Oakridge Waste & Recycling

What Oakridge Waste & Recycling does

Oakridge Waste & Recycling (legal name: Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling), founded in 1950 and headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut, is a regional waste management and recycling services provider operating across Fairfield County and lower Litchfield County in Connecticut and Westchester County and Putnam County in New York. The company serves approximately 20 municipalities including Bridgeport, Norwalk, Greenwich, Stamford, Danbury, and Ridgefield through a fleet of collection vehicles and owned transfer station facilities. Its core service portfolio comprises commercial waste and recycling collection, residential subscription garbage and recycling pickup, rolloff dumpster rental, and transfer station services, supplemented by construction and demolition (C&D) debris management, C&D recycling, organics recycling, and LEED-compliant waste services for green-building projects.

The business model is recurring and service-based. Residential customers subscribe to monthly waste and recycling pickup; commercial customers receive quote-based monthly subscription collection priced by volume, frequency, and location; rolloff rentals are priced per container and rental period. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct sales teams for commercial accounts with a self-service customer portal (MyIWS), phone-based inside sales (203-743-0405), website request forms, and an active social media presence across Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn. The customer base is horizontally segmented into residential consumers and commercial/industrial accounts including offices, retail, restaurants, and industrial facilities.

In February 2024, Oak Ridge was acquired by Interstate Waste Services, becoming part of IWS's NY/NJ/CT platform alongside Action Environmental Services. Under IWS ownership, Oak Ridge continues to operate its existing routes and services while gaining access to IWS's broader portfolio including bio-gas recovery, specialty recycling, greener transport, and a dedicated LEED Portal. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, or disclosed financial metrics were identified in the source material.

Name

Oakridge Waste & Recycling

Legal name

Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling

Website

https://oakridgewaste.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Oakridge Waste & Recycling is a regional waste management and recycling provider serving residential and commercial customers across Fairfield and Litchfield Counties in Connecticut and Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York, offering collection, rolloff rental, transfer station, and C&D services; acquired by Interstate Waste Services in February 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bulky Waste & White Goods Drop-Off/Transfer (BPALABAE), Concrete, Asphalt & Masonry Recycling (Crushing & Aggregate Production) (EUAIAHAD)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling services
• Rolloff dumpster rental
• Commercial waste collection
• Residential garbage pickup

Headquarters

HQ city

Danbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Recycling Services: Recurring waste collection and recycling services to residential and commercial customers, including commercial waste services, residential garbage pickup, rolloff dumpster rental, and transfer station operations. Revenue is generated through service subscriptions and per-service fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling provides waste collection, recycling, and disposal services to residential and commercial customers across Fairfield County, lower Litchfield County, Westchester County, Putnam County, and surrounding Connecticut and New York communities. The company offers commercial waste and recycling, residential garbage pickup, rolloff dumpster rental, transfer station access, construction and demolition debris management, organics recycling, and LEED-compliant services. Since February 2024, the company has operated as part of the Interstate Waste Services family.

Product overview

Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling (now part of Interstate Waste Services) operates as a waste management and recycling services provider offering a comprehensive suite of collection, disposal, and sustainability solutions. The company provides a unified service portfolio organized around core collection services (Commercial Waste & Recycling, Residential Garbage Pickup, Rolloff Dumpster Rental, Transfer Station Services), specialized debris management (Construction & Demolition Debris, C & D Recycling, Organics Recycling), and environmental sustainability offerings (Bio-Gas Recovery, Specialty Recycling, LEED Services, Greener Transport). Following its acquisition by Interstate Waste Services, the company now also offers access to digital customer self-service tools including the MyIWS customer portal. The portfolio is delivered as a single integrated service offering rather than separate modular products, with services targeted at residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Fairfield County, lower Litchfield County, Westchester County, Putnam County, and surrounding Connecticut communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Waste & Recycling
• Residential Garbage Pickup
• Rolloff Dumpster Rental
• Transfer Station Services
• Construction & Demolition Debris Services
• Organics Recycling
• C & D Recycling
• Bio-Gas Recovery
• Specialty Recycling
• LEED Services
• Greener Transport
• NYC Commercial Waste Zoning

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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 highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GFL Environmental: Canada-headquartered, fast-growing waste hauler with expanding US Northeast footprint; competes on commercial and residential collection plus recycling/transfer station services.
• Republic Services: Second-largest US solid waste and recycling company; competes head-to-head in CT/NY commercial and residential collection with broader geographic reach and integrated recycling/landfill assets.
• Waste Management, Inc. Largest North American solid waste hauler with full commercial, residential, recycling, and disposal services. Directly competes with Oak Ridge in CT/NY commercial and residential collection but operates at vastly greater scale and nationwide footprint.
• Interstate Waste Services: Strategic parent of Oak Ridge since Feb 2024; same commercial/residential collection services and overlapping NY/NJ/CT footprint. IWS serves as both acquirer and now internal benchmark for Oak Ridge operations.
• Clean Harbors: Largest North American hazardous waste services provider; broad environmental services overlap though Oak Ridge is non-hazardous. Comparable in customer mix of industrial/commercial accounts across the Northeast.
• Waste Connections: Major vertically integrated waste services operator with strong Northeast presence; offers the same commercial, residential, and rolloff services as Oak Ridge across overlapping geographies.

Direct peers

• Casella Waste Systems: Regional Northeast-focused solid waste, recycling, and resource-management operator; closest peer in scale and geography, competing for the same municipal, commercial, and residential accounts across CT, NY, and MA.
• Action Environmental Services: Sister company under Interstate Waste Services offering commercial waste, recycling, and construction debris services in NY/NJ/CT; direct substitute for Oak Ridge's commercial book within the same parent portfolio.

Emerging players

• Rubicon Technologies: Tech-enabled waste and recycling marketplace bringing software, routing, and transparency to a traditionally analog industry; emerging competitive threat to mid-sized regional haulers like Oak Ridge.

Regional players

• Stericycle: Specialized regulated waste and compliance services provider; adjacent peer sharing commercial customer relationships and Northeast operating footprint, though focused on regulated/medical streams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/InterstateWaste
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMcwS2fViFs-dqCbOYnGBzQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/oakridgewasteandrecycling
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oak-ridge-waste-recycling
• Instagraminstagram.com/actionenvironmental

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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