Who We Are

Marvin grew up in Murray, Utah, a suburb south of Salt Lake City. He learned early to turn his hobbies into income, and his first job was at Mick Riley Golf Course. This job provided not only a wage but also free golf and access to some great people. Marvin enjoys camping, hunting, golf, mountain biking, and spending time outdoors with his family.

After marrying his wife Kim, Marvin took a job as a driver at a small recycling company called Utah Recycling. He figured this would be an excellent job to hold while he finished school. Marvin got to see many different aspects of this business as he worked his way through school and started his family. Through some hard times and long hours, Marvin attained his degree from the University of Phoenix in 1997 in Business Administration while still working for Utah Recycling.

In 1999, Allied waste acquired Utah Recycling; to Marvin, this didn’t seem like a good fit. Some key members of management had plans to start up their own business. Marvin was fortunate to find a way into this group, and they formed Rocky Mountain Recycling in late 1999. This business had its ups and downs, but after nearly 21 years was sold to CellMark, with whom they worked in partnership for many years. Marvin stayed on to be the General Manager of the new Rocky Mountain Recycling Services Company.

Jana Buchi began her career representing Konica and Fuji Film. It required a lot of travel. As she was looking for something closer to home while raising a family, she found the offer to represent a recycling company and thought she would be able to make a difference in the world — and she has — over a 20-year career.

Jana worked for BFI/Allied Waste and after several life events accepted a position with Rocky Mountain Recycling in 2006. Jana enjoys meeting new people and developing business relationships. She sees accounts and customers with a perspective to work together for the benefit of both. She approaches operational relations as partnerships and has developed several major accounts into personal friends.  When there are concerns or questions about the markets or industry, Jana addresses them with integrity and fairness. Jana sees the company acquisition by CellMark, Inc. as a major step forward in providing service to accounts for their success.

Jana loves the outdoors and being with her family, especially seeing her four adorable grandchildren weekly. Hiking, backpacking, climbing and canyoneering are favorite activities. She is currently training a Springer Spaniel named Raymond to hike right along on her adventures.

Thomas Jongert grew up learning the recycling business with several siblings, as his father was one of the founding partners of Rocky Mountain Recycling. Thomas worked in several areas of the company during his teenage years. Thomas left the Salt Lake City area to attend college in Chicago and returned to Rocky Mountain Recycling to manage transport and processing operations in the Las Vegas area for one year. Thomas increased his value to the company with a commercial driver’s license and progressed from driver to dispatcher to Transportation Manager. In 2016, Thomas returned to processing and became the Director of Plant Operations. When Rocky Mountain Recycling became Rocky Mountain Recycling Services and operational demands shifted, Thomas became the South Salt Lake City Plant Manager to oversee the vast majority of single-stream processing and shipping.

Thomas enjoys spending time with his family and appreciates the outdoors. Some of his favorite activities include scuba diving and boating. He is also a big fan of salt-water aquariums and is an aficionado of home tanks.

Clark Sasine grew up in the recycling industry. He began working in the processing of curbside and commercial materials and spent a year at a facility specializing in ferrous and non-ferrous metals. To broaden his skill set, he worked on the Equipment Maintenance Team. In 2018, he accepted a position and assignment to work and learn the plastics grinding and recycling business at Rocky Mountain Recycling. As current manager of the Plastics Plant, Clark oversees the acquisition and processing of commercial plastics for Rocky Mountain Recycling Services.

Personally, Clark enjoys boating, golfing, and spending time with his wife and two young sons.

Tim Trebesch earned an accounting degree from Weber State University and began his professional career monitoring seed, feed, and tractor inventory at Intermountain Farmers Association in Salt Lake City. From accounting at IFA, Tim moved to Mrs. Fields Brands in Park City, Utah tracking cookies, pretzels, and frozen yogurt. Tim’s next stop was at Gardner Village in West Jordan, Utah accounting for retail shops and a restaurant. Tim joined Rocky Mountain Recycling in 2007 and has not looked back. He has enjoyed learning and working in the recycling industry ever since.

Outside of work, Tim spends time with family and has fun playing many sports including ice hockey, golf, and volleyball.

Jose Cancel was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moved to Utah in 1990 to attend Utah Valley University. Jose has developed a career in warehouse management with over 20 years of experience in all aspects of shipping, receiving, inventory management, and developing best practices for successful high-volume fulfillment.

Jose is married and has five children. Along with love of various sports, Jose is an avid collector of vintage Star Wars memorabilia.

Devin was born and raised in rural Colorado. He attended college in Utah and learned Spanish while serving a service mission in the Dominican Republic during his college years. During this time, he also trained and qualified for his commercial driving license with several endorsements that provided for a well-developed understanding of Department to Transportation rules and requirements for safe and efficient transportation.

Devin came to Rocky Mountain Recycling Services after ten years of driving, dispatching, supervising and managing transportation divisions from several regional companies. Devin is married and has four children. His experience and skillset are a great addition to the team.

Jeff Clark came to Rocky Mountain Recycling in 2014 after a career with a regional publishing, wholesaling, direct mail online and retailing company. As a graduate of the Marriott School of Management at BYU, he sought to bring his years of management experience to support the growth of Rocky Mountain Recycling. First as a consultant and then as Plant Manager, Director of Plant Operations, and as Director of Compliance and Employee Development, Jeff has consistently worked to provide valuable assistance managing people and processes.

Jeff relates with Rocky Mountain Recycling customers who operate small businesses, too. He has a large family and as a sole proprietor, with his family, operated a parking lot maintenance and marking company for 25 years. He has a favorite quote from his grandfather that has developed his life. It is: “Work is my hobby. Getting things done is my recreation. To know many fine and good people, and call them my friends, is my joy and satisfaction.”