Scrap Metal & Materials Recovery
Scrap metal dealers and materials recovery companies.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Industrial Waste Management (5.9.8), the segment that Scrap Metal & Materials Recovery sits within. They are not figures for Scrap Metal & Materials Recovery on its own.
Not sized here. Hazardous waste collection, treatment and disposal is counted under environmental services in natural resources, and repeating it would book the same work twice. What belongs to industrial services is the in-plant waste handling that manufacturers outsource alongside cleaning and turnaround work. That is a labor and compliance business rather than a landfill one, and it is priced accordingly.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Hazardous-waste collection, treatment, and disposal fees
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring regulated-waste service
permitted-infrastructure economics
Characteristics
- Consolidated around hazardous-waste majors.
- Permitted facilities create high entry barriers.
- PFAS and emerging contaminants a growth area.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Hazardous-waste majors
- Environmental-services strategics
- PE-backed waste platforms
What’s driving deals
- Regulation- and compliance-driven demand.
- PFAS and emerging-contaminant treatment.
- Permitted-infrastructure consolidation.
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