The most recent updates to this tracker are:
- Miller Environmental Group, based in New York, acquired North Carolina-based Haz-Mat Environmental Services, a provider of industrial and waste treatment and disposal services. It also acquired Canco, an industrial services provider headquartered in Chester, South Carolina. The two companies offer cleaning, hydro-blasting, waste collection, transportation, treatment and disposal services to several blue-chip customers in the Southeast, and the acquisitions help Miller densify its vertically integrated platform in the region. Miller is a Coalesce Capital portfolio company.
- Reconomy, headquartered in London, acquired North Carolina-based Waste Disposal Solutions through its Lincoln Waste Solutions brand. Waste Disposal Solutions serves customers across the construction, logistics and manufacturing sectors. It’s Reconomy’s ninth acquisition in North America.
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.
