Winters Brothers
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| Company type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Waste management |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Headquarters | West Babylon, NY |
Number of locations | 18 |
| Products | Dumpster rental, Recycling, Waste systems |
Number of employees | 500 |
| Subsidiaries | Oak Ridge |
| Website | www.wintersbros.com |
Winters Bros. is a privately held waste disposal business in the Northeast United States. Its headquarters are in West Babylon, New York; it currently serves the market of New York, but previously also served Connecticut, Florida and Vermont. It sells its recovered products worldwide.[1] It is the largest waste management firm in Long Island. The firm has six recycling centers and twelve transfer stations.[2][3]
Acquisitions
[edit]Originally based in Long Island, in 2011, it purchased the 25 waste disposal companies formerly owned by James Galante to expand into the Connecticut market.[4]In 2015, the firm acquired all the Connecticut and New York operations from Waste Management operations, and continues to service these regions under contract with WM.[5] At various times, it purchased smaller waste management companies, the largest of which in the New York region being Progressive Waste Solutions, which Winters Bros. acquired in 2015.[6][7]
Facilities
[edit]Winters Bros. has its largest facility located in West Babylon, NY which handles recycling, transfers, and hauling. Other transfer stations and yards in New York are in Glen Cove, NY, Medford, NY, Old Bethpage, NY, Holtsville, NY and Yaphank, NY.[8] Its two facilities in Connecticut are in Danbury and Shelton.[9]
Transportation
[edit]In New York, Winters Bros. utilizes the Bushwick Branch rail line under contract with the New York and Atlantic Railway via the Waste Management company's Varick Transfer Station.[10][11] In Connecticut, it utilizes the Housatonic Railroad's Maybrook Line.[12]
Winters Brothers affiliate Shamrock Rail acquired Brookhaven Rail LLC, the company responsible for rail operations at Brookhaven Rail Terminal in Yaphank, NY, in 2020. The terminal itself remains a separate entity. Winters Brothers plans to build a waste-to-rail transfer facility on an adjacent property.[13]
Equipment
[edit]Winters Bros. has a collection of over 200 vehicles, which include trucks for residential, commercial, industrial and construction pickups. Its normal trucks are equipped with robotic arms to collect trash bins and dumpsters without the need for workers to exit the vehicles. Flatbed trucks are used for special pickups that are too large for normal trucks, and hauling away construction waste.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Winters in business for the long haul". NewsTimes. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Winter Bros. Waste System embraces single-stream recycling as way of the future". NewsTimes. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Writers, Dirk Perrefortand Robert Miller, Staff (2011-03-30). "AWD, Galante's former Danbury-based garbage empire, gets new owner". NewsTimes. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "News and Analysis Archives". PE Hub. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Bros, Winters. "Winters Bros. acquires Long Island assets of Progressive Waste Solutions". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Winter Bros. Buys Progressive's Long Island Waste, Recycling Business". Waste360. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Locations - Winters Bros - Long Island, NY". Winters Bros - Long Island, NY. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Transfer Stations - Winter Bros. Waste Systems - Trash Service Company CT". Winter Bros. Waste Systems - Trash Service Company CT. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Varick I Transfer Station | Transfer Station | WMSolutions.com". www.wmsolutions.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Winzelberg, David (2017-02-17). "Trash train | Long Island Business News". Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "The Housatonic Railroad, Inc". www.hrrc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ Waszynski, Randall (November 12, 2020). "Winters Bros. wants to move waste by rail". Long Island Advance. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.