Oral history interview with Lonnie Poole, March 22, 1999
Subtitle: interview I-0085, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Chief executive officers; Refuse disposal industry; Government ownership; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Recycling industry; Fills (Earthwork); Privatization; Environmental policy; Inc Waste Industries
Other titles: Interview I-0085, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Lonnie Poole, March 22, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Lonnie Poole describes the slow evolution of his waste management company from business plan to publicly traded corporation. Poole believed that he could earn a profit as a private waste manager and spent years trying to convince counties in North Carolina to cede control of their solid waste to him. After a decade of lobbying, his efforts began to pay off, and Poole found his organization growing. Poole describes the elements that made meeting his goals difficult, the eventual success of his company, and some of the complicating factors--like environmentalism--that pose continued challenges.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Oct. 26, 2007).

Interview participants: Lonnie Poole, interviewee; Joseph Mosnier, interviewer.

Duration: 01:50:47.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series I, Business history, interview I-0085, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 32 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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