December 7, 2009
Companies are based in the United States and Canada. They are ranked according to revenue from hauling, disposal and transfer of
all types of residential, commercial and industrial waste. The list excludes revenue from incineration and the sale of recyclables.
2008
Rank
2007
Rank
Company Name
Headquarters / Ownership
Top Waste
Executive
2008 2007
Hauling Hauling
& Disposal & Disposal
Revenue Revenue
In millions of dollars
Types of
Waste
Managed#
No. of
Hauling
Trucks
No. of
Rolloff 2008
Containers Employees Website
1
1 Waste Management
Houston / Public
David Steiner
CEO
$13,223.0
$13,451.0
S,C,H,L,M,O 21,000
N.A.
45,000
www.wm.com
2
3 Republic Services Inc. 1
Phoenix / Public
James O’Connor
Chairman/CEO
$3,521.9
$2,991.8
S,C,L,O
16,000
N.A.
35,000
www.republicservices.com
3
4 Veolia Environmental Services
North America Corp.
Chicago / Public
Richard Burke
President/CEO
$1,356.0
$1,140.0
S,C,H,L,M,
N,O
2,900
N.A.
10,200
www.veoliaes.com
4
9 Safety-Kleen
Plano, Texas / Private
Fred Florjancic
CEO
$1,200.0
$1,100.0
S,C,H,L,O
2,607
N.A.
4,300
www.safety-kleen.com
5
7 Stericycle Inc.
Lake Forest, Ill. / Public
Mark Miller
Chairman
$1,083.7
$932.8
H,M
N.A.
N.A.
6,883
www.stericycle.com
6
5 Waste Connections Inc.
Folsom, Calif. / Public
Ron Mittelstaedt
Chairman/CEO
$1,050.0
$938.0
S,C,O
3,000
N.A.
6,000
www.wasteconnections.com
7
8 IESI-BFC Ltd.
Toronto / Public
Keith Carrigan
Vice Chairman/CEO
$1,035.7
$882.9
S,C
1,801
N.A.
3,984
www.bficanada.com
8
6 Clean Harbors Environmental
Services Inc.
Norwell, Mass. / Public
Alan McKim
President/CEO
$712.3
$672.3
H
2,500
7,889
4,800
www.cleanharbors.com
9
10 Recology2
San Francisco / Private
Michael Sangiacomo
President/CEO
$475.0
$485.0
S,C,O
1,250
N.A.
2,100
www.recology.com
10
11 Waste Services Inc.
Boca Raton, Fla. / Public
David Sutherland-Yoest
President/CEO
$473.0
$461.4
S,C
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
www.wasteservices.com
11
12 Oakleaf Waste Management3
East Hartford, Conn. / Private
Jim Barnes
President/CEO
$464.7
$464.7
S,C,L
N.A.
N.A.
529
www.oakleafwaste.com
12
13 Casella Waste Systems Inc.
Rutland, Vt. / Public
John Casella
Chairman/CEO
$399.0
$405.6
S,C,O
2,143
7,700
2,709
www.casella.com
13
16 Rumpke Consolidated
Companies Inc.
Cincinnati / Private
William Rumpke
President/CEO
$374.0
$345.0
S,C,O
1,269
4,185
2,126
www.rumpke.com
14
15 Waste Industries USA Inc.
Raleigh, N.C. / Private
Ven Poole
CEO
$353.4
$334.9
S,C,M
739
N.A.
1,506
www.wasteindustries.com
15
14 Heritage Environmental
Services LLC
Indianapolis / Private
Bill McDaniel
President/CEO
$315.5
$360.0
S,H,L
275
840
893
www.heritage-enviro.com
16
17 PSC Environmental
Services LLC
Houston / Private
Christopher Dods
President
$256.0
$233.0
S,C,H,L,M,O 1,021
900
1,153
www.pscnow.com
17
21 Advanced Disposal Services
Jacksonville, Fla. / Private
Charles C. Appleby
Chairman/CEO
$246.0
$181.0
S,C
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
www.advanceddisposal.com
18
20 WCA Waste Corp.
Houston / Public
Tom Fatjo Jr.
Chairman/CEO
$208.0
$185.0
S,C
700
10,000
1,050
www.wcawaste.com
19
19 EnviroSolutions Inc.
Manassas, Va. / Private
Eric Wallace
CEO
$192.6
$190.3
S,C
196
N.A.
351
www.esiwaste.com
See Footnotes on Page 20
Ranking continues on Page 19
