Who is Waste Connections, Inc.?

Waste Connections. Inc. (WCI) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Folsom, CA. The company's strategic objective is to build a leading solid waste services company in secondary markets in the Western United States focusing on Customer Service excellence and the utilization of improved technology to enhance efficiency within the markets they serve. The company has rapidly expanded and now has operations throughout 17 states.

In 1998, WCI merged with the Murrey Companies. Since then, WCI has operated the following Pierce County-based companies as part of its "Northern Washington Division":

• Murrey's Disposal which serves the Cities of Edgewood, Fife, South Prairie, and Wilkeson, and parts of northern and eastern unincorporated Pierce County
• American Disposal, which serves the City of Gig Harbor, as well as the rest of Gig Harbor Peninsula, Key Peninsula, and Fox Island
• DM Disposal and DM Recycling, providing services to the Cities of Bonney Lake, Buckley, Carbonado, Milton, Orting, Puyallup, and Sumner
• Tacoma Recycling, a full-service recycling center and materials recovery facility which provides services such as Pierce County Government's deskside recycling program, and the processing and marketing of the materials collected through the City of Tacoma's co-mingled residential curbside recycling program.