Description
This comprehensive study targeted publicly traded, privately held, and public sector organizations in the industry. Specifically, the study sought to capture data on solid waste and recyclables collection and hauling operations, as well as operation of the following solid waste industry facility types: municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, construction and demolition (C&D) landfills, transfer stations, waste-to-energy (WIE) facilities, material recovery facilities (MRF), compost facilities, and other solid waste management facilities.
The study sought to measure the industry based on generally accepted financial and operating data, such as revenues, employment, and waste disposal and collection quantities (as well as others). Many of the results in this report were derived from primary source data provided by companies and organizations in the indusfry. However, due to the size and variety of the industry, some of the results shown in the report were derived from statistical sampling and extrapolation methods. Note that all data collection was performed from late 1999 through early 2000, and study results reflect annual estimates for calendar year 1999.