Waste Management Market Intelligence

Industry Outlook & Drivers

Waste Management Global Industry Outlook

The global waste management market was valued at $492 billion in 2016. This includes both hazardous and non-hazardous waste

• The market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 3–4 percent to $508 billion by 2017
• Regions such as Western Europe, North America and some parts of Asia Pacific (APAC), including Australia, Japan and Hong Kong, have high market maturity
• APAC and parts of Latin America (LATAM) are expected to be the potential growth markets for WM services by 2020
• The top global service providers in the smart waste management market are Veolia Environmental Services, Suez Environment, Remondis, Urbaser, Fcc Environment, and Clean Harbors.
• Waste management market research shows that the KPIs are on-site waste segregation and collection, sustainable waste disposal, effective waste treating methods, regulatory compliances, and extent of area coverage.
• Absence of major suppliers’ direct operational presence across locations in a particular region leads to subcontracting of services.
• Subcontracting of services usually leads to variation in quality of the services performed and difficulties in managing multiple suppliers for buyers; hence, it is avoided by buyers as much as possible in the waste management market.
• By outsourcing waste management services to a single supplier, buyers can leverage synergies in various services based on service provider capabilities. Synergies exist in collection, segregation, proper waste treatment, recycling, and disposal.
• Proper segregation of recyclable waste at the source and disposing it to the right supplier would save significant costs involved in waste disposal. Suppliers basically charge less for recycling/disposing recyclables, as they have a substantial resale value.
• Engaging with a single WM supplier would allow buyers to realize operational benefits and cost savings and achieve economies of scale.
• Centralized procurement through a regional model will help buyers to re-examine their budgets on a regional scale

Waste Management Global Market Maturity 

Waste management market maturity is still very low outside of Europe, and North America. This is due to the lack of stringent adoption of WM services 

• A long-term waste management contract is somewhere between a 10–25 year period
• APAC and LATAM are witnessing a gradual transition towards proper WM services due to efforts by large global buyers to consolidate supply bases

Waste Management Industry Trends 

Increasing levels of sustainable disposal of waste and adoption of integrated strategies on a global scale signal are increasing buyer maturity and willingness to partner with suppliers. Suppliers are also improving their supply capabilities while adopting performance-based metrics for evaluation and monitoring of performance

• LATAM is far behind North America with respect to all growing trends. Stringent measures are being adopted to streamline waste disposal in a legal and sustainable method across LATAM

Europe has targeted to achieve the circular economy model across all types of waste. The rate of technology adoption is high across Europe 

• APAC is in the nascent stage across most industry trends, and it has a huge growth potential in the coming years, mainly in regulatory change and revenue-generating opportunity trends

Why You Should Buy This Report

• Information about the waste management market size, sourcing trends, changes in regulation, latest trends in the smart waste management market, waste management industry outlook, and waste management industry trends.
• Major drivers and constraints, regional market outlook, Porter’s five force analysis of developed and emerging markets.
• Supply market outlook, key profile and SWOT analysis of major suppliers like Veolia Environmental Services, Suez Environment, REMONDIS, etc.
• Cost structure analysis, cost breakup, pricing analysis, waste management industry price forecast.
• Best sourcing and pricing models.