Top 10 Waste Management Solution Providers 2024

The waste management industry is undergoing significant changes, driven by new environmental challenges, stricter regulations, and the urgent need for sustainable solutions. With growing global waste volumes and an increasing focus on the circular economy, companies and municipalities are rethinking traditional approaches to waste handling, recycling, and disposal. Modern waste management solutions are no longer simply about managing waste but about transforming waste into a resource, finding value in materials that would otherwise contribute to landfill overcrowding and environmental degradation.

Today, the industry is leaning heavily on innovative technologies, from smart sensors that optimize waste collection routes to advanced recycling facilities that recover valuable resources from mixed waste streams. Digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and data analytics are becoming essential tools, enabling real-time tracking, efficient resource allocation, and insights that help businesses meet sustainability targets and comply with complex regulatory requirements. The shift toward waste-to-energy, zero-waste programs, and sustainable resource recovery underscores the industry’s broader commitment to environmental responsibility and carbon footprint reduction.

This special edition highlights the top waste management solution providers who are pioneering these transformations and setting new standards for responsible waste handling. These companies are helping businesses, cities, and communities tackle the growing waste crisis with scalable, sustainable solutions that align with a greener future.

Company:

Advantek Waste Management Services

Management:

Colin Stevenson

Designation:

CEO

Headquarters:

Houston, TX

Website:

advantekwms.com

Advantek is building a cleaner more sustainable world. The company is doing so by using injection wells to minimize the impacts from human activities on our land, air, water, and climate through better management of complex and liquid wastes. Advantek uses Deep ExpertiseTM developed over the past 40 plus years by our principals who invented, perfected, and promulgated pioneering techniques for the permanent sequestration of complex wastes.

Company:

American Waste Management Services

Management:

Kenneth J. McMahon

Designation:

President

Headquarters:

Warren, OH

Website:

awmsi.com

American Waste Management Services is a fully integrated group of specialized companies and business relationships. AWMS is a subsidiary of Avalon Holdings Corporation. Through various strategic acquisitions, we built one of the most experienced management teams in the environmental services industry.

Company:

ConFab

Management:

Marty Bryant

Designation:

CEO

Headquarters:

Charlotte, NC

Website:

con-fab.com

Since 1974, ConFab has committed to delivering a line of strong, innovative products and to establishing even stronger relationships with our customers. By focusing on performance — from product development and fabrication to delivery — we have become a trusted partner more than a supplier or vendor. Today, our company continues to build and deliver value while growing the company and ensuring our legacy.

Company:

CurbWaste

Management:

Mike Marmo

Designation:

CEO

Headquarters:

New York, NY

Website:

curbwaste.com

Built by industry veterans, the company understand the difficulties of running a successful waste business first hand. CurbWaste want to be a part of their success. It serve haulers around the country who have partnered with us to create a software the waste industry deserves.

Company:

Grundon Waste Management

Management:

Norman Grundon, President Neil Grundon, Chairman

Headquarters:

London, UK

Website:

grundon.com

Grundon is the UK’s largest family-owned supplier of integrated waste management and environmental services. Founded in 1929, the team have developed a distinctive approach that has helped us to maintain a leading position within the waste industry. This approach is underpinned by our commitment to quality of service, innovation and technical progress, together with a genuine and demonstrable concern for the environmen

Company:

Hazardous Waste Experts

Management:

Dan Chamberlin

Designation:

VP, Sales

Headquarters:

Ellenwood, GA

Website:

hazardouswasteexperts.com

The company's team are specialists in the design, development, and implementation of integrated sustainability solutions. Our programs will reduce your cost, provide excellent customer service and ensure that you have meaningful sustainability metrics.

Company:

Heartland Water Technology

Management:

Chris Beaufait

Designation:

President & CEO

Headquarters:

Murfreesboro, TN

Website:

heartlandtech.com

Since 2008, Heartland Water Technology has been providing innovative wastewater treatment solutions utilizing patented evaporation technologies that effectively treat and manage challenging waste streams including landfill leachate, produced water, and other industrial applications.

Company:

Mayfield Environmental Solutions

Management:

James Mayfield

Designation:

CEO

Headquarters:

Carson, CA

Website:

mayfieldenv.com

Since 1985, Mayfield Environmental Solutions has responded to challenges head-on, providing comprehensive environmental engineering solutions tailored to California's increasingly complex landscape. The family-owned and operated company stands apart from its competitors by offering the widest range of licensure and services in Southern California for everything related to HAZMAT and environmental projects.

Company:

Shep Boys Waste Management

Management:

Russell Shepard

Designation:

CEO

Headquarters:

Cypress, TX

Website:

shepboyswaste.com

Shep Boys Waste Management LLC is committed to providing our customers with comfortable and modern portable restrooms, handwash stations, holding tanks, and more rentals. We offer our amenities to construction sites, real estate development, remodeling, universities, retail centers, special events, disaster relief efforts, and other industries.

Company:

US Waste Industries

Management:

Tim Odum

Designation:

CEO

Headquarters:

Walterboro, SC

Website:

uswonline.com

U.S. Waste Industries is a full-service environmental company. We have a group of consultants offering environmental consulting which consists of Hazardous Waste Disposal Services, remediation services such as tank cleaning, contaminated soil, lagoon cleanings, and demolition projects. Consultants are on call 24 hours a day and are available for emergency response.