WasteX
WasteXpress Environmental (WasteX) is a Vancouver, Washington-based hazardous waste management company founded in 1989, serving manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, aerospace, government, and other industrial customers across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho through five integrated service facilities.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1989
- HeadquartersVancouver, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What WasteX does
WasteXpress Environmental, operating as WasteX, is a privately held hazardous waste management company headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, founded in 1989. The company operates across the Pacific Northwest, serving customers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho through five integrated facility locations. WasteX provides a portfolio of environmental services including hazardous waste disposal, transportation, lab packing, onsite industrial services, fuel blending and waste-to-energy operations, and environmental remediation. The firm operates within the Pacific Northern Environmental (PNE) corporate family, a regional environmental services group that supplies broader corporate infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest.
WasteX serves a diverse mix of industrial and institutional customers spanning manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, education, aerospace, high-technology, government and military, agriculture, retail, and construction. The company employs between 11 and 50 people, positioning it as a mid-sized regional operator rather than a national-scale hazardous waste handler. Its service model combines regulated hazardous waste collection and treatment with complementary onsite industrial support and waste-to-energy capabilities, allowing it to capture revenue across the full waste lifecycle — from generator pickup, packaging, and transport through fuel blending and final disposition.
Revenue is generated through transactional per-project and per-service pricing tied to waste volumes, transportation mileage, lab-packing labor hours, and fuel-blending throughput. The multi-vertical customer base limits dependence on any single end market, but the Pacific Northwest regional footprint constrains total addressable market relative to national hazardous waste operators. There is no disclosed external funding history or M&A activity, suggesting an established, organically grown operator supported by its PNE affiliation rather than external capital markets.
WasteX firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- WasteX
- Legal name
- WasteXpress
- Website
- https://wastex.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1989
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- WasteXpress Environmental (WasteX) is a Vancouver, Washington-based hazardous waste management company founded in 1989, serving manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, aerospace, government, and other industrial customers across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho through five integrated service facilities.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
WasteX industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Hazardous Waste Management Services
- NAICS
- Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)
- SIC
- Hazardous Waste Management (4955)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Industrial Hazardous Waste Services (Manufacturing, Refineries, Metals, Automotive) (EUAIAFAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Emergency Waste Packaging, Transportation & Disposal (Post-incident) (EUAIAMAH), Waste Management & Hazardous Waste Compliance (RCRA, Universal Waste, Waste Characterization/Manifests) (EUAHABAC), Hazardous Waste & Universal Waste Handling (Batteries, Lamps, Aerosols) (BPABALAE)
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Where WasteX is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Vancouver
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices5 records
Markets served
WasteX business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Hazardous Waste Disposal Services: Fees charged for safe, compliant disposal pathways for regulated waste streams including hazardous waste, corrosive waste, medical and pharmaceutical waste. Revenue generated through per-project or per-service pricing based on waste type, volume, and disposal complexity.
- Transportation and Logistics Services: Revenue from scheduled pickup and compliant hazardous waste transportation across WA, OR, and ID, including waste profiling and approvals. Pricing based on distance, volume, and HazMat handling requirements.
- Onsite and Industrial Services: Field services including decontamination, demolition, spill cleanup, and drum disposal. Services priced per project based on scope and complexity.
- Lab and Facility Solutions: Lab packing and lab chemical disposal services for pharmaceutical, laboratory, and healthcare facilities. Revenue generated through per-container or per-project pricing.
- Fuel Blending / Waste-to-Energy: Alternative fuel processing where hazardous and non-hazardous wastes are converted to energy. Revenue based on volume processed and energy value of blended waste.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Enterprise and Large Quantity Generators (LQG) |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Small Quantity Generators (SQG) |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG) |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
WasteX product offering
Product offeringCore offering
WasteXpress Environmental provides hazardous and regulated waste management services for commercial and industrial generators. Its core work includes compliant waste disposal, characterization and profiling, HazMat transportation, laboratory waste services, onsite industrial support, spill response, and environmental remediation.
Product overview
WasteXpress Environmental is a hazardous and regulated waste management company providing a comprehensive suite of disposal and logistics services for commercial and industrial generators. The service portfolio includes core hazardous waste disposal capabilities (hazardous, corrosive, medical/pharmaceutical waste), waste-to-energy fuel blending, and onsite industrial services (decontamination, demolition, spill cleanup). Logistics services encompass DOT-compliant hazardous waste transportation with waste profiling and approvals. Specialized lab solutions cover lab packing and chemical disposal for R&D, school, hospital, and pharmaceutical laboratories. Services are delivered across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with a compliance-first approach, supporting generator status classifications from VSQG through LQG.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Hazardous Waste Disposal Provides safe, compliant disposal pathways for regulated hazardous-waste streams from commercial and industrial generators.
- Corrosive Waste Disposal Provides specialized disposal for corrosive acids and bases that can corrode flesh, metal, or other materials.
- Medical & Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal Provides compliant medical and pharmaceutical waste disposal for healthcare facilities, pharmacies, and qualified generators, including hazardous drug waste management.
- Fuel Blending / Waste-to-Energy Uses an EPA-approved disposal method to blend RCRA hazardous and non-hazardous waste into alternative fuel for cement kilns, reducing landfill waste and fossil-fuel consumption.
- Decontamination & Demolition Provides field services for facility cleanouts, decontamination work, and industrial demolition projects with safety and planning included.
