Westmoreland Cleanways

Name

Westmoreland Cleanways

Legal name

Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling

Website

https://westmorelandcleanways.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Greensburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual and lifetime membership fees from individuals, families, municipalities, and businesses to support recycling, cleanup, and educational programs.
2. Government Grants: Funding from government sources including 904 performance grants based on recycling volumes collected, grants from Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and Foam Recycling Coalition.
3. Recycling Center Fees: Nominal fees for certain materials including household hazardous waste ($0.80/pound), Freon-containing appliances ($20/unit), tire disposal, and fluorescent bulbs. Most recycling materials are accepted free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Westmoreland Cleanways operates a drop-off Recycling Center in Greensburg, PA, serving as the official County Recycling Coordinator for Westmoreland County. The organization accepts a broad range of materials including plastics 1-7, glass, metal, electronics, tires, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, expanded polystyrene foam, paper, cardboard, and plastic bags/film. It complements drop-off services with bi-monthly household hazardous waste collection, a ClearStream Recycler Loaner Program for events, electronics recycling under Pennsylvania's Covered Devices Recycling Act, Christmas tree recycling, and free environmental education programming for residents, schools, and municipalities.

Product overview

Westmoreland Cleanways operates as a non-profit recycling organization and County Recycling Coordinator for Westmoreland County, PA. The core offering is the Westmoreland Cleanways Recycling Center, a drop-off facility accepting a wide range of materials including plastics 1-7, glass, scrap metal, electronics, tires, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, foam, paper, cardboard, and plastic bags/film. The organization provides complementary programs including bi-monthly household hazardous waste collection (operated by Noble Environmental), the ClearStream Recycler Loaner Program for special events, environmental education through the Speakers Bureau with programs like vermicomposting and backyard composting guidance, electronics recycling under PA's Covered Devices Recycling Act, commercial and municipal recycling technical assistance, and seasonal Christmas tree recycling. Educational resources include fact sheets, curriculum guides, and interactive IQ boards. A membership program offers annual and lifetime tiers with benefits including tire disposal discounts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Westmoreland Cleanways Recycling Center A drop-off recycling facility in Greensburg, PA accepting plastics 1-7, glass bottles and jars, scrap metal, electronics, tires, lead acid batteries, fluorescent bulbs, expanded polystyrene foam, paper, corrugated cardboard, and plastic bags/film. Most materials are accepted free of charge, with scheduled operating hours and fees on certain items such as refrigerant-containing appliances and tires.
• Bi-Monthly Household Hazardous Waste Collection Household hazardous waste collection service held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 8am-1pm, operated on-site by Noble Environmental. Accepts oil-based/latex paint, batteries, antifreeze, flammable liquids, cleaning agents, pesticides, and lawn chemicals at $0.80/pound.
• ClearStream Recycler Loaner Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Densifies foam to 90:1 ratio, enabling cost-effective recycling of expanded polystyrene
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Noble EnvironmentalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNoble Environmental provides on-site household hazardous waste collection services at Westmoreland Cleanways' Recycling Center on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. They handle and process HHW materials that Recycling Center employees are not legally permitted to handle. Noble Environmental charges $0.80/pound for HHW disposal.
• TrexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestmoreland Cleanways ships baled plastic bags and wrap to Trex, which converts the material into composite lumber. A second baler was installed specifically to process plastic bags and wrap for Trex recycling.
• Keep Pennsylvania BeautifulminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Land Steward and Waterway Steward volunteer programs. Also received 2021 grant funding through Keep PA Beautiful for video production.
• Keep America BeautifulminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides educational materials including IQ Boards (Litter Board and Recycle Board) and Waste in Place curriculum guide for environmental education programs.
• Habitat for Humanity ReStore (Central Westmoreland and Allegheny Valley)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReStores accept donations of building materials and household items for resale, supporting reuse. Referenced as disposal alternatives for construction/demolition materials.
• Westmoreland County Blind AssociationminorOthersProvides secure document destruction and hard drive destruction services. Referenced as resource for businesses needing paper shredding and data security services.
• Discover WestmorelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for America's 250th Birthday celebration (250 Bins for 250 Years initiative). Discover Westmoreland coordinates county-wide semi-quincentennial celebrations.
• Michael BrothersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichael Brothers collects Christmas string lights from Westmoreland Cleanways for recycling, then donates proceeds from recycling to Project Bundle-Up (a joint effort between The Salvation Army and WTAE-TV Channel 4 providing coats and winter gear to low-income households).
• NexTrexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNexTrex Challenge program where community groups can collect 1,000 lbs. of plastic bags and film within 12 months to earn a park bench for their community.
• James A. Rutter CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsor of 2025-2026 Christmas Tree Recycling Program in Murrysville.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Major national hauler operating recycling collection, transfer stations, and materials recovery facilities across many U.S. counties including Pennsylvania. Comparable broad incumbent against which municipal recycling coordinators position drop-off and education services.
• Waste Management Inc. Largest North American solid waste and recycling hauler, providing curbside collection, MRF operations, and landfill services across Pennsylvania. Sets the commercial baseline for waste and recycling collection that municipal coordinators and nonprofits like Westmoreland Cleanways complement.

Others

• Sustainable Pittsburgh: Regional nonprofit advancing sustainability practices across Western Pennsylvania through programs, grants, and business engagement. Adjacent peer in geography and mission, with overlapping educational and convening functions.
• Noble Environmental: Pennsylvania-based household hazardous waste collection contractor that operates the bi-monthly HHW events on-site at Westmoreland Cleanways' Recycling Center. Comparable in HHW service delivery and a current operating partner of the subject company.
• Keep America Beautiful: National nonprofit umbrella organization that supplies IQ Boards, Waste in Place curriculum, and programming templates to Westmoreland Cleanways. Functions as enabling/parent network for community-based recycling and litter education organizations.
• Trex Company: Manufacturer of composite lumber made from recycled plastic film that receives baled plastic bags and wrap from Westmoreland Cleanways. Functions as the downstream end-buyer enabling the organization's plastic film program and as a comparable corporate anchor for film recycling programs nationally.

Direct peers

• Recycle Ann Arbor: Michigan-based nonprofit drop-off recycling center accepting a wide range of hard-to-recycle materials and operating curbside and commercial recycling programs. Closest operating analog to Westmoreland Cleanways' Recycling Center model in a different regional market.
• Pennsylvania Resources Council: Pennsylvania-based nonprofit offering recycling education, household hazardous waste collections, and diversion programs across Western PA. Operates the very similar model of recycling center drop-off, HHW events, and public education that Westmoreland Cleanways delivers in Westmoreland County.
• Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District: County-level solid waste authority in Ohio that performs the same statutory recycling coordination, drop-off services, HHW collection, and public education role that Westmoreland Cleanways fulfills in Pennsylvania.

Regional players

• Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: State-level affiliate of Keep America Beautiful coordinating litter prevention, illegal dumping cleanup, and recycling education with county-level affiliates including Westmoreland Cleanways. Overlaps on volunteer-driven cleanup programs and education grant administration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzLdR_oFT5L SolRdHZyP08w
• Facebookfacebook.com/westmorelandcleanways
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pa-cleanways

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Investors

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