Kinderhook-backed Capital Waste Services Acquires Priority-1 to Expand Charleston Operations

Kinderhook Industries Acquires Capital Waste Services from Hawk Capital Partners

August 20, 2019

Environmental Services

Kinderhook Industries has acquired Capital Waste Services, a Columbia, South Carolina-based regional solid waste hauling company, from Hawk Capital Partners. The acquisition—Kinderhook's ninth environmental services platform—will support growth through investments in people, equipment and systems while maintaining existing management and municipal contracts; financial terms were not disclosed.

Capital Waste Services Acquires Southern Central Waste Services and Priority Waste Services

February 13, 2023

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, acquired Southern Central Waste Services and Priority Waste Services, two Tennessee-based roll-off and transfer-station operators, expanding its footprint in Southeast Tennessee. The deals are the platform's eighth and ninth add-on acquisitions and will strengthen Capital Waste's vertically integrated network; debt financing was provided by a syndicate led by Comerica Bank with MUFG, Webster Bank, and Fifth Third.

Capital Waste Services (Kinderhook) Acquires Sandlands C&D Landfill of SC

March 17, 2023

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, has acquired Sandlands C&D Landfill of SC, a Class II construction & demolition landfill and roll-off hauling business based in Gresham, South Carolina. The acquisition includes an on-site transfer station and an in-development transfer station in North Carolina, and represents Capital Waste's tenth add-on to expand disposal capacity in its core geography; a debt financing syndicate led by Comerica Bank supported the transaction.

GFL Environmental Acquires Capital Waste Services from Kinderhook Industries

November 2, 2023

Environmental Services

GFL Environmental has acquired Capital Waste Services (CWS), a Columbia, South Carolina-based regional waste hauler and Kinderhook Industries portfolio company. The tuck-in deal expands GFL’s Waste Industries footprint across the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee), adding landfills, transfer stations and over 200 collection vehicles to accelerate organic growth and margin expansion.

Capital Waste Services Acquires Superior Sanitation

August 17, 2020

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a Kinderhook Industries portfolio company, acquired Superior Sanitation, a residential collection business in Kershaw County, South Carolina, adding approximately 1,700 subscription customers. The transaction — Capital Waste's third add-on to expand its regional residential collection footprint — was financed by Comerica Bank and involved the sale by long-time owner Denise Dunlap.

Capital Waste Services Acquires May River Disposal

January 5, 2021

Environmental Services

Capital Waste Services, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, acquired May River Disposal, a residential waste management company based in Bluffton, South Carolina with over 5,800 customers. The deal — Capital Waste's fourth add-on acquisition — will expand the platform's footprint into the Bluffton/Hilton Head/Beaufort area, add commercial and roll-off capabilities, and was financed by Comerica Bank; May River founders Jim Lewis and Rob Scott will remain equity owners.