Kinderhook Invests in Apex Waste Solutions; Apex Acquires Materials Management Company and All American Disposal

Kinderhook Forms Ecowaste Solutions by Combining Live Oak Environmental and CARDS Recycling

January 22, 2026

Environmental Services

Kinderhook Industries closed a $1 billion single-asset continuation vehicle transaction, forming Ecowaste Solutions by combining Live Oak Environmental and CARDS Recycling and securing more than $400 million of new equity from participating funds including Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Apollo S3. The new Dallas‑headquartered platform will operate collection and post‑collection waste services across nine Mid‑South states, serving over 400,000 customers and pursuing organic growth and additional acquisitions.

Apex Waste Solutions (Kinderhook) Acquires Twin Enviro Services and Certain WM of Colorado Assets

July 8, 2024

Environmental Services

Apex Waste Solutions, a Parker, Colorado-based platform backed by Kinderhook Industries, acquired Twin Enviro Services and certain assets of WM of Colorado, expanding its footprint on Colorado's Western Slope. The transactions add landfill, material recovery and transfer-station capacity plus additional hauling operations to Apex's vertically integrated waste platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

Kinderhook Recapitalizes Compactor Rentals of America

February 2, 2024

Environmental Services

Kinderhook Industries has recapitalized Compactor Rentals of America (CRA), acquiring the company from management and investor Bestige Holdings. The investment will provide capital and operational support to scale CRA’s nationwide compactor and baler rental platform, pursue acquisitions, and expand penetration in end markets such as multifamily real estate, manufacturing, and retail.

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.

Kinderhook Industries Recapitalizes Live Oak Environmental

July 19, 2021

Environmental Services

Kinderhook Industries partnered with management to recapitalize Live Oak Environmental, a regional solid waste collection and special waste hauling business based in Bossier City, Louisiana. The recapitalization will support an aggressive growth plan — including targeted add-on acquisitions across Northwestern Louisiana and East Texas — with financing provided by Comerica Bank; financial terms were not disclosed.

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.