Ecowaste acquires Baker Trash Services and Gardner Disposal

Days after its formation, Ecowaste Solutions Inc. is expanding its operations with two acquisitions.

The Dallas-based firm acquired both Baker Trash Services and Gardner Disposal on Jan. 20. Ecowaste says the deals will strengthen its residential and commercial service capabilities in the southern markets.

Both acquisitions come on the heels of Ecowaste’s inception as a newly formed company. On Jan. 16, Kinderhook Industries LLC, the company’s New York-based private equity owner, merged Cards Recycling and Live Oak Environmental into Ecowaste Solutions.

The combined company has operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

“These acquisitions demonstrate our dual approach to acquire strategic flagship operations like Gardner that establish strong footholds in new markets, combined with tuck-in acquisitions like Baker that deepen our presence in existing territories,” Ecowaste CEO Dustin Reynolds says. “We’re building the infrastructure and scale to compete with national providers while maintaining the local relationships and service quality that matter most to customers and communities.”

Ecowaste says the combined operations of Baker Trash and Gardner Disposal consist of more than 30 employees and about 17,500 customers into its platform. Baker Trash Service is based in Inola, Oklahoma, and serves both residential and commercial customers throughout the eastern Tulsa area.

Gardner Disposal extends Ecowaste’s presence in the Kansas City metro area, saying the firm will serve as a new flagship operation. Together, the two companies serve nearly 20 routes daily across residential, commercial and roll-off services.

The Tulsa and Kansas City metro areas represent high-growth markets with underserved customer segments, where Ecowaste says it can leverage its operational platform to deliver superior service reliability.