Competition in the waste management industry is heating up, with more new businesses entering the market each year. It’s more important now than ever to invest in a website for your waste management company that sets you apart from the competition. In addition to providing information to your customers, you can also cut your own expenses by offering service - and accepting payments - directly on your website.
A waste management company website should ideally offer a customer portal and bill pay features. It should also include a way to start service and provide necessary information - like schedules and changes to these schedules due to holidays or bad weather. By offering this information in a user-friendly way, waste management companies can build their profile and their business.
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Top 20 Waste Management Company Website Designs
Waste management companies provide a critical service to communities throughout the United States - yet most people don’t think about them too often unless there is a problem with their service. One of the ways that waste management companies can reach their customers - and share information easily - is through a website.
Waste management companies' websites don’t have to have a lot of special design features. However, they should be user-friendly and well-designed so that customers and others can easily find the information that they need. A waste management company website should include:
- A customer portal where users can pay their bills, schedule service, and view their account information;
- News and information about schedules and any service interruptions;
- An easy-to-navigate design;
- Technical architecture optimized for search engines;
- Accessibility features, such as high-contrast text and the ability to translate the content into a different language;
- An easy way to sign up for service;
- Ways to get in touch with the company and
- Content relevant to customers, such as sustainability initiatives.
While many waste management company websites are relatively simple, some designs and features vary. Below, we discuss some top waste management company websites, ranging from massive corporate websites to smaller family-owned business websites.
Waste Management
As one of the largest garbage collection companies in the world, it isn’t surprising that Waste Management has a great website. Its smart, user-friendly design lets customers quickly navigate where they want to go. This includes an option at the top of the screen for customers to find out the garbage collection schedule and estimated arrival time for their neighborhood.
In addition to these features, Waste Management offers a customer portal, online payment options, and a chatbot. Visitors can also change the language on the website to make it more accessible to various users.
GFL Environmental
GFL Environmental is a waste management company that is focused on sustainability - a factor that its website highlights with the use of its signature color, green. The website offers an easy bill pay button, along with tabs to let users find their local branch or locations to drop off garbage. There is also a customer portal for account access.
In addition to these features, the GFL website has a bright orange button for signing up for service that contrasts nicely with the other site colors. As users scroll down the page, they get more options for services geared towards government agencies, homeowners associations (HOAs), and businesses.
Waste Connections
Waste Connections offers a reasonably simple, attractive website that helps users find exactly what they need. Bold green buttons draw the eye to “start service” if you want to become a new customer. There is also a prominent live chat feature.
The Waste Connections website also offers a customer portal and an easy button to click to see your local pickup schedule. Drop-down menus also make it easy to find more information about residential and commercial services.
Casella Waste Systems
Casella Waste Systems’ website emphasizes its sustainability measures. It features a video that plays across the home screen, showing the garbage collection process to recycling to help users understand its commitment to the process. Scrolling down the screen, you can see stats emphasizing the company’s commitment to the environment and the community.
The navy blue and white color schedule makes high-contrast text easy to read. Drop-down menus and a header search bar allow users to find what they are looking for quickly. Buttons below the main menu point users to frequently visited website areas, including bill pay and customer support.
TerraCycle
TerraCycle is a recycling company on a mission - to recycle the “unrecyclable.” Its website uses photos of objects that often aren’t recycled to illustrate its point. The search bar at the top of the screen features a prompt to get users to learn more about items that can be recycled.
Below the hero are menu cards with various recycling program options. These cards are a great way to entice viewers to click, especially because many of its programs are linked to specific brands (like Takis). This fun, easy-to-navigate website is a good example of how waste management companies can think outside of the box.
Whitetail Disposal
Whitetail Disposal makes smart use of color to highlight important areas of its website. Orange buttons draw the eye toward where users often want to go - account management, services, live chat, and signing up for new services. The company also uses orange as a feature color for its two primary types of service - residential and commercial.
Another great feature of the Whitetail Disposal website is the pop-out menu bar fixed to the right of the screen. The menu stays on the screen as you scroll for easy access. This lets users go to a specific section of the website quickly.
Republic Services
Republic Services is another large waste management company in the United States. Its website does a great job of directing users towards specific paths. A large tab dominates the center of the screen, urging visitors to explore its sustainability option. Below, Republic Services asks users to enter their address to learn about services in their area.
In addition, buttons along the top of the screen allow users to navigate to common services - like paying their bills, service alerts, and customer support. Towards the bottom of the screen, a chatbot offers instant answers.
Bro’s Hauling
Bro’s Hauling is a different type of waste management company - a hauling service used on an as-needed basis rather than on a weekly schedule. Its website is simple and clean, with yellow to draw visitors’ eyes towards the contact buttons.
As you scroll down the website, photos illustrate the various services offered. The fixed menu allows users to request a free estimate wherever they are on the page. While this website isn’t fancy, it is attractive and does a great job of conveying the necessary information in a user-friendly way.
JunkJunk Los Angeles
JunkJunk Los Angeles is another trash-hauling service that operates on an as-needed basis. Again, it has a fairly basic website that conveys all of the information users need. At the top of the screen is a menu bar that offers information on what the company does and where it operates. The central picture includes text that spells out exactly what visitors need to know - including (crucially) that it offers same-day service.
