A.R.S. Refuse Service, Inc.

ARS and Werlor have been a family owned company since 1969. Jerry Wertz, Judy Wertz, and Tom Taylor started Werlor Waste Control with one truck, a chicken coup and one contract!

Jerry Wertz and Tom Taylor in 1969

Judy's first office building in 1969 was a converted chicken coop.

The very first ARS crew in 1990

ARS's modern office and shop facility

1990

The company began as a $200,000.00 a year concern working out of rented building on the outskirts of Archbold. Mrs. Judy Wertz bought Archbold Refuse Service from Dick Rufenacht, the company consisted of 3 trucks .Werlor (owned by Judy’s husband) transferred its customers in the Archbold to ARS. This was how ARS got its first rolloff truck and roll off customer. 

 1991

ARS buys Wauseon Disposal Service from Chuck Yocke, and begins servicing the city of Wauseon.

1992

ARS purchases five acres of land in the Archbold industrial park, and builds a two bay shop with offices. ARS has now grown into a fleet of four residential trucks and two roll off trucks servicing parts of Williams and Fulton County.

2001

An expansion is completed for ARS’s facility that adds a new preventative maintenance truck bay and doubles the available office space. Werlor and ARS hire its first sales manager, Chris Cote. The company continues to grow and two new vehicles are purchased to increase the fleet to 5 residential commercial routes and 4 roll off routes. All of Fulton County is being serviced and parts of Henry and Williams counties are also being serviced.

2004

The company has experienced three years of non-stop growth. Its service area now includes Fulton, Lucas, Williams, Henry counties in Ohio and Hillsdale, Lenawee counties in Michigan. The fleet has now increased to a fleet of 9 residential commercial trucks and five roll off trucks

2006

Plans are made for a Solid Waste Transfer Facility to enable the company to reduce its fuel consumption, and compete in markets that are being dominated by large national companies that own all of the surrounding landfills. This facility will enable ARS to remain a vibrant healthy company servicing its customers in Fulton, Williams, Lucas and Lenawee counties. ARS now owns and operates a fleet of 18 vehicles.

2007

ARS begins operations at its new Transfer facility. The new facility allows  ARS to reduce its fuel consumption and its carbon footprint. Recycling operations also begin. ARS removes cardboard, concrete, wood, and metal from the waste it receives. These materials are recycled into new paper, crushed stone, colored wood mulch, new steel products.