Priority Waste

Priority Waste is a multi-state waste and environmental services operator founded in 2018 and headquartered in Clinton Township, Michigan. The company collects and manages residential, commercial, industrial and municipal waste across Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Its service lines include residential curbside collection, recycling and yard waste programmes, commercial container and compactor and baler programmes, construction and demolition debris services, industrial environmental services, roll-off dumpster rentals and municipal waste management contracts.

The firm has grown from fewer than ten employees and four roll-off trucks at founding to a workforce of about 1,200. It serves more than 1.3 million households and 125 municipalities, along with thousands of commercial customers, and operates 625 routes and five owned transfer stations. Operations are supported by real-time tracking, route optimization and a logistics dispatch function, with Logistic Driver Coordinators and a command centre handling dispatch and collections coordination.

Company culture is built around accountability, collaboration and respect for the people doing the work. Safety is described as its top operational priority, and the emphasis on screening, dispatch discipline and quick response is central to how the operating model works. Priority Waste pays drivers and throwers above the national average and states a commitment to reducing disruption to the customers and communities it serves.