Waste Management

Waste Connections, Inc. is a prominent provider of comprehensive waste management services across the United States and Canada, specializing in the collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery of non-hazardous materials. The company offers collection services to a broad spectrum of clients, including residential households, commercial enterprises, municipalities, industrial facilities, and those within the exploration and production (E&P) sectors. Beyond primary collection, it operates landfill disposal sites and manages recycling programs that process various materials such as compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and both ferrous and aluminum metals. Its infrastructure incorporates numerous transfer stations, designed to compact or load waste for efficient transportation to landfills or dedicated treatment facilities via trucks, rail, or barges. Waste Connections further provides intermodal services, facilitating the rail haulage of cargo and solid waste containers throughout the Pacific Northwest region via its specialized network of intermodal facilities. A significant component of its specialized offerings encompasses E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal. This includes handling complex waste streams generated from oil and natural gas exploration and production activities, such as drilling and completion fluids, drill cuttings, flowback and produced water, contaminated soils requiring reclamation treatment, and materials resulting from spill clean-ups, reserve pit remediation, or pipeline ruptures. The company also extends equipment leasing options to its clientele. As of December 31, 2021, Waste Connections' extensive operational footprint included the ownership of 334 solid waste collection operations; 142 transfer stations; 61 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 71 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. Additionally, the company actively managed an extra 53 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Established in 1997, Waste Connections, Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Woodbridge, Canada.

Republic Services, Inc., along with its affiliated entities, stands as a prominent provider of environmental solutions throughout the United States. The company specializes in comprehensive waste management, encompassing the collection, transfer, and responsible disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. Additionally, it offers extensive services for the collection and processing of recyclable materials, complemented by other specialized environmental offerings. Its diverse collection operations cater to various needs, from residential curbside pickups to supplying waste and recycling containers, and renting compactors. Republic Services also plays a significant role in the processing and subsequent sale of recovered commodities such as old corrugated cardboard, newsprint, aluminum, and glass. The firm's service portfolio extends to operating landfills and transfer stations, managing the disposal of non-hazardous solid and liquid waste, and providing in-plant services, including transportation and logistics support. Its clientele includes residential households, small-container commercial businesses, and large-container industrial facilities. As of December 31, 2021, Republic Services boasted a substantial operational footprint across 41 states. This infrastructure comprised 356 collection operations, 239 transfer stations, 198 active landfills, and 71 recycling processing centers. Furthermore, it managed 6 saltwater disposal wells, 7 deep injection wells, and 3 facilities dedicated to treatment, recovery, and disposal. Demonstrating a commitment to sustainable practices, the company also operated 77 projects focused on converting landfill gas to energy and other renewable energy initiatives, in addition to overseeing 124 closed landfills. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Secure Waste Infrastructure Corp.Waste ManagementCalgary, Canada

71% match

SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. engages in the waste management and energy infrastructure businesses primarily in Canada and the United States. The company operates through two segments: Waste Management and Energy Infrastructure. The Waste Management segment manages a network of permitted processing, recovery, and disposal infrastructure, optimizing the handling of hazardous and non-hazardous liquids, solids, emulsions, and industrial by-products, enabling recycling of metals and recovered oil, and offering compliant long-term solutions for residual waste; specialty chemical solutions are used to enhance processing efficiency and reduce waste intensity; metal recycling, drilling waste management, water disposal, and landfill disposal; and integrated network includes waste transfer stations, waste processing facilities, produced water pipelines, metals recycling, industrial landfills, generating highly recurring, infrastructure-driven cash flows supported by significant regulatory and capital barriers to entry. The Energy Infrastructure segment consists of crude oil terminals, storage facilities, and pipeline-connected infrastructure that optimize, store, and move crude oil and natural gas liquids to market, including value-added crude oil and NGL marketing and optimization activities such as buying, selling, blending, and storage. This segment also provides collection, processing, recovery, recycling and disposal of waste streams generated by its energy and industrial customers and the gathering, optimization, terminalling and storage of crude oil and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Secure Energy Services Inc. and changed its name to SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. in January 2025. SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Green Waste Management LLCWaste Management & RecyclingUnited States

68% match

GreenWaste Management LLC provides sustainable recycling, curbside collection, and debris box rentals for residential, commercial, and municipal customers across parts of California. The company operates resource recovery, composting, and anaerobic digestion facilities, and it produces and sells recycled-content landscape and construction products such as compost, mulch, and aggregates.

Capital Waste Services is a U.S. waste-management company that provides residential, commercial, and municipal solid-waste collection services, along with recycling, transfer, and disposal operations. It primarily serves communities and business customers in the southeastern United States.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste management firm across the northeastern United States. The company specializes in comprehensive waste and resource management solutions, encompassing solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and organic waste services. These offerings cater to a diverse clientele, including residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers. Its operations specifically address non-hazardous solid waste, from initial collection through its extensive network of transfer stations to final disposal facilities. Casella also markets a variety of processed recyclables, such as metals (including aluminum), plastics, and paper products like corrugated cardboard, sourced from both its own processing centers and third-party acquisitions. Furthermore, the company engages in commodity brokerage. As of January 31, 2022, its significant infrastructure included 50 solid waste collection operations, 65 transfer stations, 23 recycling facilities, 8 Subtitle D landfills, 3 landfill gas-to-energy facilities, and 1 landfill dedicated to construction and demolition materials. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Rutland, Vermont.