C&S Waste Solutions

What C&S Waste Solutions does

C&S Waste Solutions is a privately-held solid waste and recycling services provider headquartered in Ukiah, California, founded in 1997 by Dave Carroll and John Shea and acquired by Waste Connections, Inc. in 2021. The company serves residential, commercial, and municipal customers across rural Northern California and Nevada, operating a vertically integrated network of collection routes, at least nine satellite transfer stations, two Materials Recovery Facilities (Pacific Recycling Solutions in Ukiah and a Pahrump-area MRF), CASP-enabled composting sites producing OMRI-listed compost, scrap metal yards, and disposal sites. Service lines include curbside recycling, organics diversion, scrap metal recycling, California Redemption Value buy-back, household hazardous waste collection, portable sanitation, landscape material sales, and disaster recovery services.

The business generates revenue through a mix of recurring subscription-based collection (quarterly residential and monthly commercial billing), unit-priced commodity sales (compost, topsoil, scrap metal), transaction-based CRV buy-back programs, and managed services such as household hazardous waste collection and portable sanitation. Distribution is anchored by municipal franchise agreements in Ukiah, Susanville, Fort Bragg, Lake County, Mendocino County, Pahrump, and adjacent communities, with franchise exclusivity providing legally protected service territories. The company holds 101-250 employees and operates multiple regional subsidiaries, including Redwood Waste Solutions (Mendocino County) and Lake County Transfer Station. Compliance positioning covers California's AB 341 recycling, AB 1826 organics, and SB 1383 short-lived climate pollutant mandates, and the Ukiah headquarters was designated an Energy Neutral Site in 2016.

Name

C&S Waste Solutions

Legal name

C&S Waste Solutions

Website

https://candswaste.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

C&S Waste Solutions is a privately-held solid waste, recycling, and organics services provider serving residential, commercial, and municipal customers across rural Northern California and Nevada through transfer stations, MRFs, composting operations, and scrap metal yards under Waste Connections ownership since 2021.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solid Waste and Recycling Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Solid Waste Collection (562111), Other Waste Collection (562119), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

C&D Waste Collection, Hauling & Container Services (Roll-off/Dumpsters) (EUAIAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

C&D Transfer Stations & C&D Material Handling (EUAIAHAB), C&D Sorting & Processing Facilities (C&D MRFs) (EUAIAHAC), Construction & Demolition (C&D) Debris Transfer Stations (BPALABAB), Concrete, Asphalt & Masonry Recycling (Crushing & Aggregate Production) (EUAIAHAD)

Keywords

• Solid waste collection
• Recycling services
• Organics composting
• Transfer stations
• Scrap metal recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Ukiah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Residential Waste Collection Services: Curbside garbage, recycling, and green waste collection for residential customers. Residential customers are billed quarterly in most service areas. Services include cart-based collection with multiple cart sizes (20, 32, 64, 96 gallon options).
2. Commercial and Multi-Family Waste Collection: Onsite garbage, recycling, and organics collection for commercial businesses and multi-family dwellings. Commercial customers are billed monthly. Includes roll-off dumpster services and waste audits.
3. Organic Compost and Landscape Materials Sales: Sale of certified organic compost products including Quackenbush Compost and Pacific Organics - Medium. Also includes recycled landscape materials such as topsoil, wood chips, and base rock for construction applications.
4. Scrap Metal Recycling: Purchase, sorting, processing and marketing of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals. Includes auto wrecking and licensed scrap metal recycling services. Tri County Scrap Metals and Pahrump Valley Disposal scrap metal operations.
5. California Redemption Value (CRV) Buy-Back: Beverage container buy-back programs where consumers redeem CRV-labeled containers for cash refunds. Operating at multiple locations including Willits, Laytonville, Fort Bragg, Caspar, and Lakeport.
6. Household Hazardous Waste Services: Drop-off facilities and mobile hazardous waste collection events (HAZ-DROP and HAZ-MOBILE programs). Commercial compliance tracking and reporting assistance.
7. Sanitation Solutions: Portable restroom rentals for events and construction sites, septic tank pumping, drain line cleaning, well and septic inspections, grease trap maintenance, and 24-hour emergency service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

