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Interstate Waste Services Acquires North Atlantic Waste & Recycling

September 22, 2025

Environmental Services

Interstate Waste Services, Inc. (IWS) has acquired North Atlantic Waste & Recycling (formerly Country Disposal), a family-owned waste and recycling hauler serving central and southern Connecticut. The deal expands IWS's footprint in Connecticut and adds North Atlantic's team, fleet and service contracts to IWS's regional operations.

Interstate Waste Services Acquires Evergreen Recycling Solutions

May 2, 2022

Environmental Services

Interstate Waste Services, a privately held waste and recycling services provider based in Teaneck, New Jersey, has acquired Evergreen Recycling Solutions, a LEED-certified C&D material recovery facility and transfer station based in Newark, New Jersey. The acquisition adds a state-of-the-art construction & demolition (C&D) MRF to IWS's network, expanding its C&D processing and recycling capabilities across Northern and Central New Jersey.

Interstate Waste Services Acquires Solterra Recycling Solutions

May 10, 2022

Environmental Services

Interstate Waste Services, a privately held vertically integrated waste and recycling operator based in Teaneck, New Jersey, has acquired Solterra Recycling Solutions of Ewing Township, New Jersey. The acquisition expands IWS's collection and processing footprint across central and southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia market, adds nearly 300 employees, and aims to improve operational efficiencies and reduce GHG emissions by leveraging IWS's rail-served disposal network and facilities.

Interstate Waste Services Acquires Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling

February 12, 2024

Environmental Services

Interstate Waste Services, a PE-backed waste-by-rail operator, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling, expanding IWS's collection, transfer and recycling footprint into Southwestern Connecticut and suburban New York. The deal (expected to close by end of Q1 2024) follows an equity recapitalization of IWS led by the Private Equity Group of Ares Management and Littlejohn & Co., and will add Oak Ridge's transfer, MRF and rail-served disposal capabilities and ~27,000 customer locations to IWS's platform.

Littlejohn & Co.-Backed Interstate Waste Services Forms Platform via Merger of Action Environmental and Apex Environmental

January 22, 2020

Environmental Services

Interstate Waste Services (IWS) announced the merger of The Action Environmental Group, Inc. and Apex Environmental Resources Holdings II LLC to operate under the Interstate Waste Services brand. Littlejohn & Co. led the equity financing for the transaction, with participation from O-Corp Investments; Summer Street Capital, Prophet Equity and management retain significant equity stakes while GSO (Blackstone) led the debt financing.

Interstate Waste Services Acquires Kohler Waste Services

June 15, 2021

Environmental Services

Interstate Waste Services, Inc. has acquired Kohler Waste Services, Inc., a Berkeley Heights, New Jersey-based solid waste collection company serving residential and commercial customers in Somerset and Hunterdon counties. The Kohlers will remain involved post-closing; the acquisition expands IWS's collection footprint in central New Jersey and drives additional volume to its rail-served BRI transfer station.