GreenServ

What GreenServ does

GreenServ was a privately held, regionally-based services company headquartered in Oxford, Mississippi, that provided regulated medical waste disposal and secure information destruction to healthcare and commercial customers across the Southeast United States. Founded in 2012, the company employed between 11 and 50 people and was co-founded by John Alford (Founder & Principal, Owner/Partner) and Will Fountain (Founder & Principal). Its core offerings covered biohazardous medical waste, sharps, pharmaceutical waste, chemotherapy waste, controlled substances, and hazardous waste streams, alongside the Shred-it branded document destruction service. The portfolio was extended through add-on modules and products including SharpsRx Pro combined sharps/pharmaceutical disposal, Integrated Waste Stream Solutions, HIPAA and OSHA compliance training, MedDrop medication collection kiosks, SafeDrop and Seal&Send mail-back solutions, and physical supplies such as sharps containers and infection control products.

GreenServ's go-to-market targeted healthcare organizations — hospitals and health systems, physician offices, nursing and long-term care facilities, surgery centers, dental and veterinary clinics, dialysis centers, and home health organizations — as well as commercial businesses needing document shredding. Pricing was quote-based and not publicly disclosed; services were delivered via local pickup and route-based distribution typical of regional waste haulers. The company did not disclose proprietary software platforms or technology stacks in source materials; its primary intangible assets were route density, regulatory compliance know-how, and embedded customer relationships under multi-year contracts.

On December 9, 2024, GreenServ was acquired by Stericycle, an industry-leading compliance company, and its customers were transitioned to Stericycle's services, MyStericycle.com customer portal, and container systems, with existing pricing and contract terms honored through October 31, 2025. GreenServ now operates as a subsidiary within Stericycle, which is itself an investor-owned enterprise (investor relations linked to WM/Waste Management) rather than a standalone independent business.

Name

GreenServ

Legal name

GreenServ

Website

https://greenservinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GreenServ was a privately held, Southeast US-based services company, founded in 2012, providing regulated medical waste disposal and Shred-it secure document destruction to healthcare facilities and commercial businesses. Acquired by Stericycle in December 2024, it now operates as a Stericycle subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Waste Management Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Biohazardous Waste Management (RMW, Sharps, Pathological) (EUAIAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Confidential Document & Media Destruction (On-site Shredding Programs) (BPABALAI), Medical / Infectious Waste Treatment & Disposal (Autoclave + Incineration + Final Disposal) (EUAIACAJ), Confidential Document Destruction & Secure Recycling (Shredding) (IMAIAFAO)

Keywords

• Medical waste disposal
• Secure document destruction
• Healthcare compliance services
• Sharps disposal
• Pharmaceutical waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Oxford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

GreenServ provided regulated medical waste disposal and secure document destruction services to healthcare facilities and commercial businesses across the Southeast United States. The company managed biomedical waste removal, sharps disposal, pharmaceutical waste handling, and on-site document shredding while helping customers meet HIPAA, OSHA, and other regulatory compliance requirements.

Product overview

GreenServ, acquired by Stericycle in December 2024, operated as a regionally-based medical waste disposal and secure information destruction company in the Southeast. The company's portfolio includes regulated medical waste management services (biohazardous waste, sharps, pharmaceutical waste, chemotherapy waste, controlled substances, hazardous waste) and secure document destruction (Shred-it). Services are complemented by compliance training (HIPAA, OSHA), specialty disposal solutions (MedDrop kiosks, SafeDrop mail back, Seal&Send), and medical supply products (sharps containers, infection control supplies). Following the acquisition, customers transitioned to Stericycle's MyStericycle.com platform for account management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regulated Medical Waste Disposal & Management Scheduled pickup, transport, and compliant treatment/disposal of regulated biomedical and medical waste generated by hospitals, clinics, medical practices, and pharmaceutical facilities.
• Secure Document Destruction Services Secure information destruction service providing scheduled on-site shredding of confidential paper records for healthcare organizations and commercial businesses to protect sensitive data and support HIPAA/regulatory compliance.

Segments2 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.

• StericyclecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2024GreenServ was acquired by Stericycle, an industry-leading compliance company for healthcare organizations and commercial businesses. The acquisition was completed on December 9th, 2024. GreenServ was a regionally-based medical waste disposal and secure information destruction company operating in the Southeast United States. Post-acquisition, GreenServ customers were transitioned to Stericycle's services, customer portal (MyStericycle.com), and container systems. Stericycle committed to honoring existing pricing and contract terms through October 31, 2025.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Stericycle: Stericycle is the largest US regulated medical waste and secure information destruction (Shred-it) services company, directly overlapping with GreenServ's core offerings. It acquired GreenServ in December 2024, confirming close comparability.
• Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors is a national hazardous waste management provider whose healthcare waste segment overlaps with GreenServ's regulated medical and pharmaceutical waste services, though it operates across a much broader industrial waste portfolio.
• Waste Management Inc. WM (Waste Management) operates the largest US solid waste network and runs a healthcare/regulated waste division that competes with GreenServ for medical waste routes, especially in markets where WM overlaps with GreenServ's Southeast service area.
• Republic Services: Republic Services is a major US solid waste and recycling hauler with a healthcare waste offering that competes with GreenServ's regulated medical waste and secure shredding services at the multi-site account level.
• Heritage Environmental Services: Heritage Environmental Services is a US hazardous and industrial waste management provider with capabilities spanning healthcare-related hazardous waste streams, comparable to GreenServ's hazardous medical waste offerings.
• Cintas: Cintas is a large US business services provider whose document shredding and secure records destruction services overlap directly with GreenServ's Shred-it offering, while its broader facility services compete for the same commercial accounts.

Direct peers

• Sharps Compliance: Sharps Compliance provides regulated medical waste, sharps, and pharmaceutical waste solutions to healthcare and commercial customers via route-based and mail-back services, directly competing with GreenServ's SharpsRx Pro and SafeDrop offerings.
• Daniels Health: Daniels Health operates a US medical waste and sharps container management business serving hospitals and healthcare facilities with reusable containment and route-based collection, competing directly with GreenServ's regulated medical waste services.
• BioMedical Waste Solutions: BioMedical Waste Solutions is a regional medical waste hauling company serving healthcare facilities in select US markets, with a similar SMB-focused service model to GreenServ.

Emerging players

• Red Bag Solutions: Red Bag Solutions is a smaller regional medical waste hauler focused on healthcare and small-quantity generator customers, operating a comparable route-based service model to GreenServ but at smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GreenServInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/greenserv-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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