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As of 2024, Waste Management, Inc. managed roughly ** percent of the landfill volume in the United States. Republic Services managed the second-largest landfill volume that year, at ** percent. Waste Management and Republic Services are the leading U.S. waste management companies based on revenue.

Waste Management, Inc’s landfill operations

The number of solid waste landfills operated by Waste Management, Inc. stood at *** in the 2023 financial year. Approximately *** million tons of waste were managed across these sites. Waste Management completed the *** billion U.S. dollar acquisition of Advanced Disposal in October 2020, acquiring additional landfills, transfer stations, and collection routes in the process.

Landfill waste disposal in the U.S.

In 2022, roughly *** kilograms of waste per capita were sent to landfills in the U.S. That accounted for approximately **** of the municipal waste generated per capita in the country that year. Landfills are the main method of municipal waste disposal in the U.S.