Waste Industry Merger and Acquisition Activity Expected to Pick Up this Year
Date: January 30, 2020
Source: Waste Business Journal
Waste Industry Merger and Acquisition Activity Expected to Pick Up this Year
Waste industry merger and acquisition activity is expected to pick up this year, according to Waste Business Journal's recent Waste Market Overview & Outlook report. On the heals of recent deals including Waste Management's $4.9 billion proposed acquisition of Advanced Disposal and GFL Environmental's $2.8 billion purchase of Waste Industries last year, more deals are expected to follow in line with improving economy, increased cash-flow, business confidence, economies-of-scale, and tax law changes that put more capital in play.
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Already at play is up to $200 million in possible divestitures, as may be required by the Department of Justice, from the Waste Management/Advanced deal. Likely candidates for that include Waste Connections and GFL Environmental, which has recently raised capital to continue aggressive acquisitions.
Aside from the healthy economy, key factors driving further industry consolidation derive from the business being a capital intensive, highly regulated, recession resistant (80 percent of sales are service-based), essential service that generates ample cash flow and benefits from large economies-of-scale. This applies to efficiencies gained from operating larger collection fleets, to building bigger transfer and materials recovery facilities to operating larger landfills. Large landfills can be half as expensive to operate (on a per ton basis) than smaller ones but often require larger vertically-integrated collection and processing to feed them.
Another factor is diminishing landfill capacity in the Northeast. More waste exports drive the development of waste-by-rail systems and large destination landfills, both of which are capital intensive and require sophisticated organization. Witness Action Environmental (Interstate Waste)'s recent purchase of the Apex Landfill in Ohio and Macquarie Infrastructure's $590 million purchase of Tunnel Hill Partners, both of which are big waste-by-rail plays.
And there's room to grow. Non publicly-traded companies account for $17.5 billion (21 percent) of the $76 billion waste industry. Municipalities control another $14.4 billion. Among the private companies there has been a flurry of acquisitions. Those include companies to look out for like GFL, Meridian Waste, Rumpke, WCA Waste, Winters Bros. and others. It also stands to reason that more municipalities will continue to privatize or contract out waste services, particularly considering the recent challenges posed by recycling.
The Waste Market Overview & Outlook analyzes these trends and examines the long history of waste industry M&A to better understand the factors expected to accelerate future consolidation.
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