- Spill Cleanup & Drum Disposal Provides emergency and non-emergency response to hazardous-material releases, including cleanup and drum disposal.
- Waste Transportation / HazMat Hauling Provides scheduled pickup and DOT-compliant hazardous-waste transportation across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, with manifests and proper documentation.
- Waste Profiling and Approvals Provides waste characterization, profiling, and regulatory-approval documentation required for compliant transportation and disposal.
- Environmental Remediation Services Provides cleanup and remediation services for contaminated sites, including management of investigation-derived waste.
- Lab Packing Provides compliant packing of small hazardous-chemical containers for laboratory environments, with segregation by hazard class and compatibility.
- Lab Chemical Disposal Provides disposal of laboratory chemicals, including unused reagents, expired products, and by-products from research and development activities.
- Lab & Facility Solutions Provides hazardous-waste management solutions for laboratory and facility environments, including lab packing and chemical disposal.
Quantifiable outcome
- Clear communication and dependable response times for hazardous waste services
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Companies that use WasteX
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments8 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
WasteX technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
WasteX partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Pacific Northern Environmental (PNE)parent_companyPacific Northern Environmental is part of the same corporate family as WasteXpress, operating under the PNE multi-industry brands umbrella. PNE provides environmental and industrial services. Other affiliated brands include AET (Electrical Services), CCS (Industrial Cleaning Services), PNE Construction, and Taurus Power & Controls.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights4 records
WasteX competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Clean Harbors: North America's largest hazardous waste management company with extensive treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs), a large HazMat fleet, and waste-to-energy capabilities. Directly competes with WasteXpress in hazardous waste collection, transportation, and disposal across North America, with significantly larger scale.
- Stericycle: Specializes in medical waste, pharmaceutical waste, and hazardous waste compliance services. Direct overlap with WasteXpress's medical/pharmaceutical and hazardous waste disposal lines, though Stericycle serves a much larger national footprint.
- Heritage-Crystal Clean: Provides hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, parts cleaning, and used oil collection primarily for industrial customers. Comparable to WasteXpress in industrial hazardous waste services and the use of fuel blending / re-refining as a diversion pathway.
- Heritage Environmental Services: Full-service hazardous waste management company offering treatment, disposal, recycling, and emergency response across multiple U.S. regions. Directly comparable to WasteXpress's hazardous waste transportation, treatment, and emergency spill response offerings.
- Triumvirate Environmental: Mid-sized hazardous waste management company serving healthcare, education, manufacturing, and lab customers with waste pickup, lab packing, and disposal services. Highly comparable business model and customer mix to WasteXpress's lab & facility solutions.
- Clean Earth (Harsco): Specialty waste handling business under Harsco providing hazardous and specialty waste treatment, recycling, and disposal services for industrial and contaminated materials. Directly comparable to WasteXpress's hazardous waste disposal and environmental remediation services.
- EQ Industrial Services: Provides industrial cleaning, waste management, and emergency response services across the U.S. Comparable to WasteXpress's onsite industrial services, spill cleanup, and tank/drum disposal offerings for industrial generators.
Broad incumbents
- Republic Services: Second-largest U.S. environmental services company with broad offerings across solid waste, recycling, and hazardous/industrial waste via its US Ecology acquisition. Competes with WasteXpress in commercial and industrial hazardous waste but as part of a much larger portfolio.
- Veolia North America: Global environmental services giant providing hazardous waste treatment, industrial cleaning, and remediation. Overlaps with WasteXpress in hazardous waste handling and remediation services but operates with national/international scope and far greater scale.
Regional players
- Romic Environmental Technologies: West Coast hazardous waste management company historically focused on California with industrial liquid waste, solvent recycling, and fuel blending capabilities. Comparable to WasteXpress's fuel blending/waste-to-energy model and Pacific Northwest regional positioning.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
WasteX social profiles
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WasteX leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
WasteX funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
WasteX M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about WasteX
What does WasteX do?
WasteXpress Environmental provides hazardous and regulated waste management services for commercial and industrial generators. Its core work includes compliant waste disposal, characterization and profiling, HazMat transportation, laboratory waste services, onsite industrial support, spill response, and environmental remediation.
Is WasteX a public or private company?
WasteX is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was WasteX founded?
WasteX was founded in 1989. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is WasteX based?
WasteX is headquartered in Vancouver, United States, in the North America region.
How does WasteX make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Hazardous Waste Disposal Services are the primary driver. The others are transportation and Logistics Services, onsite and Industrial Services, lab and Facility Solutions and fuel Blending / Waste-to-Energy.
Who are WasteX's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Clean Harbors, Stericycle, Heritage-Crystal Clean, Heritage Environmental Services, Triumvirate Environmental, Clean Earth (Harsco) and EQ Industrial Services. Broad incumbents are Republic Services and Veolia North America. Romic Environmental Technologies is listed as a regional player.
Does WasteX have an API?
No public API is recorded for WasteX.
What industry is WasteX in?
WasteX's product category is Hazardous Waste Management Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAIAFAG, Industrial Hazardous Waste Services (Manufacturing, Refineries, Metals, Automotive), with a secondary code of EUAIAMAH, Emergency Waste Packaging, Transportation & Disposal (Post-incident). Its NAICS code is 562211 and its SIC code is 4955.