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Kenny Burkett, founder of American Waste Control, saw a huge need to bring improvements to the collection process by helping solve the needs of his customers. Starting with only one truck and a handful of clients in 1970, he quickly built a successful company based on serving the Tulsa community and providing the best in waste management solutions.
He sold the residential department of his business in 1980—then began devoting his interests to commercial and industrial clients, founding American Waste Control that same year. He then went on to found Tulsa Recycle and Transfer (TRT) in 1987 and then American Environmental Landfill (AEL) in 2000, making American Waste Control the only completely integrated waste management company in Tulsa that provides custom solutions to area businesses.
Todd Green brings over three decades of Solid Waste experience to AEL. With an educational background in Chemistry and Business Management, he is well suited for serving our Industrial clients.
His work history includes a broad spectrum of experience in the Solid Waste sector that ranges from Engineering and Landfill Management to virtually every aspect of the Waste industry such as waste characterization, collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal.
Since joining AEL in 2005, he has led the company to a successful operation that has virtually quadrupled in revenues. His expertise will continue to allow AEL to lead the industry in environmental compliance and be the premier choice of industrial clients for their special waste needs.
Amanda Curtis has worked as a waste and recycling consultant at American Waste Control since 2011, but she has actually been working in the waste industry since 2009. Amanda has a large amount of expertise in waste management, which she uses to help clients generate waste and recycling plans that fit their needs while remaining sustainable for the environment.
Amanda studied at Skiatook High School before attending Blinn College in Bryan, TX. She began her career working in customer service and sales before finding her way to the waste industry. Amanda has a strong passion for the work that she does and forming connections with the people she meets through it–both customers and co-workers. She is driven by the opportunity to create tailored sustainable solutions for her customers all while working with and representing a company like AWC. Amanda is proud to contribute to a company that puts their customers first, allows her room for professional development, and supports her like a family would.
Amanda has achieved several accolades in her career. She graduated from Leadership Broken Arrow, Class of 2020; was an IRONMAN Environmental Captain in 2021; and will serve on the NWRA’s 2022 Women’s Fundraiser Council Board as the Fundraiser Chair. She is also a Tulsa Master Recycler; has served on the Tulsa Christmas Parade committee since 2015; and has served as a Sustainable Tulsa coach for AWC since 2018. Working in this industry has taught Amanda many skills, such as time management, negotiation, and attention to detail. Humbly, Amanda still strives to continue developing these skills and hopes to work in a leadership position in the future. She also hopes to continue being a leader to other women in this industry.
Outside of her work at AWC, Amanda enjoys listening to music and audiobooks, paddle boarding, and traveling. Her favorite use of her free time is to spend it with her husband, Joe, and their two daughters, Alivia and Amelia.
Meet Laura King, our customer service representative and accounts receivable manager. If you ask her, she would say she is the “front of house mom” that keeps everyone in line. She has been working at American Environmental Landfill for ten years and is also a proud military veteran, serving as a mechanic in the US Navy for six-and-a-half years. The best part of working at AEL for her is, “being able to work for a company that runs so well and, thanks to Kenny, we are just one big family here.” Laura enjoys getting to meet new people every day, along with keeping up with the reoccurring customers. She sums up working at AEL by saying, “It’s kind of rare that you can honestly love your job. I wake up every day not minding coming to work.”
When Laura is not keeping everyone in line here at AEL, she enjoys knitting, fishing, and taking her boat out on Keystone Lake where she resides with her husband of 26 years. Laura and her husband have one child together, Micki, who works alongside her mother here at AEL. She was born and raised in Mannford, Oklahoma and is proud to call the Sooner State home.
Meet Micki King, our customer service representative. Micki has been working at American Environmental Landfill for five years. She proudly works alongside her mother, Laura, to help keep things organized and our customers happy. In addition, the mother-daughter duo also hands out snacks and sodas to drivers who haven’t had time for lunch, which makes them a caring asset to our team. In her spare time when she’s not busy helping make AEL great, she enjoys to crochet, attend concerts, and horseback ride. She can also play the fiddle and might be known as a “crazy cat lady” to some. Micki just recently got into horseback riding, and a few weeks back attended her first dressage show where she won first place! Micki was born and raised in Mannford, Oklahoma and is proud to continue residing here. She loves Tulsa, and her favorite thing about Green Country is the BOK Center — her favorite show was when she got to see Green Day.
For Micki, the best part about working at AEL is that Kenny goes above and beyond to make the facility nice and allows the employees to make it feel like home. According to her, “AEL is the best landfill in Oklahoma. People take pride in working here.” Micki also loves that she can work alongside her mother and all the wildlife that she gets to watch on a daily basis—especially the Longhorns and horses!
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