Triumvirate Environmental

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Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Waste management, environmental
Founded1988 in Boston, United States
HeadquartersSomerville,
Massachusetts
,
United States
Key people
John McQuillan Jr. (Founder and CEO)
Website www.triumvirate.com

Triumvirate Environmental, Inc. is a commercial waste management and environmental services provider company based in the United States. [1]

History and overview

Triumvirate Environmental was founded as a three-person Boston operation in 1988 by John McQuillan. [2] It provides hazardous waste management services to Education, Healthcare, Industrial, and Life Sciences sectors. The company also provides chemical clean-up, field services, technical training and environmental consulting services. [3] The waste-management company also transports and treats medical waste before extracting material for recycling. [4] [5]

Triumvirate Environmental is currently headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts and has locations throughout the United States and Canada. [6] In 2014, the company acquired Medical Waste Recovery Inc. of Jeannette, PA and Northern Plastic Lumber Inc. of Lindsay, Ontario. [1] Present CEO of the company is founder John McQuillan. [7] [8]

In February 2025, a stake of Triumvirate was sold to private equity firm Berkshire Partners, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. [9] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Triumvirate Environmental is transforming medical waste into plastic lumber". Waste Dive. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. 1 2 "Triumvirate Environmental confirms private equity investment | Waste Dive". www.wastedive.com. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  3. Recycler, American. "American Recycler News, Inc. - Medical waste hazardous to recycling and waste workers". American Recycler News, Inc. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. "Mass. Firm Works to Make Medical Waste Cleaner, Safer". ecoRI News. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. Recycler, American. "American Recycler News, Inc. - Medical waste hazardous to recycling and waste workers". American Recycler News, Inc. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  6. "Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. "How to Handle a Spike in Sales". Inc.com. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. Rosengren, Cole (12 July 2024). "Triumvirate Environmental scales to become a $500M player in the special waste field". Waste Dive. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  9. Chesto, Jon (6 February 2025). "Majority stake in environmental services firm Triumvirate sold in $1.8 billion deal - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2025-02-26.