{ "name": "Waste Management & Recycling", "edition_label": "October 2026", "edition_updated_at": "2026-10-11", "slug": "waste-management-recycling", "kind": "subcategory", "parent_slug": "utilities-home-infrastructure-services", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling", "scope": "Category research. No publishable AOV benchmark is available.", "directory_status": "deferred", "page_readiness": "published", "directory_notice": null, "benchmark": { "status": "unavailable_insufficient_cohort", "slug": "waste-management-recycling", "parent_slug": "utilities-home-infrastructure-services", "cohort_scope": "exact_child", "median_aov_usd": null, "p25_aov_usd": null, "p75_aov_usd": null, "metric_window": null, "scope_label": "The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate.", "methodology": "Median and middle 50% of account-level average order values. Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. Successful classifications, including manual corrections, with positive finite spend, purchases, ROAS and cost per purchase. Accounts are counted once with equal weight. Quartiles use linear interpolation. Root cohorts include direct root classifications and their child categories; exact-child cohorts exclude parent and sibling categories. The source selects the highest-spend coverage row per account among snapshots dated within the preceding 30 days; the underlying reporting period is not supplied. This is a dated aggregate advertising-data snapshot, not business-wide AOV or a census.", "read_at": "2026-10-11T14:12:22.789630+00:00", "period_label": "No publishable aggregate; underlying reporting period not supplied", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling: no publishable AOV benchmark. The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Status reviewed 2026-10-11T14:12:22.789630+00:00. https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#benchmark", "source": { "name": "Madgicx Research & Labs", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#benchmark" } }, "metric_definitions": [], "metric_definitions_scope": "Definitions only; no ACV, MRR or ARPU benchmark or measured correlation is supplied.", "brands": null, "answers": [ { "group": "In this category", "id": "answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-1", "question": "Can a recycling campaign promise the same accepted materials in every location?", "text": "WM's US Recycle Right guidance explicitly says recyclable items vary by local program. It asks for clean, dry items and loose recyclables without plastic bags. Suggested practice: attach the local accepted-material list to the offer; general recycling imagery does not establish acceptance at a particular address.", "context": "", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-1", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. Can a recycling campaign promise the same accepted materials in every location? WM's US Recycle Right guidance explicitly says recyclable items vary by local program. It asks for clean, dry items and loose recyclables without plastic bags. Suggested practice: attach the local accepted-material list to the offer; general recycling imagery does not establish acceptance at a particular address. Source: https://www.wm.com/us/en/recycle-right Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-1", "source_url": "https://www.wm.com/us/en/recycle-right" }, { "group": "In this category", "id": "answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-2", "question": "What limit belongs in a Norco residential bulky-pickup offer?", "text": "WM's Norco, California guide offers curbside-cart residents three free bulky or universal-waste pickups per calendar year. Each has item or bag limits; extra pickups carry a fee. Suggested practice: qualify the local account and remaining allowance rather than advertise unlimited free collection.", "context": "", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-2", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. What limit belongs in a Norco residential bulky-pickup offer? WM's Norco, California guide offers curbside-cart residents three free bulky or universal-waste pickups per calendar year. Each has item or bag limits; extra pickups carry a fee. Suggested practice: qualify the local account and remaining allowance rather than advertise unlimited free collection. Source: https://www.wm.com/content/dam/wm/local-pages/california/norco/documents/residential/SoCalCityofNorco2025ServiceGuide.pdf Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-2", "source_url": "https://www.wm.com/content/dam/wm/local-pages/california/norco/documents/residential/SoCalCityofNorco2025ServiceGuide.pdf" }, { "group": "In this category", "id": "answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-3", "question": "When must a Norco customer schedule a special waste pickup?", "text": "WM's Norco, California guide says to schedule bulk or universal-waste pickup two business days before the regular collection day. Later requests move to the following week. Suggested practice: distinguish a submitted pickup request from a confirmed service date and preserve the business-day deadline.", "context": "", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-3", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. When must a Norco customer schedule a special waste pickup? WM's Norco, California guide says to schedule bulk or universal-waste pickup two business days before the regular collection day. Later requests move to the following week. Suggested practice: distinguish a submitted pickup request from a confirmed service date and preserve the business-day deadline. Source: https://www.wm.com/content/dam/wm/local-pages/california/norco/documents/residential/SoCalCityofNorco2025ServiceGuide.pdf Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-3", "source_url": "https://www.wm.com/content/dam/wm/local-pages/california/norco/documents/residential/SoCalCityofNorco2025ServiceGuide.pdf" }, { "group": "In this category", "id": "answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-4", "question": "Which customer and material conditions qualify Norco's move-in packaging pickup?", "text": "WM's Norco, California guide offers new residential customers one no-charge recyclable-packaging pickup within their first three months of service. Materials must be flattened and bundled; plastic wrap, foam and other non-recyclables are excluded. Suggested practice: collect start date and material details before promising the offer.", "context": "", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-4", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. Which customer and material conditions qualify Norco's move-in packaging pickup? WM's Norco, California guide offers new residential customers one no-charge recyclable-packaging pickup within their first three months of service. Materials must be flattened and bundled; plastic wrap, foam and other non-recyclables are excluded. Suggested practice: collect start date and material details before promising the offer. Source: https://www.wm.com/content/dam/wm/local-pages/california/norco/documents/residential/SoCalCityofNorco2025ServiceGuide.pdf Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-transportutilitiesvehicles1-waste-management-recycling-4", "source_url": "https://www.wm.com/content/dam/wm/local-pages/california/norco/documents/residential/SoCalCityofNorco2025ServiceGuide.pdf" }, { "group": "Category research", "id": "answer-benchmark-status", "question": "Is an AOV benchmark available for this category?", "text": "No publishable AOV benchmark is available.", "context": "The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Parent and sibling benchmarks are not substituted.", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-benchmark-status", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. Is an AOV benchmark available for this category? No publishable AOV benchmark is available. The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Parent and sibling benchmarks are not substituted. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-benchmark-status", "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#benchmark" }, { "group": "Use this research", "id": "answer-download-research", "question": "Can I download this industry research?", "text": "The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.", "context": "", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-download-research", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. Can I download this industry research? The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-download-research", "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#reuse" }, { "group": "Use this research", "id": "answer-cite-research", "question": "How should I cite a finding from this page?", "text": "When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.", "context": "", "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-cite-research", "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Waste Management & Recycling. How should I cite a finding from this page? When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#answer-cite-research", "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/utilities-home-infrastructure-services/waste-management-recycling#reuse" } ] }