M&A Deal Summary

GFL Environmental Acquires WDS Windsor Disposal Services

On September 5, 2019, GFL Environmental acquired environmental company WDS Windsor Disposal Services

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GFL Environmental’s 10th transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is GFL Environmental’s 10th transaction in Canada.
  • This is GFL Environmental’s 2nd transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-09-05
Target WDS Windsor Disposal Services
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) GFL Environmental
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

WDS Windsor Disposal Services

Windsor, Ontario, Canada
WDS Windsor Disposal Services Ltd. is a provider of solid waste management solutions in the City of Windsor and surrounding communities, serving residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers.

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Buyer

GFL Environmental

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Environmental
Employees20,000
Revenue 7.5B CAD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

GFL Environmental is a diversified environmental services company providing a comprehensive line of solid waste, infrastructure & soil remediation, and liquid waste management services through its platform of facilities across Canada and in Southeastern Michigan. GFL has a workforce of more than 5,000 employees and provides its broad range of environmental services to more than 60,000 commercial and industrial customers and its solid waste collection services to more than 2.5 million households. GFL Environmental was founded in 2007 and is based in Vaughan, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 24
Sector (Environmental) 10 of 22
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 17
State (Ontario) 2 of 7
Country (Canada) 10 of 15
Year (2019) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-06 Evergreen Industries - Solid Waste Business

La Porte, Texas, United States

Evergreen Industries Ltd. - Solid Waste Business provides residential, commercial and industrial solid waste and recycling collection and hauling, storage container rentals services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-21 Ground Force Environmental

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Ground Force Environmental, Inc. is a full-service soil and groundwater remediation company completed projects throughout the province of Ontario. Ground Force Environmental, Inc. offers a wide range of remediation services as well as an excellent project management team that can draw from their varied remediation backgrounds (consultant, water specialist, abatement, waste management, etc... ) and technical expertise to offer cost-effective remediation options to meet our client's project needs.

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