Why the Cans Say Proudfoot
Proudfoot is a real family name. It's my mother's maiden name, a German surname that translates to exactly what it sounds like, and putting it on the door meant the work would carry the family's name around every county we serve. That tends to keep a person honest about how the work gets done.
We moved to South Carolina and started the company from nothing in January of 2022. No fleet, no customer list, just a plan to run a dumpster business the way we'd want to be treated as customers. I started it because it was honest work a family could build on, and in a country that fills this many cans, the work isn't running out.
What's really kept us going has been the people that we've met along the way. A lot of them, customers, builders, even competitors, have turned into real friends. That part has been the best of it.