American Waste

American Waste is a privately-owned and operated family business, founded by Edward Ascione Sr. in 1971, and established as American Waste by his sons Eddie and Michael Ascione in 2002. The American Waste family of companies includes Northern A-1 Environmental Services and Specialized Safety Services, both of which are headquartered in Kalkaska. We have 10 locations and 400 employees in Michigan, and a Northern A-1 office in Pennsylvania. American Waste operates two Material Recovery Facilities: • Kalkaska construction and demolition MRF, operational since 2008 • Traverse City single stream residential and business MRF, operational since 2011 Our Kalkaska Material Recovery Facility was one of the first construction and demolition recycling facilities in Michigan. We recover, recycle and reuse construction and demolition materials from building projects large and small, including concrete, asphalt, asphalt shingles, gypsum wallboard, wood and metals.