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• VLS Environmental Solutions acquired Merichem's caustic services business, expanding its reach in the chemical and petrochemical sectors. VLS will integrate Merichem's beneficial reuse capabilities into its hazardous waste division and rebrand the assets as VLS SustainChem. VLS is backed by infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital.
• Unified Disposal Partners, a private equity portfolio company, reported numerous acquisitions in 2025, including Nashville-area companies MWC, Haul Away Services, The Garbageman, Bee Clean Disposal and select routes of Platform Waste Nashville. UDP also acquired United Waste Haulers of Tennessee, including its two transfer stations. Other deals included transfer stations run by CWM and J&A construction, as well as the long term lease of the Brundidge Landfill in Pike County, Alabama.
• LJP Waste Solutions acquired Amazon Paint, a latex paint recycler. Both companies are based in Minnesota. Founded in 1993, LJP was acquired by private equity firm Nonantum Capital Partners in 2022 and has expanded through acquisitions. The company provides a range of services, including residential and commercial waste collection, and runs a refuse-derived fuel facility in Mankato.
• Feedback Earth sold the site where it operated a food recycling facility in Grafton, Massachusetts, for $4 million, according to the Worcester Business Journal. The buyer, an affiliate of the owner of local waste business Service Plus Disposal, plans to build a C&D transfer station on the site. Feedback Earth faced lawsuits at the site due to odors from its operations. In a settlement agreement with the Massachusetts attorney general, the company ended operations at the site and agreed to pay up to $250,000 in penalties to the state.
• GFL Environmental acquired Discount Dumpster, a dumpster rental provider in Central Michigan. The company serves 15 counties in the area, according to the City of St. Louis, Michigan, where Discount Dumpster is based. The deal closed in December.
• Maryland-based Eco Waste Solutions, a residential, commercial and construction dumpster rental provider, acquired Can-Man of Maryland, the company announced on Instagram. Eco Waste Solutions is based just outside of Baltimore and serves parts of Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. 

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 $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.