C&S Waste Solutions is a solid waste and recycling services provider operating in California and Nevada. The company collects, transfers, and processes municipal solid waste, single-stream recyclables, green/organics waste, and scrap metal, and operates transfer stations, material recovery facilities, household hazardous waste collection, CRV buy-back centers, portable sanitation, and organic composting operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Disaster Recovery and Debris Removal Emergency debris removal, cleanup, and disaster recovery services for municipalities, public agencies, and commercial customers.
• CRV Buy-Back Services California Redemption Value buy-back centers that pay consumers for eligible beverage containers.
• Portable Sanitation Services Rental and servicing of portable restrooms, hand-wash stations, and related sanitation equipment for events, construction sites, and temporary needs.
• Landscape and Construction Materials Sale of compost, mulch, soil amendments, rock, and aggregate materials produced from organics and C&D processing.
• Organic Compost Products Bagged and bulk organic compost products sold under the Quackenbush and Pacific Organics brands to consumers, landscapers, and agricultural buyers.
• Residential Curbside Solid Waste Collection Scheduled curbside collection of household garbage for residential customers under municipal franchise agreements.
• Residential Single-Stream Recycling Collection Curbside collection of commingled recyclables (paper, plastics, glass, metal) processed at company MRF facilities.
• Residential Green Waste and Organics Collection Curbside collection of yard trimmings and food waste processed at the Quackenbush and Pacific Organics composting facilities.
• Commercial Solid Waste Collection Front-load, rear-load, and roll-off bin collection of solid waste for businesses, institutions, and multi-tenant properties.
• Commercial Recycling Collection Commercial multi-stream and single-stream recycling collection for businesses and institutions.
• Transfer Station Services Drop-off solid waste and recycling transfer stations that consolidate and haul material to disposal and processing sites; available to public and commercial haulers.
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection Collection and proper disposal of household hazardous waste (paints, batteries, chemicals, e-waste) for residents.
• Scrap Metal Recycling Buy-back and processing of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pacific Organics diverts residential and commercial organic waste from landfilling through weekly curbside collection in Mendocino and Lake Counties
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management, Inc. Largest North American waste hauler providing collection, transfer, recycling, and landfill services. Comparable as a broad incumbent across the same core services (solid waste, recycling, organics) but operates at much greater national scale; competes for municipal franchise contracts.
• Republic Services, Inc. Second-largest North American waste and recycling services provider with collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal operations across the U.S. Comparable for solid waste and recycling services in overlapping geographies, though much larger and more diversified than C&S.
• Waste Connections, Inc. Strategic parent of C&S and one of the largest North American solid waste services companies; provides collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal in 40+ states. Comparable as the parent platform with overlapping franchise/municipal business model and roll-up strategy.

Regional players

• Recology: Employee-owned waste and recycling hauler serving Northern/Central California, the Pacific Northwest, and Nevada. Direct comparable for residential curbside, commercial, recycling, and compost collection; competes for franchise agreements in many of the same California markets.
• Athens Services: Family-owned Southern California integrated solid waste and recycling company with collection, transfer stations, MRFs, organics/composting, and landfills. Comparable for vertically integrated California operations, though more focused on the greater Los Angeles region.
• Burrtec Waste Industries: California-based regional solid waste, recycling, and disposal company serving Southern and Central California with municipal contracts, residential curbside, commercial, organics, and transfer stations. Comparable as a California-focused integrated hauler.
• GreenWaste Recovery: Northern California and Nevada-based solid waste and recycling services provider focused on residential, commercial, and construction debris collection with MRF and organics processing. Comparable as a regional California competitor with similar services including organics/composting.

Emerging players

• Casella Waste Systems: Regional solid waste, recycling, and resource management provider in the Northeast U.S. Comparable as a mid-sized regional roll-up operator with municipal contracts, MRFs, and organics processing, though in a different geography.
• Clean Harbors, Inc. North America's leading provider of environmental and hazardous waste services. Comparable for C&S's household hazardous waste (HAZ-DROP/HAZ-MOBILE) business and industrial waste handling, though focused on hazardous rather than residential streams.
• Stericycle, Inc. Provider of regulated waste management services including hazardous waste, sharps, and document destruction. Comparable for C&S's household hazardous waste and regulated-waste compliance offerings, though with a different customer mix.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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