Who is the largest garbage company in the world?

The largest garbage company in the world by revenue is Waste Management Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, often known as WM, which is the largest waste management and recycling company in North America and the world. Waste Management Inc. was founded in 1968 and has annual revenue of over $20 billion in 2023 and 2024, with over 50,000 employees, operating landfills, recycling centers, and collection trucks across US and Canada. It serves over 20 million residential customers and millions of commercial customers. The second largest is Veolia, a French company headquartered in Paris, with waste and water management revenue over $30 billion including water, but for pure waste, Waste Management is largest. Other large waste companies include Republic Services, also US-based with $14 billion revenue, Suez, French with $10 billion, and Waste Connections. Waste Management owns over 260 landfills, 300 transfer stations, and 100 recycling plants, and is known for green trucks. It also owns the largest landfill in US, Apex in Las Vegas. So largest garbage company in world is Waste Management Inc. from Houston, Texas, USA, with $20 billion revenue, followed by Veolia from France if counting water and waste combined. For pure garbage collection and landfill, WM is largest.