOSS intends to change not only the garbage business, but also our environment…one county at a time, starting right here in Cobb County. Cobbers have never waited on anyone to get something done. They do it themselves. Today is no different. Let’s do it together. In the meantime, we promise you impeccable service, the safest equipment we can design and the lowest prices possible.

Many thanks!
Scott & Jim
Big Orange Sanitation Services
Marietta, Georgia

Reprinted from EAST COBBER’s August 2016 issue

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