American Carting is a family-owned waste management company in Guilford, which has served residential and commercial customers in CT for 50+ years.

Company History

While perhaps the most dubious of distinctions, rubbish removal in Central and South Central Connecticut is synonymous with the Morrow family name.

Family patriarch Ben Morrow launched his eponymous trash service in the 1940s to serve the growing post-war Guilford community, and later changed the name to Ben Morrow & Sons when son Richard Morrow joined his father’s business as a teenager.

Following in his dad’s footsteps as an entrepreneur in his own right, Richard struck out on his own at age 21. He purchased a truck and started his own route in the Guilford area. What was originally named the Richard E. Morrow Trash Service in the mid-1960s eventually evolved to American Carting Company in the late 1970s.

At the same time, Ben sold his company to his wife, Viola, who ran the business as Guilford Trash Service for several years before selling the company to her son Richard in the late 1970s. As a result, Richard consolidated all of the family routes into his own company, thereby expanding and elevating American Carting Company to the premiere trash pickup service in the Connecticut shore area – a legacy that lasts to this day.

Mission

To provide superior customer service, promote the efficacy of recycling, and give back to the local community through philanthropic efforts.