Cards acquires 2 Missouri-based companies

Cards Holdings LLC, Fayetteville, Arkansas, has acquired two Missouri-based solid waste management companies. C&R Disposal Inc., an Asbury, Missouri-based solid waste collection company offering commercial, residential and rolloff services, and Pedersen Trash Service LLC (PTS), a Hartville, Missouri-based solid waste collection company offering commercial and residential services, were Cards’ 12^th and 13^th transactions of 2023.

“These two acquisitions fill a void between our Nixa and Winona, Missouri, operations,” Cards CEO Dan Christensen says. “Anytime we see an opportunity to partner with well-run operations that synergize into our organization, we want to take advantage of that. We look forward to keeping the communities we operate clean, providing sustainable waste management practices and building on the legacies our sellers have created.”

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C&R will be consolidated into the existing Cards Frontenac, Kansas, operations, with this acquisition adding more than 20 employees, 10 routes and 7,500 customers.

“Throughout the transaction, it was clear Cards places an emphasis on superior integration when it comes to customers and employees,” says Richard Weaver, C&R owner and operator. “I am proud to help Cards transition over the upcoming months and look forward to the team’s continued success in providing exceptional service and a wonderful place to work. I trust them to continue the C&R legacy and am confident they will improve service offerings.”

PTS previously served the Hartville, Missouri, area for more than 20 years. This transaction adds approximately 15 employees, six routes and more than 6,000 customers, and Cards plans to introduce permanent and temporary roll-off services to these communities.

“I am really excited to see Cards take this company to the next level and am honored to be a part of the journey,” PTS Owner Marty Pedersen says. “I have been approached several times, but this opportunity felt right for my employees, customers and family. Cards has so much to offer with new equipment, automation, technology, container inventory, [etcetera]. I see a very bright future for the Springfield metro markets.”

Cards is a provider of solid waste collection services in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The company provides municipal, residential subscription, commercial, portable restroom and industrial waste collection services and postcollection services to approximately 200,000 customers, and says it focuses on keeping acquired companies local.

The company has recently finalized planning and development of its single-stream recycling facility in Springdale, Arkansas, which is set to begin accepting and processing materials later this year.