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WM ACQUIRES LARGE MINNESOTA COMPOSTING COMPANY AS PART OF MIDWEST ORGANICS
RECYCLING GROWTH

WM says its purchase of Specialized Environmental Technologies positions the
company to meet rising demand in the Twin Cities area, where local policies are
requiring diversion.

Published March 13, 2023
Megan Quinn Senior Reporter
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WM has acquired all assets of Specialized Environmental Technologies, an
organics recycler that serves Minnesota’s Twin Cities metro area. 

The deal includes compost sites in Shakopee, Minnetrista, Burnsville and Empire,
as well as a transfer station in Empire and The Mulch Store in Burnsville, said
Julie Ketchum, area public affairs manager for WM, in an email. SET has 31
employees that will join WM, she said. The transaction closed on March 1 and
financial terms were not disclosed.

The Twin Cities area has a 75% recycling goal set by the state of Minnesota.
Several cities and counties in the area require organics collection, including
Hennepin County. These were “key considerations” in WM’s decision to purchase
SET, Ketchum said. “This acquisition will allow us to internalize the volume
that we collect and continue to provide compost capacity to third party
collectors,” she said.




According to its website, SET started in 2000 and describes its Empire organics
composting operation as the largest in the Midwest. It receives and processes
over 25,000 tons of source-separated organic material each year, “supported by
an infrastructure of transfer stations.” The company also accepts and processes
over 80,000 tons of yard waste, brush and biomass each year through its
residential yard waste program.

SET is also the contracted composter for food and yard waste from a growing
collection program in Minneapolis. SET and the City of Minneapolis have not yet
responded to a request for comment.

WM has offered organics collection to businesses and residents throughout the
country for several years, and the SET acquisition aims to expand such offerings
in WM’s upper Midwest region, especially as more customers express interest in
the services to meet sustainability goals, Ketchum said. 

The deal marks another example of waste companies that anticipate growing demand
for organics service in Minnesota. In 2020, Republic Services acquired Randy’s
Environmental Services, a Twin Cities hauler that offered an organics
co-collection service alongside waste and recycling services. 


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