Founded in 1975 with a single truck, Casella is a regional, vertically integrated solid waste services company.

The biggest material recovery facility in the state, it sits just north of Bunker Hill Community College, hard against the Interstate 93 northbound lanes, and trucks drop about 750 tons of household- and business-generated recycling here every day.

The proposed acquisition includes nine hauling operations, one transfer station, and one material recovery facility with aggregate annualized revenues of approximately $185 million.

[5] In September 2023, Casella acquired the collection, transfer, and recycling assets from Consolidated Waste Services LLC and Twin Bridges for $219 million.

[7] Casella has a history of legal conflict, including complaints over leachate handling in Bethlehem, NH[8] and Southbridge, MA,[9] numerous violations of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law from 2015 to 2022,[10] damage to wetlands in Southbridge, MA,[11] anti-competitive service contracts,[12] occupational health and safety violations,[13] and operating a landfill without a permit.