in accounting with honors from Southwest Texas State University and a law degree from the University of Houston. He also worked on legislative affairs regarding solid waste and environmental issues for the Texas House of Representatives’ Environmental Affairs Committee from 1985 to 1992.
He has extensive experience in advising clients in areas of environmental, legislative and regulatory law. Prior to TDS, Gary was in private practice with Texas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. In this position, he represents TDS and its related entities on general legal issues with a special emphasis on legislative and regulatory affairs. Gary Newton has served as general counsel for Texas Disposal Systems, Inc. They have four children and four grandchildren. Bob has lived in Austin since 1971 and is married to his junior high school sweetheart, Kay Rogers Gregory. The Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America honored him with the Distinguished Citizen of the Year award. In 2010, Bob was inducted into the Environmental Industries Association (EIA) Hall of Fame. He served as chairman of the two statewide committees that oversaw the development of federally mandated landfill management regulations. He received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Texas Water Commission (TWC) in recognition for his contribution to protect human health and the environment and his efforts towards developing municipal solid waste landfill regulations for the TWC in 1993. The NSWMA honored Bob as Member of the Year in 2000. In 2008, Bob was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas (and Vermont) Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission and served until September 2011. He also served as chairman of the Texas Chapter of the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) from 1991 to 2003 and served on the board of directors of the Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He served as a member of the state’s Municipal Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Advisory Council from 1989 to 2007 and as its president for the last seven years. Acme Iron and Metal Co., a full-service scrap metal processing facility in San Angelo, Texas.īob graduated from Central High School in San Angelo, Texas and holds a bachelor’s degree in business from The University of Texas at Austin. Through innovative ideas in landfill management, customer service, and environmentally safe practices, TDS is now the largest independently owned solid waste collection, recycling/composting and disposal company in Central Texas, and one of the largest in the nation. Bob Gregory serves as chairman, president and owner for Texas Disposal Systems, Inc., Texas Disposal Systems Landfill, Inc., Texas Landfill Management, LLC, Texas Organic Products and Garden-Ville.