Winters Brothers
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Type | Private Company |
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Industry | Waste management |
Founded | 1950 |
Headquarters | West Babylon, NY |
Number of locations | 18 |
Products | Dumpster rental, Recycling, Waste systems |
Number of employees | 500 |
Subsidiaries | Oak Ridge |
Website | www.wintersbros.com |
Winters Bros. is a privately held waste disposal business in the Northeast United States. Its headquarters are in West Babylon, New York; it currently serves the markets of New York and Connecticut, but previously also served Florida and Vermont. Outside of Long Island, the company brands itself as Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling. It sells its recovered products worldwide.[1] It is the largest waste management firm in Long Island, and one of the largest in Connecticut. The firm has six recycling centers and twelve transfer stations.[2][3]
Acquisitions[]
Originally based in Long Island, in 2011, it purchased the 25 waste disposal companies formerly owned by James Galante to expand into the Connecticut market.[4] The Connecticut headquarters is located in Danbury.[5] In 2015, the firm acquired all the Connecticut and New York operations from Waste Management operations, and continues to service these regions under contract with WM.[6] At various times, it purchased smaller waste management companies, the largest of which in the New York region being Progressive Waste Solutions, which Winters Bros. acquired in 2015.[7][8]
Facilities[]
Winters Bros. has its largest facility located in West Babylon, NY which handles recycling, transfers, and hauling. Other transfer stations and yards in New York are in Glen Cove, NY, Medford, NY, Old Bethpage, NY, Holtsville, NY and Yaphank, NY.[9] Its two facilities in Connecticut are in Danbury and Shelton.[10]
Transportation[]
In New York, Winters Bros. utilizes the Bushwick Branch rail line under contract with the New York and Atlantic Railway via the Waste Management company's Varick Transfer Station.,[11][12] In Connecticut, it utilizes the Housatonic Railroad's Maybrook Line.[13]
Equipment[]
Winters Bros. has a collection of over 200 vehicles, which include trucks for residential, commercial, industrial and construction pickups. Its normal trucks are equipped with robotic arms to collect trash bins and dumpsters without the need for workers to exit the vehicles. Flatbed trucks are used for special pickups that are too large for normal trucks, and hauling away construction waste.
Notes[]
- ^ "Winters in business for the long haul". NewsTimes. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Winter Bros. Waste System embraces single-stream recycling as way of the future". NewsTimes. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=4301617 Bloomberg Profile CT
- ^ http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/AWD-Galante-s-former-Danbury-based-garbage-1312580.php Connecticut Market expansion
- ^ "Winters Bros. buys transfer station in Danbury". NewsTimes. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ https://www.pehub.com/canada/2015/3/clairvest-invests-in-winters-bros-buy-of-waste-management-assets/# WM operations
- ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/winters-bros-acquires-long-island-assets-of-progressive-waste-solutions-300044821.html Progressive Waste Solutions
- ^ http://www.waste360.com/business/winter-bros-buys-progressive-s-long-island-waste-recycling-business Waste360 PWS acquisition
- ^ "Locations - Winters Bros - Long Island, NY". Winters Bros - Long Island, NY. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Transfer Stations - Winter Bros. Waste Systems - Trash Service Company CT". Winter Bros. Waste Systems - Trash Service Company CT. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ https://www.wmsolutions.com/locations/details/id/770 Varick Ave. WM
- ^ http://libn.com/2017/02/17/trash-train/ Trash Train
- ^ http://www.thereflectedpast.com. "The Housatonic Railroad, Inc :-: 860-824-0850 :-:". www.hrrc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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