TM Deer Park Services Limited Partnership (which does business as Texas Molecular) helps chemical and petrochemical companies get rid of hazardous and nonhazardous industrial waste. Through subsidiaries, the company transports, treats, and stores the waste before disposing of it by injecting it into deep wells. Texas Molecular operates from facilities near chemical and petrochemical production complexes in Deer Park, near Houston. The company's chemicals unit manufactures specialty chemicals on a tolling basis (customers pay per unit of volume) using customer-supplied materials. Texas Molecular was formed in 2001 to purchase assets from the GNI Group, which had filed for bankruptcy protection.

TRC Companies, Inc. provides consulting, engineering, and construction management services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Energy, Environmental, and Infrastructure. The Energy segment provides program management, engineering, procurement, construction, design, and consulting services for energy companies, utilities, other commercial entities, and state and federal governments. It undertakes projects comprising upgrade and new construction for electrical transmission and distribution systems, energy efficiency program design and management, and alternative energy development operations; and offers services to support energy savings projects. The Environmental segment engages in environmental management of buildings, air quality measurements and modeling of air pollution impacts, assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, environmental licensing and permitting of various projects, and natural and cultural resource assessment and management activities. It serves industrial, transportation, energy, and natural resource companies; and federal, state, and municipal agencies. The Infrastructure segment provides services related to the expansion of infrastructure capacity, rehabilitation of overburdened and deteriorating infrastructure systems, and management of risks related to security of public and private facilities. Its services include roadway and surface transportation design; structural design for bridges; construction engineering inspection and construction management for roads and bridges; civil engineering; and geotechnical engineering services. This segment also offers municipal and land development engineering, security, and geographic information system and mapping services, as well as undertakes hydraulics and hydrological studies. This segment serves state and municipal governments, as well as selected commercial developers. TRC Companies, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut.

Serving customers in the retail petroleum industry, environmental consulting and construction group Tyree Organization specializes in environmental testing, the excavation of contaminated soils, service station maintenance, and pump tank construction. It also provides emergency response services, as well as engineering and compliance services for petroleum bulk storage. The company operates from offices in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. Founded in 1930, the company is owned by the Tyree family.

A scrap metal processing and recycling company, Upstate Shredding converts scrap metal from appliances, automobiles, machines, and other sources into commodities sold to mills, foundries, and manufacturers around the world. It processes both ferrous (iron) and nonferrous metals -- including 700,000 tons of iron and 21,000 tons of aluminum annually -- and sells a significant portion of its products to steel mills in India, China, and other Asian countries. Founded in 1996 by president Adam Weitsman, Upstate Shredding is today one of New York State's largest privately-owned scrap metal companies.

U.S. Ecology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides radioactive, hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, and non-hazardous industrial waste management and recycling services in the United States. The company accepts hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, industrial and low-level radioactive waste, naturally occurring and accelerator produced radioactive materials, and low-activity radioactive materials, as well as provides waste treatment and disposal facility services. It offers its services to commercial and government entities, such as refineries and chemical production facilities, electric utilities, manufacturers, steel mills, and medical and academic institutions. The company was formerly known as American Ecology Corporation and changed its name to U.S. Ecology, Inc. in February 2010. U.S. Ecology, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Vista International Technologies Inc., is working to develop and market its Thermal Gasifier Technology and to build and operate small power plants. Colorado-based Vista has operations in waste-to-energy gassification, low-wind-speed generators, alternative fuels, and energy-saving lighting. Its primary operation is a facility in Texas that converts used tires into fuel. The company is looking for partners to build, own, and operate small waste-to-energy plants or utilize the company's technology under license. Investor Richard Strain owns just under 50% of Vista, while board member Timothy Ruddy owns a 10% stake.

Waste Industries USA, Inc.,the active consolidator has made more than 130 acquisitions since 1990. When it's not buying companies, Waste Industries USA is collecting, hauling, and disposing of solid waste for 875,000 municipal, residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the southeastern US. The company has 34 collection operations, and about 65 drop-off centers, 29 transfer stations, 12 recycling facilities and nine landfills. In 2008 Chairman Lonnie Pool Jr. led an investor group that took the company private for about $544 million.

Waste Management, Inc. provides integrated waste management services in North America. The company offers collection, transfer, recycling, disposal, and waste-to-energy services. Its recycling operations include collection and materials processing, plastics materials recycling, and commodities recycling. The company also provides recycling brokerage and electronic recycling services, including the collection, sorting, and disassembling of electronics to reuse or recycle various collected materials. In addition, it engages in renting and servicing portable restroom facilities to municipalities and commercial customers under the Port-o-Let name; and involves in landfill gas-to-energy operations comprising recovering and processing the methane gas produced naturally by landfills into a renewable energy source, as well as provides street and parking lot sweeping services. Further, the company offers portable self-storage, fluorescent lamp recycling, and healthcare solutions services, as well as provides services on behalf of third parties for construct waste facilities. It serves commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers, as well as other waste management companies, electric utilities, and governmental entities. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Waste Recycling Group is the UK's largest waste disposal firm. It operates landfills and recycling facilities that handle more than 13 million metric tons of domestic, commercial, and industrial waste a year. The group operates more than 60 landfills and 90 recycling and transfer stations. It also operates quarries, a network of household waste recycling sites and about 20 green-waste composting sites. In 2006 the company was acquired by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S.A. one of Spain's largest construction groups.

Regional solid waste management firm Waste Services (formerly Capital Environmental Resource) has positioned itself as a solid alternative to the industry's big boys. Waste Services operates in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, as well as in Florida. In 2009, the company served 86,000 commercial and industrial customers, 7.2 million residential customers, owned or operated seven landfills, 21 transfer stations, 13 recycling facilities, and 34 collection companies. In 2010 the company merged with Canadian waste management firm IESI-BFC .

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