Waste Connections issues statement on passing of Robert Davis

Robert Davis, a member of Toronto-based Waste Connections Inc.’s board of directors, died April 6.

Davis brought more than 40 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling industries to the company’s board, including executive roles with Browning-Ferris Industries Inc. (BFI), Fibres International, Garden State Paper Company and SCS Engineers.

"We are deeply saddened by Bob's passing and, on behalf of the entire Waste Connections team, we extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends," Waste Connections President Worthing Jackman says. "Bob was a truly remarkable individual and he will be greatly missed by all those who had the pleasure to know him."

Davis served on Waste Connection’s board of directors since 2001.

Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in the United States and Canada. The company serves more than six-million residential, commercial, industrial and exploration and production customers in 41 states in the U.S., as well as six provinces in Canada.