December 7, 2009
The largest U.S. and Canadian companies ranked by revenue
from the collection, processing and sale of recyclables.
2008 2007
Rank Rank
Company Name
Headquarters / Ownership
Top Recycling
Executive / Title
2008 2007 2008
Recycling Recycling Recycling
Revenue Revenue Employment
In millions of dollars
2008
Recycling
Volume
(thousand
tons)
Materials#
Recycled
No. of
Recycling
Facilities
Web site
22
— Greenstar North America
Houston, Texas / Private
27 Avangard Innovative
Houston, Texas / Private
26 Republic Services Inc.
Phoenix, Ariz. / Public
30 Casella Waste Systems Inc.
Rutland, Vt. / Public
Mike Wynne
CEO
Rick Perez
CEO
Jim O’Connor
CEO/Chairman
Sean Duffy
FCR Regional
Vice President
Ethan Hershman
CEO
Jeffery Kendall
CEO
Lawrence Musarra
President
Kenneth Golden
President/CEO
$200.0
$100.0
630
1,500
1, 2, 3, 4
16 www.greenstar-na.com
24
$194.0
$156.0
1,500
275
1, 2, 3
26 www.avaicg.com
25
$180.6
$156.4
N.A.
N.A.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 33 www.republicservices.com
26
$177.0
$143.0
804
1,300
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
38 www.casella.com
27
32 Canusa Hershman Recycling
Branford, Conn. / Private
40 Liberty Tire Recycling LLC
Pittsburgh, Pa. / Private
28 Commerical Alloys Corp. 3
Twinsburg, Ohio / Private
29 American Paper
Recycling Corp.
Mansfield, Mass. / Private
33 Copper Consulting Ind. 2
Glendale, Ariz. / Private
34 Potential Industries2
Wilmington, Calif. / Private
31 Shapiro Metals
St. Louis, Mo. / Private
41 Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.
Elgin, Ill. / Public
$162.0
$131.6
77
935
1, 2, 3, 4
4 www.chrecycling.com
28
$160.3
$83.6
900
802
5
16 www.libertytire.com
29
$149.0
$149.0
175
148
2
3 www.commercialalloys.com
30
$148.2
$148.0
248
1. 5
1, 2, 3, 8
8 www.aprcorp.com
31
Mike Jaap
President
Dan Domonoske
Vice President
Bruce Shapiro
President
Joe Chalhoub
CEO
$130.0
$140.0
32
20
1, 2, 3
2 N.A.
32
$125.0
$125.0
165
1,000
1, 2, 3, 4
4 N.A.
33
$120.0
$135.0
N.A.
N.A.
2
7 www.shapirometals.com
34
$108.1
$89.7
486
N.A.
2, 11, 12
54 www.crystal-clean.com
35
37 B. Schoenberg & Co. 3
Yorktown, N. Y. / Private
38 Calbag Metals Co. 3
Portland, Ore. / Private
49 Industrial Services of
America Inc.
Louisville, Ky. / Public
— Clean Earth Inc.
Hatboro, Pa. / Private
Matthew Kness
Vice President
Warren Rosenfeld
President
Jim Wiseman
Vice President
$102.7
$102.7
60
55
3
4 www.bschoenbergco.com
36
$100.0
$100.0
70
60
2
2 www.calbag.com
36
$100.0
$77.0
115
108
1, 2, 3
3 www.isa-inc.com
38
William Massa
CEO
$99.1
$85.8
143
2,550
12
7 www.cleanearthinc.com
3. Company supplied data in 2006.
FOOTNOTES
1. Paper
2. Metals
3. Plastics
4. Glass
5. Rubber
6. C&D Debris
7. Textiles
8. Wood
WASTE KEY
9. Yard Waste
10. Food
11. Electronics
12. Other
N.A. — Not available.
1. Company supplied data in 2007.
2. Company supplied data in 2008.
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