Advanced Disposal Services

What Advanced Disposal Services does

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. was a U.S. solid-waste management company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ponte Vedra, Florida (Delaware-incorporated). It provided integrated waste services to residential, commercial, healthcare, and environmental-solutions customers across the Eastern and Midwestern United States, including curbside trash and recycling collection, commercial container service, roll-off dumpster rental, regulated healthcare-waste handling, and recycling education. The company was operationally an asset-heavy logistics business: route-based collection, transfer stations, landfills, and licensed handling of regulated medical and hazardous waste streams.

The company monetized primarily through recurring collection contracts and municipal franchises—subscription-style fees for residential curbside service, volume-based commercial container agreements, and project-based roll-off rentals—supplemented by fees for healthcare-waste compliance services. The horizontal segmentation across residential, commercial, healthcare, and environmental solutions diversified the customer mix and supported stable, contract-driven revenue. The underlying technology stack was conventional for the sector: fleet routing, customer-billing portals, and compliance documentation, with no disclosed proprietary technology platform.

In 2020, WM (Waste Management, NYSE: WM) acquired Advanced Disposal Services for $4.6 billion, completing a strategic exit after the 2016 $280 million growth investment from CPP Investments funded geographic and operational expansion. The deal required regulatory divestitures and was later subject to a $30 million class-action settlement in 2024. The brand now operates as a wholly-owned WM subsidiary, with the legacy advanceddisposal.com domain redirecting to the WM platform.

Name

Advanced Disposal Services

Legal name

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.

Website

https://advanceddisposal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Advanced Disposal Services was a U.S. solid-waste management company providing residential, commercial, healthcare, and recycling services across the Southeast and Midwest. Acquired by WM (Waste Management) in 2020 for $4.6B and now operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Solid Waste Landfill (562212)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Disposal (BPALACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

C&D Waste Collection, Hauling & Container Services (Roll-off/Dumpsters) (EUAIAHAA), Hazardous Waste Landfill Disposal (BPALACAB), Landfill Operations & Disposal Services (IMAIAFAL)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Trash collection
• Recycling services
• Dumpster rental
• Commercial waste disposal

Headquarters

HQ city

Ponte Vedra

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Advanced Disposal Services provides integrated solid waste management services to residential, commercial, and healthcare customers in the U.S. Southeast and Midwest. Core offerings include scheduled curbside trash and recycling collection, roll-off dumpster rentals, commercial container services, and specialized medical waste handling. The company was acquired by Waste Management (WM) in 2020 and now operates as a subsidiary brand of WM, with services delivered through WM's infrastructure network.

Product overview

Advanced Disposal Services operated as a waste management company offering residential and commercial waste collection, recycling services, and roll-off dumpster rentals. Following its 2020 acquisition by WM (Waste Management), the company now operates under the WM brand, with its services integrated into WM's portfolio including residential waste pickup, commercial waste pickup, roll-off dumpster rental, healthcare waste services, and recycling programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Waste Pickup
• Commercial Waste Pickup Business trash and recycling pickup services for commercial organizations, providing scheduled waste collection solutions for businesses.
• Roll-Off Dumpster Rental Temporary roll-off dumpster rental services for quick cleanouts to major renovations, providing various dumpster sizes for different project needs.
• Healthcare Waste Services Waste management services specifically designed for healthcare facilities, handling medical and hazardous waste disposal.
• Recycling Services Recycling programs including Recycling 101 education to help customers understand which materials are recyclable, promoting proper recycling practices.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management, Inc. (WM): WM is the largest North American waste services company and the direct acquirer of Advanced Disposal Services in 2020. It offers residential, commercial, industrial, recycling, and disposal services nationwide, making it the closest broad incumbent comparable.

Direct peers

• Republic Services: Republic Services is the second-largest U.S. solid waste hauler, directly comparable to Advanced Disposal in residential and commercial collection, recycling, and landfill disposal. It operates across many of the same Southeast and Midwest markets.
• Waste Connections: Waste Connections is a major North American solid waste services company with a comparable mix of collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal assets, including a strong footprint in secondary markets similar to Advanced Disposal's Southeast/Midwest base.
• GFL Environmental: GFL Environmental is a Canadian-based waste management company operating across the U.S. and Canada with solid waste, liquid waste, and infrastructure services. Its roll-up strategy and secondary-market focus make it a directly comparable peer.
• Casella Waste Systems: Casella is a regional solid waste, recycling, and resource management company operating primarily in the Northeast U.S. with vertically integrated collection, transfer, and disposal assets comparable in structure to Advanced Disposal.

Emerging players

• Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors is a leading provider of environmental and industrial services including hazardous waste management. It is comparable to Advanced Disposal's healthcare and regulated waste management services segment, though its core focus is on hazardous rather than solid waste.
• Stericycle: Stericycle specializes in regulated waste management, including medical waste and compliance services. It overlaps directly with Advanced Disposal's healthcare waste services offering, though it lacks the broader solid waste collection business.
• Covanta Holding Corporation: Covanta operates waste-to-energy and materials processing facilities, representing the disposal-side infrastructure that complements collection operators like Advanced Disposal and competes for downstream disposal volumes.

Regional players

• Rumpke Consolidated Companies: Rumpke is a privately-held regional waste services company operating across the Midwest U.S. with collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal operations, comparable in scale and geography to Advanced Disposal's Midwest footprint.
• Recology: Recology is a privately-held collection and recycling company operating primarily in the Western U.S. It is comparable in service mix (collection, recycling, organics) though its geographic focus differs from Advanced Disposal's Eastern U.S. footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/advanced-disposal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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