Waste Industries USA picks up trash companies nearly as often as it picks up trash cans: The active consolidator has made more than 140 acquisitions since 1990. When it's not buying companies, Waste Industries USA is collecting, hauling, and disposing of solid waste for more than 1 million municipal, residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the southeastern US. The company has 36 collection operations, and numerous drop-off centers, transfer stations, recycling facilities, landfills, and landfill-gas-to-energy plants. Its solid waste services include curbside pickup, dumpster rental, construction and demolition waste pick up, compactor use, and cardboard recycling.