- 1944 - Frank Flowers establishes business.- Rogers interest in the trash business started at 8 years old when he was emptying barrels in the back of his dad's pick up.- Flowers Sanitation started with 2 trash trucks & serviced a small area. Frank also at that time operated the Virden Landfill west of town; that landfill has been closed for a number of years.
- 1971 - Built a 48 x 60 2 bay shop at 900 W. Fortune St. in Virden with a 12 x 12 office & sitting on 1 acre of land; this was all done while still working for his dad.
- 1978 - Roger ran a small route for 1 year while working with his dad.- Roger's equipment was a pick up with wooden sideboards.- Roger continued to build his route for 3 to 4 years then expanded with a '73 Ford trash truck & '75 Ford Pick up
- 1981 - In November Roger bought Frank out: 2 trash trucks & backhoe; went to curbside pickup
- 1983 - Roger bought his 1st new International trash truck- Also had a '75 Chevrolet trash truck and a '75 pick up with dump hopper
- 1988 - Bought 1st used '79 Mack roll off truck with 5 boxes & went in to roll off business- This was promoted by Thermal Ceramics in Girard who encouraged Roger to haul their trash
- 1989 - Put 1st computer in the office in Virden
- 1991 - In June bought out Hartman Disposal in Carlinville- We have seen 4 haulers come and go and we are still here and growing strong
- 1992 - Roger bought his 1st new roll off truck & at the time he bought this new truck he had been in the roll off business 3 to 4 years
- 1994 - Roger built new office - added 1 more computer- Roger bought his 3rd new roll off truck
- 1997 - Roger built a 4 bay shop & washbay south of the main shop- Roger bought his 4th new roll off truck
- 2003 - Roger bought out Charlie & Lucy Pocklinkton's Residential & Commercial Route- Charlie later retired in August of 2003
- 2004 - Added 3rd office personel & 3rd computer- Roger bought out Harold Ellingers roll off business from Litchfield- Added another 4 bay shop to the existing 4 bay shop w/ washbay- Roger bought an additional 3 acres for container storage
- 2005 - Added 4th office personel & 4th computer
- 2006 - Added 5th office personel & 5th computer
- 2007 - Added shop expansion & kitchenette
- 2008 - Bought out Bumpus Disposal
- 2015 - Started recycling program
- 2016 - Converted to front load containers
Services
We specialize in Residential & Commercial service to areas as far north as Auburn, IL, and as far south as Staunton, IL. Our route east extends to Interstate 55, including Litchfield, and west as far as Waverly, IL. Our containers for this service consist of 1.5 yd containers up to 8 yd. containers.
ROLL OFF SERVICES
Our Roll-Off Service is radio dispatched and provides service as far north as Athens, IL, south to Staunton, IL, east to Taylorville, IL, and west to Jacksonville, IL. Our containers range in size from 10-yd to 30-yd. which will accommodate any type of roofing job, house demolition, general contracting work, or general clean up. Containers are readily available and ready for delivery usually the same day that you call. Our prices are very competitive with any competition. Please give our Virden, IL office a call at (217)965-5618 Mon-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm or our Carlinville, IL office at (217)854-9395. If you have any Roll Off related questions, please contact pete@flowerssanitation.com.
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