GFL Environmental Inc. (“GFL”) recently announced that it has acquired the AGI group of companies, including Ground Force Environmental, Robert Cooke Trucking and WasteAway Recycling Environmental (collectively, “AGI”).

AGI is a provider of environmental remediation and waste management services, primarily within the Kitchener-Waterloo area, located approximately 100-km northwest of Toronto, Ontario.

WasteAway is an waste and recycling transfer and processing facility WasteAway is a full service efficient waste transfer facility centrally located in the Waterloo Region. The facility accepts Industrial, Commercial, & Institutional (IC&I) and construction & demolition (C&D) waste.

Ground Force Environmental Inc. is a full-service environmental remediation contractor.

“The acquisition of AGI expands and complements GFL’s existing liquid waste and soil remediation capabilities in Southwestern Ontario,” said Patrick Dovigi, GFL’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “We look forward to welcoming AGI’s management team and employees, led by Dan Forsyth, to the GFL team, and continuing to provide its customers with sustainable environmental solutions.”

GFL, headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario, is the fourth largest diversified environmental services company in North America, providing a comprehensive line of non-hazardous solid waste management, infrastructure & soil remediation and liquid waste management services through its platform of facilities across Canada and in 23 states in the United States.