2014 Year-End Business Review and a Preliminary Look at 2015

This past year can best be described as “back to the basics” for the solid waste industry. After outside events — such as China’s Operation Green Fence and the master limited partnership (MLP) speculation — influenced last year’s results, activity and discussion, the publicly traded solid waste companies refocused in 2014 on improving the basic business, albeit in a variety of ways. The second half of 2014 also featured a return to more robust merger and