Waste Connections acquires Rock River Environmental Services

Waste Connections Inc., an integrated solid waste services company headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Rock River Environmental Services Inc. Based in Rockford, Illinois, Rock River Environmental Services is an integrated provider of solid waste collection, recycling, transfer and disposal services, with total annual revenue of approximately $75 million. The acquired operations service 19 counties in central and northern Illinois and include five collection operations, two landfills, one compost facility, one transfer station and one recycling facility.

“We are extremely excited to welcome Rock River into the Waste Connections family and look forward to furthering Rock River’s commitments to the customers and communities it serves,” says Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, Waste Connections’ CEO and chairman. “As a large integrated services provider with leading positions in suburban and rural markets, Rock River should provide us with a platform for additional organic and acquisition growth opportunities, potentially doubling its size within five years.”

Founded in 1997, Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Through its R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary, the company says it also is a leading provider of nonhazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the most active natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford Basins. Waste Connections serves more than 2 million residential, commercial, industrial and exploration and production customers from a network of operations in 32 states. The company also provides intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest.