| Pat Brunner |
| Joe Brunner |
| Joe Brunner. 1947. |
| Joe Brunner pushes in trash. 1947 |
ABOUT US
Joe Brunner, Sr., founded the company in 1947. Before that,
his father, Joe Brunner, hauled trash with a horse and buggy.
He had saved up enough money to buy his first diesel powered
garbage truck in 1932. Sadly, Joe's father had an accident
while driving his first truck. He died leaving behind a widow,
Theresa Marie Weiss Brunner, and seven children ranging in
ages from 2 to 14.
Because times were so tough, Theresa had the choice between
not eating or finding work. She took over where her husband
left off and took over his business. For many years she hauled
the residential trash in West View, Pennsylvania. She needed
as much help as she could have, and all of her kids helped her
to haul or bury the trash as well as with the bookkeeping.
As a child, Joe would wake up early to help with the garbage
route, go to school, and go to an after-school job or again help
with the business. Despite these setbacks, he was able to
maintain an A average in school. His dreams did not include
the garbage industry, but in 1947 he took over his mother's
business.
In 1956 Joe married Pat Steigerwald, and they moved to our
current location in 1957. In the late 1980's we installed our
current landfill. While our address says Zelienople, we are
actually located in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County.
We are about one mile across the Butler County line and
Cranberry Township.
We employ about 50 people who do a great job in providing
garbage and recycling services to our customers.
Over the years we have built our garbage business to include
roughly 3,000 commercial customers and 10,000 residential
customers.
Please take a look at our pictures.
his father, Joe Brunner, hauled trash with a horse and buggy.
He had saved up enough money to buy his first diesel powered
garbage truck in 1932. Sadly, Joe's father had an accident
while driving his first truck. He died leaving behind a widow,
Theresa Marie Weiss Brunner, and seven children ranging in
ages from 2 to 14.
Because times were so tough, Theresa had the choice between
not eating or finding work. She took over where her husband
left off and took over his business. For many years she hauled
the residential trash in West View, Pennsylvania. She needed
as much help as she could have, and all of her kids helped her
to haul or bury the trash as well as with the bookkeeping.
As a child, Joe would wake up early to help with the garbage
route, go to school, and go to an after-school job or again help
with the business. Despite these setbacks, he was able to
maintain an A average in school. His dreams did not include
the garbage industry, but in 1947 he took over his mother's
business.
In 1956 Joe married Pat Steigerwald, and they moved to our
current location in 1957. In the late 1980's we installed our
current landfill. While our address says Zelienople, we are
actually located in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County.
We are about one mile across the Butler County line and
Cranberry Township.
We employ about 50 people who do a great job in providing
garbage and recycling services to our customers.
Over the years we have built our garbage business to include
roughly 3,000 commercial customers and 10,000 residential
customers.
Please take a look at our pictures.
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