Below the picture are three options for getting in touch with the company. You can call them directly, request a quote online, or text the company for a quote. Offering multiple contact options is a great way to ensure that you aren’t missing out on customers who might not be as tech-savvy (or who might not want to make a phone call!).
Coastal Junk Removal
Another local on-demand trash removal service, Coastal Junk Removal, has a fairly straightforward website. It is another good example of how you don’t necessarily need a huge budget to have an effective website.
Along the top of the website, users will find the information that they need - services, service area, online booking, and contact info. Another button directly in the hero serves as a call to action for free quotes. On the company’s blog, before and after photos and stories highlight how valuable the service is for its customers.
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors offers more advanced waste removal services for hazardous materials, industrial waste, and more. Its website uses smart copy to highlight its experience and use of technology to dispose of dangerous waste products safely. The hero features a call-to-action on the right side of the screen for a 24-hour emergency hotline to help users easily request emergency services.
In addition, there are additional CTA buttons that allow businesses to register an e-manifest for their hazardous waste as well as solutions for the disposal of PFAS. There is also a customer portal for easy access to account services.
Aspen Waste
Aspen Waste is an independently owned waste management company that focuses on environmentally friendly disposal services. This fact is highlighted by the use of green as a highlight color for the website, including the CTA button in the menu where visitors can easily sign up for services.
Along the top of the screen, visitors will find important information in the header - like holiday pickup schedules - as well as the option to pay their bills online. This website is yet another example of how a relatively simple website can be incredibly effective.
Biffa
Biffa is a British waste management company that offers solutions for every step of the waste supply chain. Its website smartly uses a full-screen background image on the home page overlaid with text that tells visitors more about the company. When users hover on the menu the menu background changes to white for easier readability.
A bright red call-to-action button encourages users to get a quote for services. As you scroll down the screen, sharp photos and clever use of color highlight the company’s mission to provide more sustainable services.
River Ridge
River Ridge is a Northern Ireland waste management company with a great website. When you visit the home page, you are greeted by two pop-ups: one for a live chat and one with a new customer offer. This is a great way to entice people to sign up for services - with a clear listing of benefits for new patrons.
Clicking out of the pop-ups, users are greeted by a well-designed graphic that shows how the company is “rethinking” waste management. A menu button allows users to find out more information, while a callback button entices users to ask for a quote.
RED Industries
RED Industries is another UK-based waste management company. Given the European Union’s strict rules regarding internet privacy, it has a great feature at the bottom right of the screen - a little keyhole to represent a lock that users can click to review their privacy options.
At the top of the screen, users can click a button to get a quote - or email the company directly. There is also a customer zone that is full of information, forms, and documents for clients of the firm.
Veolia
Veolia is a company that offers a range of services to companies across North America, including waste management. Its website uses a beautiful photo of a snowy mountain and water scene to show off its commitment to environmental solutions. There are two separate menus in the header so that users can quickly get to the information that they need, whether that is exploring services, logging into their account, or locating an office.
There is also a drop-down menu in the header that allows users to choose a country. Choosing a different option takes you to that division’s page - and automatically translates the content into the relevant language. This is a great way to effectively “house” all of the separate pages on one website while allowing users to easily find the right country and company.
Bingo Industries
Bingo Industries is an Australian waste management company that offers a range of services, including dumpsters that can be delivered directly to residential or commercial sites. Its website uses a scrolling hero to inform users about its services. Each of these photos includes a call-to-action button that directs users to the relevant page.
Along the top of the screen, a menu bar includes a button to locate a recycling center or book a dumpster. In addition, there is a customer portal for bill pay and general account access.
Cleanaway
Cleanaway is another Australian waste management company that offers both general refuse services as well as hazardous waste disposal. One of the cool features of its website is a colorful column of buttons on the left side of the screen. Here, visitors can access important information - like an emergency spill hotline - as well as take actions like booking or changing a service.
A drop-down menu at the top of the screen offers further information. A search bar is another great user-friendly feature, allowing visitors to find exactly what they need quickly.
Recology
Recology is a bit of a different type of waste management company. Rather than simply hauling waste, the company seeks to implement sustainable practices to eliminate waste. Its website shows its commitment to the environment with a large picture of the outdoors across the center of the screen and the use of blue and green as feature colors.
A customer portal gives clients an easy way to access account services. The news/blog feature is a great way to promote content about Recology’s sustainable practices.
Waste Pro USA
Waste Pro USA is a waste management company that offers both regular trash pickup for residential and commercial properties as well as dumpster delivery. Its website does a good job of putting the necessary information front and center - along with a rotating photo display with crisp, clear photos. These photos show how utilizing a professional photographer can really make your website stand apart from competitors.
At the top of the screen, users will find social media links as well as weather notices that may impact the trash pickup schedule. Prominent buttons allow visitors to pay their bills or contact the company directly.
Build a Better Waste Management Website with Inclind
A waste management company website doesn’t have to be flashy to be useful to customers and the general public. By providing essential information in a clean, accessible way and offering features like the ability to pay a bill online, a waste management company website can stand apart from the crowd.
Inclind offers comprehensive website development and design services for utility companies such as waste management businesses. We have years of experience building websites for companies that provide vital services to the community and have developed a deep understanding of the needs of these businesses. Our range of services includes website design and redesign, custom integrations, conversion optimization, and more.
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