Waste Industries acquires North Carolina-based Pink-Trash

Waste Industries of Raleigh, North Carolina, has acquired Coastal Ladies Carting Inc., also known as Pink-Trash, a trash and recycling pickup service based in Wilmington, North Carolina. WilmingtonBiz reports that the deal took effect March 1.

The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

The news outlet reports that Waste Industries said it will honor Pink-Trash rates for residential and commercial customers for both trash and recycling services.

Pink-Trash launched in 2011 and grew to be known throughout the community for its pink trash cans and refuse trucks. The company donated 1 percent of its residential and commercial customers’ bills toward cancer treatment.

According to WilmingtonBiz, Kelly Buffalino, the owner and president of Pink-Trash, said that additional details about the company changeover could be released in the coming days. Waste Industries’ general manager in Wilmington, Shawn Haines, told the news outlet that the pink carts wouldn’t change.

Pink-Trash had 76 employees who were all “welcomed by” Waste Industries if they chose to be, Buffalino told WilmingtonBiz.

Waste Industries is a subsidiary of GFL Environmental, based in Toronto, Canada. GFL acquired Waste Industries last October to create an environmental services company with operations in all Canadian provinces (except Prince Edward Island) and in 20 states in the U.S. Waste Industries at the time was deemed to have an estimated enterprise value of $2.8 billion.