The Waste360 Top 100 ranks the largest waste and recycling firms in North America based on 2015 revenues.

Industry behemoth Waste Management remains at the top of the list based on 2015 revenues of close to $13 billion. Republic Services remains no. 2 on the list based on 2015 revenues of $9.1 billion.

Waste Management’s figure was actually down about $1 billion from 2014, based in part on its divestiture of Wheelabrator assets that closed in late 2014. That decline also contributed to the fact that the combined revenue for the 10 largest companies fell from $37.2 billion in 2014 to $36.9 billion in 2015.

Both Stericycle and Recology posted double-digit percentage gains in revenue. Stericycle’s revenues were up 16.8 percent in 2015, while Recology posted a 12.8 percent gain.

Overall, eight of the top 10 companies in the list posted more than $1 billion in revenues. The list will look a bit different shortly, once the proposed merger between Waste Connections and Progressive Waste Solutions closes. Based on 2015 revenues, the combined firm would rank third on this list.

The top 10 firms combined for $37.2 billion. Those 10 companies alone accounted for just more than 80 percent of the total revenues of the entire top 100 (roughly $46 billion). If you include the next 10 firms on the list, the top 20 companies in the Top 100 posted $41.1 billion in revenues in 2014—roughly 89 percent of the list’s total.

Methodology: This ranking consists of firms that have collection or long-haul fleets, own or operate processing or disposal sites or are, in some way, involved with the handling/processing of solid waste or recycling. We collected some companies’ revenue numbers by reviewing annual reports. Other firms provided us data via an online form. The form was publicized through dedicated email blasts to our subscription and promotion lists as well as our daily e-newsletter. A link to the survey also was featured on the Waste360.com homepage. While we strive to make the Waste100 the most comprehensive list of the industry’s largest solid waste and recycling firms, we recognize that not every firm provides us data. If your firm should be included in this year’s list, but hasn’t been, please contact me at[email protected] so it can be included in the online version of the ranking.

2016 RANK	2015 RANK	COMPANY	2015 REVENUE
1	1	Waste Management	$12,961,000,000
2	2	Republic Services	$9,115,000,000
3	3	Clean Harbors	$3,275,137,000
4	4	Stericycle	$2,985,908,000
5	5	Waste Connections	$2,117,287,000
6	6	Progressive Waste Solutions	$1,925,592,000
7	7	Covanta Energy	$1,645,000,000
8	8	Advanced Disposal Services	$1,400,000,000
9	9	Recology	$880,000,000
10	10	Waste Industries USA	$576,000,000
11	14	US Ecology	$563,100,000
12	12	Casella Waste Systems	$546,500,000
13	13	Waste Pro	$536,000,000
14	11	Rumpke Waste & Recycling	$533,873,194
15	15	GFL Environmental	$488,936,000*
16		Nuverra Environmental Solutions	$356,699,000
17	16	Heritage-Crystal Clean	$350,000,000
18	17	CSX Transportation	$308,000,000
19	18	Strategic Materials	$279,000,000*
20	20	WCA Waste Corporation	$272,111,000
21	19	Action Enviromental Group	$254,645,311
22	22	EnviroSolutions Inc.	$225,770,000
23	21	Solid Waste Services d/b/a J.P. Mascaro & Sons	$212,000,000
24		TOMRA North America	$180,000,000
25	23	Clean Earth	$175,000,000
26	24	SCS Engineers	$158,100,000
27	25	Tetra Tech	$155,000,000
28	29	Harvest Power	$139,800,000
29	40	Tunnel Hill Partners	$137,098,000
30		ReCommunity	$132,000,000
31	26	Sprint Waste Services	$122,211,537
32	38	Rizzo Environmental Services	$120,000,000
33		Accent Wire	$119,462,760
34	27	Appliance Recycling Centers of America	$118,000,000
35	31	Lakeshore Recycling Systems	$115,200,000
36	33	Avangard Innovative	$95,000,000
37	28	Kimble Company	$102,000,000
38	32	Peoria Disposal Company	$99,500,000
39	34	Consolidated Waste Service	$94,000,000*
40	35	KRD Trucking	$90,000,000
41	42	California Waste Solutions	$84,000,000
42	41	RiverRoad Waste Solutions	$82,623,000
43		N&V International	$82,470,655
44	43	Santek Waste Services	$68,000,000
45		Waste Services Industries	$65,944,000
46		E.L. Harvey & Sons	$63,000,000
47	46	Perma-Fix Environmental Services	$62,383,000
48	48	Aspen Waste Systems	$56,900,000
49	47	American Waste Control	$55,900,000
50	49t	Soil Safe	$55,000,000*
51	53	ACT Environmental Services	54,000,000
52	45	Waste Integration Service Consultants	$52,894,212
53	56	The Reflective Companies	$50,000,000*
54	49t	River Valley Paper	$48,000,000*
55	30	Industrial Services of America	$46,180,000
56	51	Raleigh Recycling NC Scrap Metal	$45,000,000*
57	58	Rocky Mountain Recycling	$42,000,000*
58	59	Alpine Waste & Recycling	$38,210,603
59	55	American Waste Management Services	$37,000,000
60	61	Inland Waste Solutions	$36,826,499
61		Berg Mill Supply	$35,000,000
62	62	Impact Environmental	$34,000,000*
63	65	Trash Taxi	$34,000,000
64	64	Apple Valley Waste Service	$33,614,821
65	67	Red River Waste Solutions	$32,180,445
66		Balcones Resources	$30,000,000
67		Budget Dumpster	$29,452,692
68	72t	Red Technologies	$29,000,000
69	70	KLT Industries	$28,500,000*
70		Discount Waste	$28,000,000
71	66	Ware Disposal	$27,500,000
72	80	Gold Medal Evironmental	$27,000,000
73	75t	Sakoutis Brothers Disposal	$27,000,000*
74	70	Mazza & Sons	$26,000,000*
75	69	Sanitary Service	$25,700,000*
76	77	GarbageMan, A Green Co.	$25,000,000*
77		Local Waste Services	$24,178,545
78	75t	Filco Carting	$24,000,000
79	68	Blue Diamond Disposal	$23,960,000
80	81	Lone Star Disposal	$22,000,000
81	79	Pellitteri Waste Systems	$21,017,000
82		Feher Rubbish Removal	$20,000,000
83	82	Sanitation Solutions	$20,000,000
84	83	Call2Recycle	$18,300,000*
85	72t	Greenpath Recovery	$18,000,000
86	100	Green City USA	$17,360,000
87	74	InStream Environmental	$17,000,000
88	86	AAA Carting & Rubbish Removal	$16,000,000*
89		Earthwatch Waste Systems	$16,000,000
90		InterGroup International	$15,800,000
91	92	Wayne Twp. Landfill	$15,250,000*
92	84	Cali Carting	$15,100,000
93	85	AERC Recycling Solutions	$15,000,000*
94		TELLUS Material Solutions	$15,000,000
95	88	Tri Rinse	$14,683,000
96	89	Pacific Waste	$14,608,770
97		Freedom Waste Service	$14,000,000
98		Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority	$13,646,685
99t		Russo and Sons	$13,000,000
99t	91	Duncan Disposal Systems	$13,000,000*