Waste Today magazine

What Waste Today magazine does

Waste Today magazine is a monthly trade publication focused on waste management, specialty waste, recycling, and waste and cleaning services. It is produced by GIE Media, Inc., a privately held US media company headquartered in Valley View, with 101-250 employees. The publication serves as an editorial brand within the environmental services sector and functions as the marketing platform for the company's primary revenue-generating product, the Corporate Growth Conference.

The Corporate Growth Conference is an annual, two-day in-person event held at the Fairmont Chicago, with the 2026 edition scheduled for November 18-19. The conference is designed to connect two distinct customer cohorts: environmental services operators seeking growth capital, M&A partners, or strategic transactions, and financial industry participants — including investment bankers, private equity firms, venture capitalists, family offices, and banks — seeking deal flow and sector insight. Programming is curated through an annual topic and speaker submission process, and the event is supported by a multi-tier sponsorship program.

The company's business model is event-driven and vertical-focused. Revenue is generated through conference attendee registration fees and corporate sponsorship packages, supplemented by the underlying trade publication. Go-to-market relies on the Waste Today brand and the Waste Today Events platform (wastetodayevents.com) to drive awareness and registration. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and appears to be quote-based. There are no disclosed technology products, APIs, or AI capabilities; the business operates as a content and live-event producer within a niche industrial vertical.

Name

Waste Today magazine

Legal name

GIE Media, Inc.

Website

https://wastetodayevents.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Waste Today magazine is a monthly US trade publication covering waste management, specialty waste, recycling, and cleaning services, produced by GIE Media, Inc., and best known for hosting the annual Corporate Growth Conference that connects environmental services operators with financial industry participants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Media and Industry Events

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• Trade publication services
• Waste management media
• Environmental services events
• Recycling industry coverage
• Corporate growth conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Valley View

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration Fees: Revenue generated from attendee registration fees for the Corporate Growth Conference. The conference offers registration and pricing options through its website.
2. Sponsorship Revenue: Revenue from companies sponsoring the Corporate Growth Conference. The conference has sponsorship opportunities and a 'Become a Sponsor' program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Waste Today magazine is a monthly trade publication covering waste management, specialty waste, recycling, and cleaning services. Its primary commercial offering is the Corporate Growth Conference (CGC), an annual in-person event held at the Fairmont Chicago that brings together environmental services operators and financial industry participants (investment bankers, private equity firms, venture capitalists, family offices, and banks) for deal sourcing, capital formation, M&A networking, and industry insights.

Product overview

Waste Today magazine is a media company operating within the environmental services industry. The company's primary product and service is the Corporate Growth Conference, an annual event designed to connect operators in the waste management and environmental services sectors with financial industry professionals including investment bankers, private equity firms, venture capitalists, and family offices. The conference provides insights into business drivers across market segments and the capital markets available to finance growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Waste Today Events: Event production division producing the Corporate Growth Conference and related industry events

Products and services

• Corporate Growth Conference An annual premier conference held in Chicago connecting operators and investors in the environmental services industry—including waste management, specialty waste, recycling, and cleaning services businesses—with investment bankers, private equity firms, venture capitalists, family offices, banks, and other financial market participants for deal sourcing, M&A networking, capital formation, and industry insights.
• Waste Today Magazine (Monthly Trade Publication) A monthly trade publication covering waste management, specialty waste, recycling, and cleaning services industries for operators and industry professionals.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GIE Media, Inc.coreOthersGIE Media, Inc. is the parent company that owns and operates Waste Today magazine and produces the Corporate Growth Conference. The company publishes the trade publication and organizes the annual conference event.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Waste360: Waste360 is a leading B2B media brand covering the waste and recycling industry, with publications and events serving operators and suppliers. It directly competes with Waste Today in trade journalism and industry events for the same environmental services audience.
• Recycling Today: Recycling Today is a sister publication under GIE Media covering the recycling industry. It shares the same parent and audience overlap, and competes for advertising and sponsorship spend within the same waste/recycling vertical as Waste Today.
• Waste Dive: Waste Dive is a digital-first trade news outlet covering the waste and recycling industry. It targets the same operator and investor readership as Waste Today, competing for digital attention and advertising in the same vertical.
• Resource Recycling Magazine: Resource Recycling is a trade publication focused on recycling markets, policy, and operations. It serves a closely overlapping audience with Waste Today in the recycling segment of environmental services.
• Environmental Leader: Environmental Leader is a B2B media brand covering sustainability, environmental management, and energy topics across industries. It overlaps with Waste Today on the environmental services and corporate sustainability audience and competes for similar advertising budgets.
• GreenBiz Group: GreenBiz produces newsletters, events, and research for sustainability and environmental business professionals. Its events and content compete with Waste Today's CGC for executive-level environmental services and sustainability audiences.
• Waste Management World: Waste Management World is an international trade publication covering solid waste, recycling, and waste-to-energy. It addresses the same operator audience as Waste Today but with a broader geographic footprint.
• Biomass Magazine: Biomass Magazine is a trade publication covering the biomass and waste-to-energy industries. It overlaps with Waste Today's coverage of specialty waste and renewable waste streams.

Others

• GIE Media (parent-level peer): GIE Media is the corporate parent of Waste Today and a B2B media company with multiple trade titles across environmental services, horticulture, and other industries. As the operating parent, it determines resource allocation, investment, and strategic direction for Waste Today.
• Industrial Physics (events/media in industrial verticals): Industrial Physics is a media and events operator in industrial testing and inspection verticals. It is thematically comparable as a B2B trade media/events business serving specialized industrial audiences, though it does not directly compete in waste management.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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