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Top 25 Paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide

Name: Paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 6,941 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 6,941 paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 162,876 professional contacts across them, including 46,824 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for paper and cardboard recyclers follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 6,941 paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to paper and cardboard recyclers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	WM	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	24,303 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WM is North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	DS Smith	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	10,402 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DS Smith provides innovative packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services with a commitment to sustainability and a circular economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	VISY	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,065 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are powering the circular economy, closing the loop between packaging, remanufacturing, recycling and logistics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Cleanaway Waste Management	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,005 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cleanaway Waste Management Limited is Australia’s largest, publicly listed waste management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Paprec	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	2,533 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Recycler, c'est transformer un déchet en matières premières, donner une seconde vie à ce qu'on aurait eu tendance, hier, à considérer comme définitivement inutile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Saica Group	Strong evidence	Zaragoza - 500015, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	2,324 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Saica is one of the largest European players in the development and production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard, with a production of 3.3 million tonnes of paper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Irani S.A	Indirect evidence	Porto Alegre, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,267 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Somos uma das principais indústrias nacionais de embalagens sustentáveis a base de papel e papelão ondulado.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Waste PRO USA	Indirect evidence	Longwood, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,560 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Waste Pro USA, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	EMR	Indirect evidence	Warrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,478 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a global leader in metal recycling with a heritage dating back to the 1950’s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Rumpke Waste & Recycling	Indirect evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,360 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rumpke Waste and Recycling has been committed to keeping neighborhoods and businesses clean and green since 1932 by providing environmentally friendly waste disposal and recycling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Casella Waste Systems, INC	Partial evidence	Rutland, VT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,231 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Casella, headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, is one of the largest recyclers and most experienced fully integrated resource management companies in the Eastern United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Stena Recycling AB	Indirect evidence	400 40 Göteborg, SwedenHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,169 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Stena Recycling är Sveriges ledande återvinningsbolag med närmare 1 900 medarbetare och 90 anläggningar, från Kiruna i norr till Malmö i söder.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Trombini Embalagens S.A	Indirect evidence	Curitiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,033 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Há mais de 60 anos no mercado brasileiro de papel e papelão ondulado.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Advanced Disposal Services, INC	Indirect evidence	Ponte Vedra, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	968 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Advanced Disposal, now part of Waste Management Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Recology	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	957 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Recology, you’ll join a team of passionate, creative, and dedicated individuals who are leaders in sustainability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Renewi	Indirect evidence	Eindhoven, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	943 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Renewi is a pure-play waste-to-product company that gives new life to used materials, helping build a clean and circular economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	American Iron & Metal AIM	Indirect evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	923 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “American Iron & Metal (AIM) is a family-owned, Canada-based company founded in 1936.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Remondis Gruppe	Indirect evidence	Lünen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	905 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “REMONDIS is one of the world’s leading privately run recycling, service and water companies with around 800 business locations in over 30 countries and across four continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Crystal Clean	Indirect evidence	Hoffman Estates, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	899 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Crystal Clean is a national leader in the environmental services market, providing the smart alternative.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Ragn-Sells	Indirect evidence	Sollentuna, SwedenHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	889 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ragn-Sells is a privately held corporate group, operating companies in four countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	SA Recycling	Partial evidence	Orange, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	829 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SA Recycling is one of the largest scrap metal recyclers in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	FCC Environmental Services	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	828 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A Leader in Environmental Services FCC Environmental Services is proud to serve over 14 million Americans across 7 states, supported by a dedicated team of Our 1200+ vehicle fleet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	FCC Environment	Indirect evidence	Doncaster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	817 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FCC Environment is one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	BIO Pappel SAB DE CV	Partial evidence	Mexico City, MexicoHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	815 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since its foundation 25 years ago, we have set ourselves three major objectives, which are our company’s mission: to competitively produce paper and paper products, to constantly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Omnisource, LLC	Partial evidence	Fort Wayne, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	793 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OmniSource, LLC is one of North America’s largest metals recyclers, specializing in the collection, processing, and distribution of ferrous and nonferrous scrap.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: paper and cardboard recyclers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names paper and cardboard recyclers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of paper and cardboard recyclers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name paper and cardboard recyclers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

28.7%Verified-email coverage

23.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

0.9%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

2,451

11-50

2,460

51-200

1,220

201-500

406

501-1,000

130

1,001-5,000

124

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among paper and cardboard recyclers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for paper and cardboard recyclers are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “paper and cardboard recyclers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names paper and cardboard recyclers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among paper and cardboard recyclers, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 46,824 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Paper and cardboard recyclers by location

25 lists · largest first

Every Paper and cardboard recyclers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names paper and cardboard recyclers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many paper and cardboard recyclers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 6,941 paper and cardboard recyclers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

WM, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most paper and cardboard recyclers?

The United States leads with 1,433 companies, followed by Germany (452) and Brazil (440). Every paper and cardboard recyclers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most paper and cardboard recyclers?

Sao Paulo leads with 59 headquartered companies, followed by Dubai (30) and Houston (29).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.