Respect and Empowerment

September 27, 2023

USA Waste & Recycling bases its growth and culture on a foundation of respect for its employees, the community and the environment.

Since establishing Somers Sanitation in 1974, in Somers, Connecticut, the Antonacci family has forged a leadership position in the waste and recycling industry in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Over the course of its history, the family has pioneered compressed natural gas (CNG) use in trucks, established an award-winning workplace and helped to lead conversations around sustainability in New England.



"We moved up from Long Island to the town of Somers, and we brough a small trash company with a [single truck], and that's how we started, and we kept growing from there," Jerry Antonacci says of the family's start in the waste and environmental services industry.


Jerry says Somers Sanitation established a facility near Interstate 91 in about 1986, which was a milestone for the company that provided it with a centralized maintenance facility to enable further growth in the area.


Read the full article on Waste Today's website.

How one recycling plant is using AI to help make sorting process easier, faster

November 5, 2025
Murphy Road Recycling connected with Greyparrot , whose AI-powered material analyzers are installed in the All American MRF to do a feature for CBS News. Ambarish Mitra, the founder of Greyparrot, flew to Connecticut from the UK to visit our facility and spend some time with the crew who installed and maintain the analyzers. These analyzers use AI to identify materials going through the MRF, giving real time insight into the material stream. This data is used to provide quality control information, which is then used to adjust the system to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The CBS crew interviewed both Ambarish and our Director of Operations Jonathan Murray to discuss the relationship between advanced technology and the recycling industry. The CBS News feature aired in November and gained over 40 million nationwide impressions. We are incredibly proud of the hard work put in by our All American MRF crew to ensure the facility is constantly achieving excellence, and putting our region in national focus for recycling innovation.

Coming Together for a Cleaner River: Source to Sea Cleanup 2025

By Jon Locke • September 27, 2025
On September 27, a team of 10 dedicated volunteers from USA Waste & Recycling and All American Waste rolled up their sleeves and made a real difference along the Connecticut River. As part of the annual Source to Sea Cleanup, we joined forces with hundreds of others across the region, contributing our efforts at the Donald W. Barnes Boat Launch and the surrounding watershed area in Enfield, CT.