Summary
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. As of December 31, 2021, it owned 334 solid waste collection operations; 142 transfer stations; 61 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 71 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. The company also operates an additional 53 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
History
Founded in 1997, Waste Connections is the third largest waste services company in North America. It is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WCN). The company employs over 19,000 people across more than 200 locations throughout North America.
Mission
Our mission is to create value for our stakeholders by providing services that exceed their expectations. We strive to be the best environmental solutions provider in North America and the preferred partner of our customers, shareholders and communities.
Vision
Our vision is to be the leading environmental solutions provider in the markets we serve and a respected employer of choice.
Key Team
Mr. Darrell W. Chambliss (COO & Exec. VP)
Mr. Patrick J. Shea (Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec.)
Mr. James M. Little (Exec. VP of Engineering & Disposal)
Mr. David G. Eddie (Chief Accounting Officer & Sr. VP)
Mr. Eric O. Hansen (Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer)
Mr. John M. Perkey (VP & Deputy Gen. Counsel of Compliance and Gov. Affairs)
Ms. Susan R. Netherton (Sr. VP of People, Training & Devel.)
Recognition and Awards
Waste Connections has made multiple notable achievements and won several awards since its founding. These include Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies, Waste & Recycling News' Regional Company of the Year, Forbes' 200 Best Small Companies, and DiversityInc.#1 Company for Recycling.
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