GFL continues Southeast expansion with Florida acquisition

GFL Environmental, based in Vaughan, Canada, has acquired Angelo’s Recycled Materials, a construction and demolition recycling and disposal company in Lutz, Florida.

The news was announced on LinkedIn by an operations manager with GFL.

The acquisition adds capacity for GFL as the company expands in the Southeast. As previously reported by Waste Today, GFL acquired Capital Waste Services, a South Carolina waste services firm, in November 2023.

During a third-quarter earnings call last year, Dovigi described the company’s footprint in the Southeast as “already dense.”

Angelo’s assets add seven facilities to GFL's portfolio, including a Class III landfill, several material recovery facilities and concrete processing facilities. The company also offers asbestos disposal, wood recycling and tire disposal.

The recycling and disposal business stems from a Michigan-based concrete recycling operation started in the 1950s by Angelo Iafrate Sr. According to Angelo’s website, the family launched its recycling leg in 1997 to “focus on green-industry markets and serve the growing demand for recycled materials.”

In a LinkedIn post, former Angelo’s partner Dominic Iafrate says the family decided to sell the business “to focus on other endeavors.”

He added that GFL is the “perfect organization to carry on the cultural beliefs that have guided Angelo’s from its early days as a small, family-run business … [to] a highly professional and organized business.”