Article: United States : Roark Capital drops $100M into Waste Pro.

Roark Capital Group made a $100 million equity investment in Longwood, Fla.-based Waste Pro USA Inc., a non-hazardous solid waste management company.

Waste Pro provides solid waste collection, disposal and recycling services to more than 825,000 residential and 32,000 commercial customers in the Southeast. It operates from 35 locations and has more than 80 exclusive municipal franchise contracts in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama.

As part of the deal, Roark Capital Group President Jeffrey J. Keenan joined the Waste Pro board of directors. Keenan co-founded and was chairman of solid waste management company IESI Corp. from ...

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