MWM Environmental

What MWM Environmental does

MWM Environmental is a privately held waste and recyclables management service provider headquartered in Souris, Manitoba, Canada, founded in 1992. The company operates across more than 100,000 km² of Manitoba through four strategically located bases in Souris, Morden, Winkler, and Portage la Prairie, serving residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, agricultural, energy-sector, and military customers. Its service portfolio spans curbside waste, recycling, and compost collection (covering 8,000+ homes and approximately one million individual household services annually), roll-off and front-load container rentals in sizes ranging from 4 to 50 cubic yards, scrap metal purchasing, specialized oil-rig recycling bins, and household hazardous waste drop-off through Manitoba's Product Care Program.

The company owns and operates an engineered Class-1 landfill and a contaminated soil remediation pad at its Souris site, alongside a fleet of automated side-load trucks and equipment built to operate in extreme temperature ranges. It is COR-certified for safety and maintains the only commercially engineered landfill asset of its kind in the region. Recent additions include temporary fencing rentals and expanded soil remediation services, with stated infrastructure expansion projects underway.

MWM generates revenue through a mix of recurring residential curbside contracts, scheduled commercial front-load service, project-based industrial roll-off rentals, one-time bin and container deliveries, landfill tipping fees, scrap metal resale, and environmental remediation work. Pricing is quote-based and customized by container size, frequency, and customer type. The go-to-market motion is direct-to-customer via local office phones, email inquiries, and the company website, with no third-party intermediaries. Customer acquisition relies on community engagement, charitable donations, and long-standing municipal relationships rather than paid digital marketing.

Name

MWM Environmental

Legal name

MWM Environmental

Website

https://mwmenviro.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Short description

MWM Environmental is a privately held Manitoba waste and recyclables management provider founded in 1992, operating from four regional bases to serve residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, agricultural, energy, and military customers across 100,000+ km² with collection, recycling, landfill, and soil remediation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Curbside MSW Collection (BPALAAAA)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling collection
• Landfill operations
• Container rentals
• Soil remediation

Headquarters

HQ city

Souris

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Disposal Services: Core revenue from residential, commercial, and industrial waste collection, transport, and disposal services. Services include garbage collection, recycling, and compost services provided through bin rentals, curbside pickup, and container services.
2. Container and Bin Rental: Rental of various bin sizes (4-50 cubic yards) for construction, renovation, industrial projects, and municipal use. Includes front-loading containers, roll-off containers, and specialized bins for specific applications.
3. Scrap Metal Purchasing: The company buys scrap metal in all shapes and sizes, generating revenue from processing and reselling recyclable metal materials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MWM Environmental provides comprehensive waste and recyclables management services across southern Manitoba, including curbside garbage, recycling, and compost collection for residential customers; commercial and industrial bin services; engineered Class-1 landfill operations and contaminated soil remediation; roll-off and front-load container rentals ranging from 4 to 50 cubic yards; specialized containers for oil rigs and municipalities; scrap metal purchasing; and household hazardous waste drop-off. The company owns and operates its own landfill, remediation pad, and fleet of trucks, serving over 8,000 homes and municipalities, farms, energy, manufacturing, and industrial customers.

Product overview

MWM Environmental is a waste and recycling management service provider operating in southern Manitoba since 1992. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of container sizes ranging from 4-6 cubic yard front-load containers and 120-360L residential curbside carts to 15-50 cubic yard roll-off containers and 25-50 cubic yard municipal bins, including specialized containers for oil rigs and custom-order options. Core services include garbage collection, recycling, composting, scrap metal collection, engineered Class 1 landfill operations, contaminated soil remediation, and household hazardous waste drop-off through Manitoba's Product Care Program. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers from strategically located bases in Souris, Morden, Winkler, and Portage la Prairie, providing services to over 100,000 km2 of Manitoba. Recently expanded offerings include temporary fencing for construction sites, events, and waste containment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Garbage Collection Services

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Manitoba's Product Care ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMWM Environmental collaborates with Manitoba's Product Care Program to host a public drop-off site for household hazardous waste in Morden, Manitoba. This partnership enables residents to properly dispose of household hazardous waste through a convenient local drop-off location, supporting environmental sustainability and regulatory compliance.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Major U.S.-headquartered environmental services company with growing Canadian presence. Comparable vertically integrated collection and disposal model competing for municipal and commercial waste contracts.
• GFL Environmental: Major Canadian-headquartered waste management company providing solid waste, liquid waste, and soil remediation services across North America. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated collection-to-disposal operator in Canada with municipal contracts and landfill ownership.
• Clean Harbors: Large North American provider of environmental and industrial services including hazardous waste management, contaminated soil remediation, and industrial waste handling. Comparable to MWM's soil remediation and oil-rig waste services lines.
• Waste Management, Inc. Largest North American waste management provider operating across collection, transfer, recycling, and landfill disposal. Competes for municipal contracts and sets pricing benchmarks that regional haulers like MWM must respond to.
• Waste Connections: Large North American waste services company with significant Canadian footprint. Overlaps with MWM in residential curbside collection, commercial hauling, and landfill disposal, and competes for the same small-municipality contracts.

Direct peers

• Terrapure Environmental: Canadian environmental services company providing industrial waste management, hazardous waste handling, and remediation services. Comparable in the soil remediation and special-waste handling lines that MWM operates from Souris.
• Miller Waste Systems: Regional Canadian waste management company providing collection, transfer, and recycling services to municipalities and industrial customers. Similar size profile and operating model to MWM with comparable municipal-contract-driven business.
• Emterra Group: Canadian family-owned waste and recycling services company providing curbside collection, commercial hauling, and recycling across multiple provinces. Closest comparable regional competitor with similar municipal contract focus and Canadian operating context.

Emerging players

• DCC Environmental / local Manitoba haulers: Smaller Manitoba-based or prairie-region waste haulers and bin-rental operators that compete for the same commercial and roll-off business in southern Manitoba and adjacent rural communities.

Regional players

• Halton Region Waste Management (or comparable municipal in-house operator): Municipal or regional in-house waste collection operators in Manitoba-adjacent provinces that compete with private haulers for municipal curbside contracts in smaller communities. Relevant competitor set for the same RFPs MWM targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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