Coal Combustion Residuals Program

We Manage Your Coal Ash Waste in a Safe, Responsible Way

Waste Connections is your trusted partner for disposal solutions, dedicated to helping you navigate the operational challenges and evolving regulations facing your coal-fueled power generation facilities.Contact us today to find out more.

Practical CCR Management Solutions from a Leading National Waste Disposal Company

EPA regulations (Legacy Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Surface Impoundments and CCR Management) and growing public scrutiny continue to present compliance challenges for your legacy assets. Both these conditions require additional capital to facilitate new, reliable solutions for power plants with high-volume CCR waste streams.

That's where Waste Connections can help.

Waste Connections is your solutions partner to help solve your operational challenges and meet the evolving demands placed on your coal-fueled power generational coal ash. Waste Connections has the capability to tailor a unique solution, whether it involves disposal or harvesting for beneficial use, for any situation.

Click on the solutions button below or contact us today to start a conversation on how we can provide the right solution for you.

Benefits of Waste Connections

Choose Waste Connections

Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company with a network of operations across the U.S. and Canada. producing annual revenues of over $8 billion. We provide waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services to more than seven million residential, commercial and industrial customers. As a leader in this industry, Waste Connections brings the scope and financial capabilities of a national company to provide custom large scale solutions.

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Safety First
We have an uncompromising dedication to the safety of our team members and our customers.
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Financial Stability
We've built a proven reputation for trusted responsible waste collection and financial stability over 25 years.
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Regulatory Specialists
We stay current with all the safety and environmental regulations to ensure compliance.
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Responsible Solutions
Our customized solutions ensure that your coal ash will be managed in a safe and environmentally responsible way.

We Know Environmentally Responsible Landfill Management

At Waste Connections, we are committed to making a positive difference in the environment by recycling coal combustion products for beneficial use. We can process your harvested ash at our landfills and repurpose it for commercial use.

To get started, we'll assess your operations and compliance needs and then deliver an implementation plan to best manage the costs and risks associated with remediation compliance. Our team has the regulatory knowledge and

experience to navigate current and future compliance demands effectively.

We offer a variety of both on- and off-site options through our extensive network of disposal facilities, as well as targeted opportunities to harvest material for beneficial use. Waste Connections delivers turn-key solutions that provide optimal value and the highest safety standards in the industry with operational expertise and a stable, experienced team.

Why Partner With Waste Connections?

  • The strongest industry balance sheet
    Affording customers with the luxury of having Waste Connections build a Subtitle D landfill on the customer’s own site, along with the installation of dry ash handling systems to meet the new Effluent Limit Guidelines
  • Dewatering of on-site impoundments
    Necessary for transportation, and the completion of, the paint filter test for landfill storage and/or disposal
  • Decommissioning of coal burning power plants
    This includes demolition, recycling, and disposal of construction and demolition waste, as well as management of onsite CCR materials
  • Monofill landfill cells for coal ash that later can be harvested for beneficial use
  • Rail transportation to beneficial use site or final disposition of CCRs
Safety is Our Number One Value

Protection from accident or injury is paramount in all we do

At Waste Connections, the safety of our employees, our customers, and the communities we serve takes first priority in all that we do. Our company has consistently led the industry in safety performance, with leading Total Recordable Incident Rates (TRIRs), Experience Modification Rates (EMRs), and among the lowest accident frequency rates across the industry. Our empowered employees are proud to deliver safe, reliable, and effective solutions and services to you, our valued customers.