5 Biggest Garbage Companies in the US

1. Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WM)

Total Market Cap (As of November 7): $64.32B

Based in Houston, Texas, Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WM) is an American waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company. It is the largest waste management company in the United States by overall market capitalization, and together with Republic Services Inc. (NYSE:RSG), handles more than half of all garbage collection in the United States. As of the third quarter of 2022, Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WM) posted a total revenue of $5.08 billion. The company offers garbage collection services to more than 22 million residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial customers across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. With a total of 48,500 employees across the North American continent, the company is an industry leader in garbage collection, transfer, and disposal.

Waste Management’s (NYSE:WM) network comprises more than 346 transfer stations, 293 active landfill disposal sites, 146 recycling plants, 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects and six power production plants. With over 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles, the company has the most expansive trucking network in the U.S. waste management sector. It recycles more than 9 million tonnes of materials at over 146 facilities nationwide, ranging from single-stream recycling, electronic recycling, and recycling of organic waste and construction debris. Since its incorporation in 1968, Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WM) has achieved massive growth through both, organic methods and acquisitions. The company is also a marketing behemoth, with multi-million dollar marketing agreements with CBS, the  Transformers franchise, and the Walt Disney Company. In February 2022, the company rebranded to WM (NYSE:WM), and adopted a new slogan – “for tomorrow.”

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