Spurred by regulations and customer enthusiasm, the waste hauler is expanding its operations in California and Colorado.
By Jacob Wallace, Waste Dive
Republic Services is preparing to open an organic-waste transfer station this week at a ceremony in Petaluma, California. The Sonoma County site is the latest addition to Republic’s portfolio of organic waste infrastructure, which is growing in response to regulatory pressure and customer interest.
This year, the company plans to add 355,000 tons of annual organic-waste processing capacity through development projects. That would add significant volume to the 1.1 million tons of processing capacity the company reported in 2025.
The company has already made progress at multiple sites. In April, it opened an organic waste transfer station near Denver. The 11,900-square-foot facility is located at Republic’s Foothills Landfill on the west side of Denver, and will preprocess organic waste before transferring it across town to Republic’s East Regional Landfill Compost Facility for processing.
The project received support from the Colorado Circular Communities Enterprise, run by a state agency. It goes online as Denver implements its Waste No More ordinance, which requires multifamily buildings and food-waste generators to provide organic-waste collection services. The ordinance has already prompted M&A in the compost services market led by Laurel Mountain Partners.
