The most recent updates to this tracker are:
- Arizona-based Ally Waste acquired Swift Integrated Services, which offers dumpster management, doorstep trash pickup and waste brokerage services, according to a Thursday release. The deal adds to Ally's footprint in Utah, Florida and Idaho, and brings brokerage services to the company.
- Casella Waste Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire Waste Reduction & Recycling & Transfer, which is based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The company owns a transfer station and offers residential, commercial and industrial waste services, plus dumpster rentals, according to its website.
- Reworld acquired New York-based environmental services provider Clean & Green Recycling, along with affiliated companies ClearFlo Technologies and EnviroTec. Reworld has integrated the three operations into what it now calls the Lindenhurst Material Processing Facility, which provides vertical integration with four of its nearby “thermomechanical treatment facilities.” Reworld is a portfolio company of EQT Infrastructure.
- Ecowaste Solutions acquired Texas-based Compass Waste, a family-owned provider of residential collection services in the Mount Vernon area. This is the latest in a string of acquisitions announced by Ecowaste since it was formed by private equity firm Kinderhook Industries earlier this year.
- GFL Environmental completed its acquisition of Canada-based Secure Waste Infrastructure. The transaction was valued at approximately 6.4 billion Canadian dollars. Secure’s portfolio includes 55 liquid waste facilities, 10 metals recycling facilities and more than a dozen landfills. Its assets are largely in Western Canada, with some in North Dakota.
The waste and recycling industry's M&A activity has neared historic levels in recent years.
Collective M&A spending by the U.S. solid waste industry's publicly traded companies approached an estimated $3.3 billion in 2025, $10.9 billion in 2024, $4.2 billion in 2023 and $6.3 billion in 2022. This total does not include deals involving companies with private equity or infrastructure fund backing, which have become increasingly active in recent years.
This tracker’s lists for 2021-2023 focused on deals executed by companies that primarily provide municipal solid waste or recycling services in the United States. As of 2024, our list also includes environmental services transactions and all deals in Canada. Transactions involving significant investments, including minority stakes, may also be included.
We list acquirers or lead investors in alphabetical order by their parent company or common operating name, which may differ from the specific legal entities involved in the acquisitions. Please send feedback or tips to waste.dive.editors@industrydive.com.
