Recology has entered into an agreement to acquire Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal, a family-owned waste and recycling company serving the Lake Tahoe and Truckee regions of California.
The transaction is expected to close this fall, subject to certain approvals and closing conditions.
TTSD has operated in the region for 62 years and provides collection services to about 31,000 residential and commercial customers. It holds solid waste and recycling franchise agreements with the Town of Truckee and with El Dorado County through 2028. It also has a franchise agreement with Nevada County through 2029. and also operates in Placer County.
TTSD operates a MRF that handles about 50,000 tons a year, as well as a fleet of about 80 trucks and pieces of heavy equipment, according to its website.
“This acquisition is a natural extension of our Northern California operations and reflects our ongoing growth strategy in the region. We look forward to partnering with the local communities to bring the full strength of Recology’s resource recovery network,” said Recology CEO Sal Coniglio in a statement.
This is Recology’s first announced acquisition since 2023, when it acquired Sunset Garbage in Clackamas, Oregon, according to a list provided by Recology.
Following the close of the TTSD transaction, its operations, employees and customers will become a part of Recology under the name Recology Tahoe Truckee. TTSD has about 100 employees, according to its website.
The two companies are linked by history, said TTSD owner David Achiro. Rafelin DeMattei helped found San Francisco Scavenger Company in early 1900s the San Francisco area. It would later merge with other companies to become Sunset Scavenger Co. before it was acquired decades later by what is now known as Recology.
DeMattei’s grandson, TTSD founder Silvano Achiro, came to the United States from Italy in the 1950s and worked for Sunset Scavenger. Silvano Achiro later bought his own company, Tahoe City Disposal, in 1964. He oversaw the construction of a landfill in the Lake Tahoe region in 1973, but the landfill closed in 1995 to comply with modernizing landfill regulations. A MRF built in its place still operates today, according to TTSD’s website.
“One hundred and twenty years ago, our ancestors helped found one of the San Francisco scavenger companies that became Recology,” said David Achiro in a statement. “Generations later, we’re entrusting the company our family built to that same organization. We’re bringing it back to where our family’s business started.”
Recology operates throughout California, Washington and Oregon through over 26 collections companies, according to its website. The company was recently awarded new collection services contracts, including one in March for Renton, Washington, which Recology said expands its services provided by Recology King County. In June, Suisun City in California said it intended to award a solid waste collection franchise agreement to Recology Vacaville Solano.
