Waste Not, Want Not: Preferred Waste Solutions 

Preferred Waste Solutions co-owner Julia M. Isaac at a customer’s home in Jonesboro, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice The waste management business is a multi-million-dollar industry that thrives on making relationships with current and potential customers. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon Preferred Waste Solutions co-owner Julia M. Isaac stood in the driveway of a Clayton County home talking to a new customer. Isaac believes these relations will make all the difference in a very competitive business. “We want to be known for quality customer service. We want to be the Chick-fil-A of sanitation service,” Isaac said. As a Black business owner, Isaac also recognizes there is a small piece of the waste management pie and an even smaller piece as a Black female business owner in this particular industry. She is the only Black female owner of a waste management company in Clayton and Henry counties, respectively, the counties Preferred Waste Solutions services.& A former United States Army reservist for eight years and an employee of the Clayton County Police Department for 10 years, Isaac started their business in January of 2023.& Isaac said, “It was always a dream to start a sanitation company,” she...