Meridian Waste names former football great as district manager

Meridian Waste, Charlotte, North Carolina, announced March 8 that Larry Seivers has been named a district manager overseeing the company’s Knoxville, Tennessee, hauling operations, including activity at its construction and demolition (C&D) entities Poplar View C&D Landfill and Riverside C&D Landfill.

Seivers and his business partners had previously acquired Riverside C&D Landfill and Poplar View Landfill to form Knoxville Landfills LLC, which was later acquired by Meridian Waste in November 2018. Following the acquisition, Seivers kept the portable restroom portion of the business, which became East Tennessee Portables (ETP). East Tennessee Portables became one of the area’s largest portable restroom providers and was recently acquired in February.

While Seivers has an established waste career, he may be most known for his pre-garbage days as a football player. He was the University of Tennessee’s all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards and was named a two-time consensus All-American in 1975 and 1976. He was awarded the SEC Athlete of the Year in 1977, drafted by the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks in the same year, selected as an SEC Football Legend in 2005, and inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

“We are excited to bring Larry back to the company,” Wally Hall, CEO of Meridian Waste, says. “He’s a key player in every sense and was responsible in large part for the success of Poplar View and Riverside Landfills prior to Meridian Waste’s acquisition. Our Knoxville operations are now integrated with a hauling organization that provides collection services to permanent and temporary businesses, and we’re well-positioned for continued growth with Larry leading our local team.”

“The garbage business is a lot like football,” Seivers says. “It’s not rocket science, but it does require a committed team of individuals all with different skill sets to work together to provide a successful experience for our customers and a positive working environment for each other. As part of Meridian Waste, I’m looking forward to working with the Knoxville team of waste professionals to grow our customer base, expand into new lines of business, and strengthen our position as a vital infrastructure asset within the region.”