Financial

WM, Tailwater Capital form joint venture

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Waste Management Organic Growth, a wholly owned subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management, which recently rebranded to WM, and Tailwater Capital, a private equity firm based in Dallas, have announced a joint venture to provide financial, commercial and operational support to Continuus Materials, a Houston-based manufacturer of roof cover boards. The venture aims to assist the company with scaling production facilities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Continuus Materials develops and operates manufacturing facilities that upcycle plastic and fiber materials from municipal solid waste into Everboard, a proprietary, high-performance, low-slope roof coverboard. Continuus Materials says its process reduces landfill waste and generates lower life cycle greenhouse gas emissions than competing products made from traditional materials.

“At WM, we are unlocking impactful, sustainable solutions as we move toward a more circular economy, and the Continuus Materials business is one example of what we’re aiming to achieve,” says Jim Fish, president and CEO of WM. “Continuus Materials brings an innovative solution that recovers recyclable materials in addition to materials that cannot otherwise be recycled and gives them a new, purposeful life. We look forward to working together with Tailwater Capital to grow the Continuus Materials business while achieving a shared goal of reducing waste.”

The joint venture enables Continuus Materials to develop additional facilities at WM sites and to launch its first full-scale municipal solid waste-to-Everboard production plant. Once the plant is fully operational, it is expected to produce more than 150 million square feet of Everboard annually within the first three years of operation.

Continuus Materials supplies Everboard to a range of commercial customers, including large national retail chains, industrial manufacturing facilities and distribution centers.