Most Expensive Waste Companies

The Waste360 Top 100 ranks the largest waste and recycling firms in North America based on 2015 revenues. Industry behemoth Waste Management remains at the top of the list based on 2015 revenues of close to $13 billion. Republic Services remains no. 2 on the list based on 2015 revenues of $9.1 billion. Waste Management’s figure was actually down about $1 billion from 2014, based in part on its divestiture of Wheelabrator assets that closed in late 2014. That decline also contributed to the fact that the combined revenue for the 10 largest companies fell from $37.2 billion in 2014 to $36.9 billion in 2015. Both Stericycle and Recology posted double-digit percentage gains in revenue. Stericycle’s revenues were up 16.8 percent in 2015, while Recology posted a 12.8 percent gain. Overall, eight of the top 10 companies in the list posted more than $1 billion in revenues. The list will look a bit different shortly, once the proposed merger between Waste Connections and Progressive Waste Solutions closes. Based on 2015 revenues, the combined firm would rank third on this list. The top 10 firms combined for $37.2 billion. Those 10 companies alone accounted for just more than 80 percent of the total revenues of the entire top 100 (roughly $46 billion). If you include the next 10 firms on the list, the top 20 companies in the Top 100 posted $41.1 billion in revenues in 2014—roughly 89 percent of the list’s total. Methodology: This ranking consists of firms that have collection or long-haul fleets, own or operate processing or disposal sites or are, in some way, involved with the handling/processing of solid waste or recycling. We collected some companies’ revenue numbers by reviewing annual reports. Other firms provided us data via an online form. The form was publicized through dedicated email blasts to our subscription and promotion lists as well as our daily e-newsletter. A link to the survey also was featured on the Waste360.com homepage. While we strive to make the Waste100 the most comprehensive list of the industry’s largest solid waste and recycling firms, we recognize that not every firm provides us data. If your firm should be included in this year’s list, but hasn’t been, please contact me atdavid.bodamer@penton.com so it can be included in the online version of the ranking. 2016 RANK 2015 RANK COMPANY 2015 REVENUE 1 1 Waste Management $12,961,000,000 2 2 Republic Services $9,115,000,000 3 3 Clean Harbors $3,275,137,000 4 4 Stericycle $2,985,908,000 5 5 Waste Connections $2,117,287,000 6 6 Progressive Waste Solutions $1,925,592,000 7 7 Covanta Energy $1,645,000,000 8 8 Advanced Disposal Services $1,400,000,000 9 9 Recology $880,000,000 10 10 Waste Industries USA $576,000,000 11 14 US Ecology $563,100,000 12 12 Casella Waste Systems $546,500,000 13 13 Waste Pro $536,000,000 14 11 Rumpke Waste & Recycling $533,873,194 15 15 GFL Environmental $488,936,000* 16 Nuverra Environmental Solutions $356,699,000 17 16 Heritage-Crystal Clean $350,000,000 18 17 CSX Transportation $308,000,000 19 18 Strategic Materials $279,000,000* 20 20 WCA Waste Corporation $272,111,000 21 19 Action Enviromental Group $254,645,311 22 22 EnviroSolutions Inc. $225,770,000 23 21 Solid Waste Services d/b/a J.P. Mascaro & Sons $212,000,000 24 TOMRA North America $180,000,000 25 23 Clean Earth $175,000,000 26 24 SCS Engineers $158,100,000 27 25 Tetra Tech $155,000,000 28 29 Harvest Power $139,800,000 29 40 Tunnel Hill Partners $137,098,000 30 ReCommunity $132,000,000 31 26 Sprint Waste Services $122,211,537 32 38 Rizzo Environmental Services $120,000,000 33 Accent Wire $119,462,760 34 27 Appliance Recycling Centers of America $118,000,000 35 31 Lakeshore Recycling Systems $115,200,000 36 33 Avangard Innovative $95,000,000 37 28 Kimble Company $102,000,000 38 32 Peoria Disposal Company $99,500,000 39 34 Consolidated Waste Service $94,000,000* 40 35 KRD Trucking $90,000,000 41 42 California Waste Solutions $84,000,000 42 41 RiverRoad Waste Solutions $82,623,000 43 N&V International $82,470,655 44 43 Santek Waste Services $68,000,000 45 Waste Services Industries $65,944,000 46 E.L. Harvey & Sons $63,000,000 47 46 Perma-Fix Environmental Services $62,383,000 48 48 Aspen Waste Systems $56,900,000 49 47 American Waste Control $55,900,000 50 49t Soil Safe $55,000,000* 51 53 ACT Environmental Services 54,000,000 52 45 Waste Integration Service Consultants $52,894,212 53 56 The Reflective Companies $50,000,000* 54 49t River Valley Paper $48,000,000* 55 30 Industrial Services of America $46,180,000 56 51 Raleigh Recycling NC Scrap Metal $45,000,000* 57 58 Rocky Mountain Recycling $42,000,000* 58 59 Alpine Waste & Recycling $38,210,603 59 55 American Waste Management Services $37,000,000 60 61 Inland Waste Solutions $36,826,499 61 Berg Mill Supply $35,000,000 62 62 Impact Environmental $34,000,000* 63 65 Trash Taxi $34,000,000 64 64 Apple Valley Waste Service $33,614,821 65 67 Red River Waste Solutions $32,180,445 66 Balcones Resources $30,000,000 67 Budget Dumpster $29,452,692 68 72t Red Technologies $29,000,000 69 70 KLT Industries $28,500,000* 70 Discount Waste $28,000,000 71 66 Ware Disposal $27,500,000 72 80 Gold Medal Evironmental $27,000,000 73 75t Sakoutis Brothers Disposal $27,000,000* 74 70 Mazza & Sons $26,000,000* 75 69 Sanitary Service $25,700,000* 76 77 GarbageMan, A Green Co. $25,000,000* 77 Local Waste Services $24,178,545 78 75t Filco Carting $24,000,000 79 68 Blue Diamond Disposal $23,960,000 80 81 Lone Star Disposal $22,000,000 81 79 Pellitteri Waste Systems $21,017,000 82 Feher Rubbish Removal $20,000,000 83 82 Sanitation Solutions $20,000,000 84 83 Call2Recycle $18,300,000* 85 72t Greenpath Recovery $18,000,000 86 100 Green City USA $17,360,000 87 74 InStream Environmental $17,000,000 88 86 AAA Carting & Rubbish Removal $16,000,000* 89 Earthwatch Waste Systems $16,000,000 90 InterGroup International $15,800,000 91 92 Wayne Twp. Landfill $15,250,000* 92 84 Cali Carting $15,100,000 93 85 AERC Recycling Solutions $15,000,000* 94 TELLUS Material Solutions $15,000,000 95 88 Tri Rinse $14,683,000 96 89 Pacific Waste $14,608,770 97 Freedom Waste Service $14,000,000 98 Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority $13,646,685 99t Russo and Sons $13,000,000 99t 91 Duncan Disposal Systems $13,000,000*