The Great Waste Blog

Guides, tips, and stories from the Great Waste team — serving South Florida since 1976.

A horse-drawn Knickerbocker Ice wagon loaded with large ice blocks makes a delivery on a early-1900s Brooklyn street, with a driver at the reins and pedestrians and shopfronts lining the cobblestone road

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The Piccinonna Legacy: First Generation

Four generations, one family story: how Giulio Piccinonna's work as a Brooklyn ice man laid the foundation for what would become Great Waste.