Historical
Truck Museum
As we continue to forge a new path in the recycling and waste industry, we understand the importance of remembering and preserving our past.
The Waste Pro Historical Foundation Museum, an extension of the Waste Pro regional office in Sanford, Florida, boasts a collection of original and restored antique waste collection trucks, displays, and memorabilia that showcase the industries rich history of innovation.
A Family Business
Our Executive Board Chairman John Jennings & son, President & CEO Sean Jennings, standing by the 1948 Dodge Truck.
Meet No. 1
This 1926 GMC flatbed represents the collection truck that Michael Jennings (John Jennings’s father) worked on when he came over as a 17-year-old from Ireland in 1930.
Humble Beginnings
Green 1948 Dodge Truck.
Behind it is a 1975 Ford which was John Jennings’s first truck purchase. It was tracked down for repurchase and then restored to be put on display at the museum.
Diverse Collection
1930’s DeMartini Scavenger Truck.
One of only a few left known to exist of refuse collection vehicles from the San Francisco area. These trucks all were loaded using the stairs on both sides of the truck into the open top dump body.
Street Sweeping
1900’s Street Sweeper Cart Replica.
Before trash trucks, large cities had street sweepers using carts like this that would have been used to transport debris from the streets and then dumped into carts pulled by horses.
There’s an emotional attachment between the vehicles and Jennings, who has spent virtually all his life in and around the trash business.
Jim Johnson – Waste & Recycling News
