Casella Waste Systems

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is a waste management company based in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1975 with a single truck, Casella is a regional, vertically integrated solid waste services company. Casella provides resource management expertise and services to residential, commercial, municipal and industrial customers, primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling and organics services. The company provides integrated solid waste services in seven northeastern states: Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and Pennsylvania, with its headquarters located in Rutland, Vermont. Casella manages solid waste operations on a geographic basis through two regional operating segments, the Eastern and Western regions, each of which provides a full range of solid waste services, and larger-scale recycling and commodity brokerage operations. Organics services, major account and industrial services, are also provided.

Casella Waste Systems has 5,600 employees. Revenues were $1.837 billion for fiscal year 2025, up $279.6 million, or up 18.0%, from fiscal year 2024.

Casella has a Diesel Technician Training program as well as a CDL training school. The Diesel Tech program is currently in Williston, Vermont, and the CDL program is in West Rutland, Vermont.^[2]

Beginning in 2018, Casella resumed its growth platform. Casella would acquire several businesses in 2018 including six solid waste collection businesses and one transfer business in its Western region and two businesses consisting of solid waste collection and transfer operations in the Eastern region.

As of January 31, 2019, Casella owned and/or operated 37 solid waste collection operations, 49 transfer stations, 18 recycling facilities, eight Subtitle D landfills, four landfill gas-to-energy facilities and one landfill permitted to accept construction and demolition ("C&D") materials.

On July 26, 2021, Casella purchased Willimantic Waste Paper Co. Inc., based out of Willimantic, CT. It was Casella's fifth acquisition in 2021.^[3]

A principios de abril de 2023, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. anunció la firma de un acuerdo de compra de acciones para adquirir las operaciones de recolección, transferencia y reciclaje en Pensilvania, Delaware y Maryland de GFL Environmental Inc. (“GFL”) por un precio de compra de 525  millones de dólares. La adquisición propuesta incluye nueve operaciones de transporte, una estación de transferencia y una planta de recuperación de materiales con ingresos anuales agregados de aproximadamente 185  millones de dólares. ^{[ 4 ]}

En septiembre de 2023, Casella adquirió los activos de recolección, transferencia y reciclaje de Consolidated Waste Services LLC y Twin Bridges por 219  millones de dólares. ^{[ 5 ]} En la transacción, Casella adquirió una estación de transferencia, dos operaciones de transporte y una planta de recuperación de materiales. ^{[ 6 ]}

Casella tiene un historial de conflictos legales, incluyendo quejas sobre el manejo de lixiviados en Bethlehem, NH ^{[ 7 ]} y Southbridge, MA , ^{[ 8 ]} numerosas violaciones de la Ley de Conservación Ambiental del Estado de Nueva York de 2015 a 2022, ^{[ 9 ]} daños a humedales en Southbridge, MA, ^{[ 10 ]} contratos de servicios anticompetitivos, ^{[ 11 ]} violaciones de salud y seguridad ocupacional, ^{[ 12 ]} y operar un vertedero sin permiso. ^{[ 13 ]}

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