Casella Waste Systems, Inc..
CWST.US | Collection of non-hazardous waste
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is a regional solid waste services company. The company provides collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the northeastern United States. Casella operates through various segments, including collection, landfill, transfer, recycling, and customer solution...Show More
Better Health for All
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No specific data or evidence was found in the provided articles to assess CWST.US against any of the KPIs for the 'Better Health for All' value.
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All articles explicitly state a lack of relevant information for the requested metrics, and some indicate the content is a placeholder or irrelevant to the specified value.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess Casella Waste Systems, Inc. on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The company's worker engagement, as indicated by an overall Glassdoor rating of 3.56 out of 5, translates to approximately 71.2 out of 100.
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Voluntary employee turnover is explicitly mentioned as high for drivers, mechanics, and helpers across multiple reviews, indicating a rate around 18-20%.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No evidence available to assess Casella Waste Systems, Inc. on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.
Honest & Fair Business
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No specific, quantitative evidence was found in the provided articles to assess Casella Waste Systems, Inc. against the defined KPIs for the 'Honest & Fair Business' value. While regulatory fines were mentioned, these were primarily related to environmental, safety, and wage and hour violations.
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The definition for 'regulatory_fines_3y' under this value specifically targets 'ethics-related' fines such as fraud, opaque reporting, and customer deception, and explicitly excludes worker pay. Therefore, the reported fines do not align with the scope of this KPI. No data was available for transparency index scores, whistleblower policies, financial restatements, audit coverage, ESG controversy scores, complaint resolution times, board conflict-free percentages, anti-corruption policies, or third-party verification of ethical claims.
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Kind to Animals
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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is a waste management company, and its core business model does not involve products requiring cruelty-free certification, animal testing, or animal-derived ingredients. Therefore, most KPIs related to these areas are not applicable. While the company partners with organizations like Lehigh Valley Zoo
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and humane societies
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, and its employees volunteer at animal shelters
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, the provided articles do not offer measurable data on wildlife conservation impact, species recovery, or habitat restoration metrics as required by the rubric. There is no evidence of animal husbandry or captive operations under company control, nor any details on animal agriculture practices for its agricultural products.
No War, No Weapons
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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. reported $0 in lobbying expenditures for 2024.
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No other information regarding the company's involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, or conflict facilitation was found in the provided articles.
Planet-Friendly Business
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Casella Waste Systems has incurred $747,911 in total penalties across 22 records from 2000 to the present, with $538,058 related to environment-related offenses, including solid waste and environmental violations.
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Lawsuits allege violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act due to toxic pollutant releases from the Southbridge Landfill, contaminating 80 residential drinking water wells and a nearby stream.
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A separate federal lawsuit alleged illegal discharges of pollutants from the Bethlehem Landfill into the Ammonoosuc River, violating the Clean Water Act without permits.
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Environmental groups also allege the company operated a PFAS leachate removal pilot project without final state permit approval, violating water quality permit conditions.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No evidence available to assess Casella Waste Systems, Inc. on Respect for Cultures & Communities.
Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess Casella Waste Systems, Inc. on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No relevant data was found in the provided articles to assess CWST.US against the 'Zero Waste & Sustainable Products' ethical value. All article URLs resulted in 404 errors, indicating that the content is unavailable.
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