Our History

Founded in 1914 as a rag and scrap paper sorting operation in St. Louis, MO, we expanded into the national brokerage business in the 1940′s. By the 1950′s, Federal was helping some of the nation’s largest printers market their recyclables. During those years, we were known as a company where honesty and integrity always came first.

During the 1960′s, Federal became a leader in the foam trading, recycling and manufacturing businesses. Over the next 20 years, we built companies in England, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Nigeria, Uganda, Italy, Canada, and the United States. Today, our sister companies, Federal Foam Technologies and Federal Eco Foam, operate industry-leading foam manufacturing businesses in the U.S. and Europe.

By 1980, Federal’s Recycling division grew to become the premier waste paper marketing company for printers, box shops, grocery distribution and convertors. We also acquired recycling plants and helped others build plants by providing equipment and material marketing.

We have over 100+ years of exceptional service, great prices, and integrity in everything we do. 

Vision

Customers always come first – that’s our philosophy. We work with our customers toward the same goals: increased revenues, great service, and integrity. Unlike many recycling companies, we strive to make money by increasing your revenues!

Experience has proven that our success is consistently the result of our excellent service, so as our customer, your interests always come first.

Federal Today

We employ 500+ people worldwide across 14 locations in the United States and Europe under the Federal International family of companies.

Federal Recycling & Waste Solutions has recycling plants in Missouri, Texas, Colorado and Georgia. We service customers throughout all of North America – from Vancouver and Maine to Miami and Los Angeles. Our partnerships with local recycling plants allow us to service all of your recyclables throughout the U.S. and Canada.

We have the highest credit rating offered to a company of our size by Dun & Bradstreet.