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Waste - industry emissions

Broad in-sector inventory (1,433 GHGRP sites) reporting 97.1M MT CO₂e for Waste.

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among sectors
#6
Total CO₂e - Large emitter
97.1M MT
Facilities
1,433
Companies
582
Avg / facility - Mid intensity
68K MT

Data updated May 2026

97.1M MT CO₂e · 1,433 facilities

WASTE MANAGEMENT holds 12% of Waste's 97.1M MT in-sector total; top three reporters 27.4% (#6 of 15 industries).

  • Sector rank #6 of 15 EPA industries
  • WASTE MANAGEMENT leads at 12% of sector CO₂e
  • Top 50 of 582 in-sector companies shown

Dispersed in-sector reporter mix

WASTE MANAGEMENT is the largest single reporter at 12% of Waste CO₂e (11.7M MT), but the top three still account for only 27.4% across 582 parent companies. Shares use EPA GHGRP facility rollups tagged to this sector only, not each parent's company-wide total.

Leading companies across 1,433 facilities

Parent companies operating across 1,433 in-sector GHGRP sites, sorted by aggregated in-sector CO₂e (not company-wide totals).

# Company In-sector emissions (MT CO2e)
1 WASTE MANAGEMENT 11.7M
2 REPUBLIC SERVICES 10.7M
3 COVANTA HOLDING 4.2M
4 WASTE CONNECTIONS US 3.6M
5 GFL ENVIRONMENTAL HOLDINGS (US) 2.4M
6 WHEELABRATOR TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 2.2M
7 RUMPKE CONSOLIDATED COS 1.7M
8 COUNTY OF ORANGE CALIFORNIA 1.1M
9 COUNTY OF LYCOMING PENNSYLVANIA 903K
10 COUNTY OF PINELLAS FLORIDA 772K
11 APEX ENVIRONMENTAL 699K
12 COUNTY OF BREVARD FLORIDA 672K
13 CITY OF EL PASO TEXAS 544K
14 WASTE CONNECTIONS 514K
15 CITY OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA 509K
16 SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA 502K
17 CITY OF DALLAS TEXAS 483K
18 CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS 457K
19 COUNTY OF POLK FLORIDA 426K
20 US GOVERNMENT 421K
21 NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT 404K
22 BRAZOS VALLEY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AGENCY 389K
23 VOLUSIA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 375K
24 DEKALB COUNTY GEORGIA 353K
25 COWLITZ COUNTY WASHINGTON 344K
26 CITY OF GARLAND TEXAS 339K
27 W I TAYLOR COUNTY LANDFILL 330K
28 CITY OF PHOENIX ARIZONA 328K
29 BOYD COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL 327K
30 INTERNATIONAL PAPER 324K
31 SEMINOLE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 315K
32 AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LANDFILL 307K
33 COUNTY OF AUGUSTA-RICHMOND 287K
34 LANCASTER COUNTY SOILD WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 286K
35 RIVER BIRCH 282K
36 SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY OF CENTRAL OHIO 280K
37 CHAMP LANDFILL CO 272K
38 JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA 270K
39 BKK 266K
40 CITY OF BEAUMONT 266K
41 THREE RIVERS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 263K
42 BALDWIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE 260K
43 CITY OF RIVERVIEW MICHIGAN 255K
44 PR WASTE HOLDINGS 250K
45 COUNTY OF KING WASHINGTON 249K
46 DELAWARE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY 249K
47 RHEA COUNTY TENNESSEE 248K
48 CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 247K
49 THE HORRY COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY 245K
50 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIV 245K

In-sector totals aggregate EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) facility reports whose industry sector is Waste. Company rows sum only facilities tagged to this sector, not each parent's company-wide total. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCarbon