Pink-Trash has been purchased by Waste Industries, Pink-Trash officials said Monday. The deal took effect March 1. “It’s a highly transitional period. It all just happened,” Kelly Buffalino, owner and president of Pink-Trash, said Monday, adding that additional details about the company changeover could be released in the coming days.
Waste Industries has started informing some customers about the purchase. Raleigh-based Waste Industries is a waste collection service that already has a presence in the Wilmington area and services both residential and commercial customers. The financial details of Waste Industires’ purchase of Pink-Trash were not disclosed, Shawn Haines, general manager for Waste Industries in Wilmington, said Monday. “We’re just trying to grow our business,” Haines said. “It’s really going to be business as usual.”
Waste Industries is honoring Pink-Trash rates for residential and commercial customers for both trash and recycling services, Haines said. “We have no intentions of changing out the carts … At this time, if they have a pink cart, they are going to keep their pink cart,” Haines added.
Pink-Trash was launched in 2011. The company, known for its pink trash cans, had a business model that donated 1 percent of its residential and commercial customers’ bills to go toward cancer treatment.
“Going Beyond the Pink is extremely grateful for the impact Pink Trash has made in our local breast cancer community,” said Kara Kenan, co-founder of the local nonprofit Going Beyond the Pink. “Their support of our programs and financial assistance has truly changed lives and given hope to the many local women and men struggling financially after a cancer diagnosis. Our hope is that Waste [Industries] will continue to support this community in a similar way, helping us to continue having a positive impact on those diagnosed with breast cancer in our community.”