Allied Waste Company Description
Allied Waste Industries proves every day that one person's trash is another person's treasure. The US's second-largest waste-hauler, behind Waste Management, Allied Waste picks up the garbage of about 8 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Its vast collection, recycling, and landfill operations include a network of 291 collection companies, 161 transfer stations, 161 active landfills, and 53 recycling facilities in 124 markets in 37 states. Residential, commercial, and roll-off (dumpsters) collection accounts for about two-thirds of sales. Management controls 35% of the company. In 2008, Republic Services agreed to buy Allied, combining the country's #2 and #3 waste management companies.
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