meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message waste connections inc. type public traded as nyse wcn industry solid waste services founded 1997 headquarters the woodlands texas key people ronald j. mittelstaedt ceo revenue 2.1 billion number of employees 6 800 slogan connect with the future ... website http www.wasteconnections.com waste connections inc. is an integrated waste services company that provides waste collection transfer disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets . through its r360 environmental solutions subsidiary the company is also a leading provider of non hazardous oilfield waste treatment recovery and disposal services in several of the most active natural resource producing areas in the united states including the permian bakken and eagle ford basins . the company serves more than two million residential commercial industrial and exploration and production customers from a network of operations in 32 states . waste connections also provides intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the pacific northwest . contents 1 history 2 corporate structure and leadership 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1997 by a dedicated group of professionals in washington and idaho with industry related experience . waste connections inc. expanded very quickly ; within about a year of its founding the company decided to go public launching its ipo in may 1998 . the company then slowly expanded into california and the western united states and now has operations in 32 of the 50 u.s states . in december 2011 the company announced that it would be moving its headquarters from folsom ca to the woodlands texas a suburb of houston . chief executive officer ron mittelstaedt cited california s high taxes and dysfunctional legislature as key reasons for the move . 1 corporate structure and leadership edit waste connections senior leadership is structured as follows ronald j. mittelstaedt ceo and chairman steven f. bouck president darrell w. chambliss executive vice president and coo worthing f. jackman executive vice president and cfo references edit external links edit http www.wasteconnections.com waste connections of texas houston this united states transportation corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title waste connections & oldid 679151403 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in sacramento county californiawaste management companies of the united statesunited states transportation company stubshidden categories articles needing cleanup from february 2009all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from february 2009wikipedia pages needing cleanup from february 2009pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2015 at 19 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view