Waste Connections Inc. (WCN)
Company Description
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada.
It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals.
The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities.
In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture.
Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers.
As of December 31, 2021, it owned 334 solid waste collection operations; 142 transfer stations; 61 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 71 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities.
The company also operates an additional 53 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations.
Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

Country | CA |
IPO Date | May 22, 1998 |
Industry | Waste Management |
Sector | Industrials |
Employees | 23,854 |
CEO | Ronald J. Mittelstaedt |
Contact Details
Address: 6220 Highway 7 Woodbridge, ON CA | |
Website | https://www.wasteconnections.com |
Stock Details
Ticker Symbol | WCN |
Exchange | NYSE |
Fiscal Year | January - December |
Reporting Currency | USD |
CIK Code | 0001318220 |
CUSIP Number | 94106B101 |
ISIN Number | CA94106B1013 |
Employer ID | 00-0000000 |
SIC Code | 4953 |
Key Executives
Name | Position |
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Ronald J. Mittelstaedt | Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President & Director |
Darrell W. Chambliss | Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President |
Eric O. Hansen | Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer |
Mary Anne Whitney | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
James M. Little | Executive Vice President of Engineering & Disposal |
Joe Gregory Box Jr. | Vice President of Investor Relations |
John M. Perkey | Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of Compliance and Government Affairs |
Matthew Stephen Black | Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Office |
Patrick J. Shea J.D. | Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
Susan R. Netherton | Senior Vice President of People, Training & Development |
Latest SEC Filings
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Mar 12, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Mar 05, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Mar 04, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 28, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 27, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 26, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 25, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 21, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 21, 2025 | 4 | Filing |
Feb 21, 2025 | 4 | Filing |