Twenty years in motion
The business began on June 28, 2006 and reaches its twentieth year in 2026.
SINCE 2006
Good work. Good neighbors. Good Friends.
A local collection company built to make an essential service clearer, more personal, and easier to plan around your property.
A guide for an essential job
Waste collection should not feel mysterious. Customers need to know what can be collected, how service fits their property, and what happens next. Good Friends starts with those practical questions and turns them into a property-specific plan.
Homes + businesses
Collection services are available for residential and commercial properties.
Owner-led
Jose Luis Diaz-Goyes and Patricia O. Diaz are the longtime leaders named in public business records.
Twenty years of quiet, practical work
Good Friends Waste Management began in 2006 and is led by Jose Luis Diaz-Goyes and Patricia O. Diaz. What started as a small local operation has kept moving through changing neighborhoods, changing rules, and changing expectations. The old website was not polished, but its heart was clear: respect the customer, keep collection areas cleaner, and remember that the people along the route are neighbors.
A story built route by route
2006 · The first route
Good Friends began as a small local waste company with a simple promise: practical service for homes and businesses without forgetting the community around the route.
Route by route · Trust grows
Archived company materials show years of commercial work in Washington, DC and a message that still feels useful today: we care about the community because we live here, too.
Today · Clearer next steps
Today, Good Friends serves communities across Washington, DC and Northern Virginia with collection plans shaped around real properties and real needs.
The good in Good Friends
A collection truck cannot solve the planet's waste problem by itself. It can still be part of a better local routine: less waste created, more useful items reused, accepted materials sorted with care, and properties given clear guidance before pickup. That is the next chapter Good Friends can help customers write. See the Good Friends approach to responsible collection.
READY FOR THE NEXT STEP?
Tell us about your property
Send your address and collection needs. We will build the right next steps around your property.Or call 703-543-8671