United States Recycling

Name

United States Recycling

Legal name

United States Recycling Inc.

Website

https://unitedstatesrecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Recycling & Waste Management Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

On-site Recycling Programs (Single-Stream, Source-Separated) (BPABALAB), Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA), Specialty Materials Recovery (Carpet, Mattresses, Bulky Items) (EUAIADAL)

Keywords

• Commercial recycling services
• Waste management solutions
• Recycling equipment rental
• Material commodity marketing
• Secure document destruction

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Material Purchase and Pickup: Company buys or picks up recyclable materials including cardboard, paper, plastic, and metal from customers. Revenue generated from acquiring materials at competitive prices and processing/marketing them through global commodity channels.
2. Material Marketing and Trading: In-house sales team trades fiber, plastic and metal domestically and internationally with access to global commodity markets. Revenue derived from markups on material sales and market-leading rebates offered to customers.
3. Equipment Rental, Lease, and Purchase: Provides recycling containers, dumpsters, balers, compactors, roll-off containers, trailers, toters, and gaylords. Revenue from sale, leasing, and rental of equipment solutions.
4. Logistics and Transport Services: Fleet of tractors, trailers, roll-off trucks, and straight trucks for material pickup within 24 hours of scheduling. Revenue from transportation and logistics fees.
5. Certified Document Destruction: Secure, cost-efficient off-site record destruction via hydropulping with HIPAA/FACTA compliance. Revenue from service fees for document destruction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

United States Recycling is an asset-based commercial recycler (Recycler, Packer, Broker, Exporter) that purchases or picks up recyclable materials (paper, plastic, metal) from businesses and processes, transports, and markets them globally. Its integrated offerings include onsite waste assessments, recycling containers and equipment (balers, compactors, dumpsters) for purchase/lease/rental, fleet-based 24-hour pickup, material marketing through global commodity markets, and HIPAA/FACTA-compliant secure document destruction via hydropulping.

Product overview

United States Recycling is a recycling services company (Recycler, Packer, Broker, Exporter) offering a unified platform of integrated recycling services. The core offerings include Waste Assessment (onsite analysis of waste streams), Recycling Containers & Equipment (balers, compactors, dumpsters for purchase/lease/rental), Material Logistics & Transport (fleet-based pickup within 24 hours), Material Marketing (domestic and international commodity trading), and Certified & Secure Document Destruction (HIPAA/FACTA-compliant hydropulping). The company accepts ISRI-accepted scrap grades of fiber (corrugated, boxboard, mixed paper, etc.), plastic (PET, HDPE, LDPE, ABS, etc.), and metal (aluminum, copper, steel, etc.) materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waste Assessment Onsite, no-cost analysis performed by USRI experts to determine the quality, value and volume of a customer's waste streams, evaluating the effectiveness of current waste management and recycling collection processes and identifying opportunities to reduce landfill costs and increase recycling revenue.
• Recycling Containers, Dumpsters & Equipment Supply of on-site compactors, balers, roll-off containers, dumpsters, trailers, toters and gaylords for sorting and collecting recyclables, available for purchase, lease or rental with strategic equipment placement to reduce hauling and trash expenses.
• Integrated Logistics & Transport Fleet-based pickup service using company-owned tractors, trailers, roll-off trucks and straight trucks to collect recyclable materials from customer sites within 24 hours of scheduling, with extended national reach via Mill Corporation partnership.
• Material Marketing In-house sales team trading fiber (paper, cardboard), plastic and metal in domestic and international commodity markets through a global network of trading partners, providing customers with market-leading rebates and pricing on their recyclable materials.
• Certified & Secure Document Destruction HIPAA/FACTA-compliant secure off-site destruction of confidential records and proprietary business data via hydropulping, performed in partnership with Newman & Company in a fully gated, 24-hour guarded facility with video surveillance. Customers receive Certificates of Destruction for compliance documentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 200,000 tons of paper, plastic and metal recycled annually

Named customers2 records

Segments13 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Newman & Company, Inc.flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner5th generation family-owned and operated paperboard mill est. 1919. USRI's recycling facility is located on the same campus as the mill. Through USRI's recycling efforts, Newman uses 100% recovered fiber to produce high-quality paperboard. USRI is the official recycling arm and supplier of Philadelphia's oldest paper mill. Newman produces more than 70,000 tons of 100% recycled paperboard annually, used in paper boxes, game boards, jigsaw puzzles, book covers, and notepads.
• Mill CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterstate contract carrier with 48-state authority to haul freight throughout the United States. Their integrated logistics capabilities are central to adding value for USRI's customers through expanded transportation reach.
• Bridge View Paper Company, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBridge View Paper specializes in servicing commercial printers, paper & box converters, as well as tissue & towel manufacturers by purchasing mill prime, distressed, and rejected inventory. Provides additional market outlet for recycled materials.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: One of the largest US non-hazardous solid waste and recycling companies with a national hauling and recycling platform that materially overlaps USRI's commercial recycling, transfer station, and commodity sales activities in the Tri-State area.
• Waste Management, Inc. National leader in waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal with its own MRFs and recycling commodity marketing desk. Directly comparable to USRI's end-to-end recycler/packer/broker/exporter model, but at vastly larger scale.
• Waste Connections: Large North American solid waste services company operating collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal assets across secondary markets. Comparable to USRI in its commercial recycling and material marketing activities, though at much greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Sonoco Products Company: Global packaging company that operates paperboard mills backed by recovered fiber supply chains, similar to the Newman & Company / USRI integrated mill-and-recycler model. Comparable on the downstream recovered-fiber-offtake dimension.
• Smurfit Kappa Group: Integrated paper-based packaging manufacturer that operates its own recovery and recycling operations supplying OCC to its mills. Relevant to USRI given the shared recycling-to-paperboard supply chain logic.

Direct peers

• Casella Waste Systems: Regional Northeast US solid waste, recycling, and resource management operator with substantial fiber/commodity exposure comparable to USRI's regional commercial recycling focus and vertically integrated processing model.
• Rumpke Consolidated Companies: Family-owned regional waste and recycling hauler with own MRFs serving the Mid-Atlantic/Midwest. Closely comparable to USRI as an asset-based, family-operated recycler with similar commercial customer base and commodity-trading exposure.
• Iron Mountain Incorporated: Global information management company with a substantial secure shredding and document destruction business. Competes with USRI's HIPPA/FACTA-compliant hydropulping destruction service in healthcare and enterprise accounts.
• Shred-it (Stericycle): North American information security services provider specializing in on-site and off-site document destruction with HIPAA/FACTA compliance. A direct, scaled competitor to USRI's certified destruction service line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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