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Fleetora · first roles in DEWaste management & recycling in Australia_
As of 4 November 2026, 1,455 waste management & recycling companies are based in Australia; 9 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,455
- Hiring now
- 9 · 5 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Skip hire & waste container rental · 409
- Top city
- Melbourne · 28
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 2,418
Waste management & recycling in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Skip hire & waste container rental | 409 | 28% |
| Scrap metal trading | 373 | 26% |
| Recycling & sorting facilities | 356 | 24% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 317 | 22% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 197 | 14% |
| E waste recycling | 124 | 9% |
| Hazardous waste management | 106 | 7% |
| Construction & demolition waste recycling | 69 | 5% |
| Household recycling collection | 59 | 4% |
| Plastic recycling | 46 | 3% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 44 | 3% |
| Organic waste composting & digestion | 19 | 1% |
| Secure shredding & data destruction | 8 | 1% |
| Portable toilet & sanitation rental | 3 | 0% |
| Textile collection & recycling | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 96 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,135 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 152 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 50 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 10 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 28 | 2% |
| Dandenong | 26 | 2% |
| Campbellfield | 19 | 1% |
| Sunshine | 13 | 1% |
| Perth | 11 | 1% |
| Sydney | 11 | 1% |
| Bayswater | 9 | 1% |
| Bundaberg | 9 | 1% |
| Braeside | 8 | 1% |
| Laverton North | 7 | 0% |
| Bibra Lake | 6 | 0% |
| Broadmeadows | 6 | 0% |
The biggest waste management & recycling companies in Australia
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The stack of waste management & recycling in Australia
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in Australia
Utilities & infrastructure in Australia, the whole market →
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1,455 waste management & recycling companies are based in Australia; 9 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/australia/waste_management_and_recycling)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Waste management & recycling in Australia: questions
How many waste management & recycling companies are there in Australia?
1,455 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Waste management & recycling → leaf niches such as skip hire & waste container rental, scrap metal trading, recycling & sorting facilities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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