Community Engagement
We exist to be of service to our customers and communities.
Serving Our Communities
At Casella, we are driven to make a difference by investing in the communities where we live and work through community giving, employee volunteering, and educational outreach.
Employee Volunteering
Community Giving
Educational Outreach
Employee Volunteering
As part of our drive to make a difference in the communities where we live and work, our teams organize and execute volunteering events including disaster relief efforts, food drives, neighborhood clean-ups, mentor connections, and much more.
We encourage Casella employees to participate in five or more hours per year of volunteering, with a particular emphasis on sharing their recycling and sustainability expertise with their communities. This works out to a cumulative goal to invest over 26,500 hours per year of our time and expertise in our local communities. This goal will continue to grow as our company grows.
Community Champions Network
Champions plan and execute at least one service project annually with a nonprofit that demonstrates community impact in environmental and natural resource conservation, community revitalization, workforce development, or disaster relief. These generous volunteers lead, rally, and inspire their coworkers to get excited about taking positive actions to meet our company’s sustainability goals.
Community Giving
Community giving at Casella includes charitable donations, local sponsorships, and in‑kind support, with the majority of investments guided by local teams who understand community needs firsthand. In 2025, we maintained our commitment to $2 million in annual community giving.
One new element of the Company’s charitable giving program is the Casella Employee Relief Fund. This fund provides emergency financial assistance to employees experiencing unexpected personal hardship, including natural disasters and house fires. Supported by company donations and voluntary employee contributions, the fund reflects our shared commitment to caring for one another in times of need.
The Casella Foundation
In 2024, we launched The Casella Foundation in alignment with our long-term commitment to supporting the communities where we live and work. The primary focus of the Casella Foundation is to support qualified non-profit charitable organizations demonstrating community impact in environmental and natural resource conservation. Beyond this primary focus, we also support organizations advancing neighborhood revitalization, workforce development, and disaster relief.
Educational Outreach
By cultivating relationships and sharing our operational knowledge with our communities, we strive to build customer confidence and local pride in the strong and enduring recycling programs we create together.
Standard elements of our customer outreach include our annual calendar mailer, Recycle Better™ website, targeted email campaigns, virtual recycling facility tour videos, and social media content. We supplement these measures by showing up in the communities we serve to offer recycling education at local events, MRF tours, school presentations, and more. In 2025, our teams volunteered over 600 hours in support of recycling education.
The Power of Play: Casella Partners with Wonderfeet on Interactive Exhibit
Education plays a critical role in the effectiveness of sustainable communities, and Casella was proud to partner with Wonderfeet Kids Museum in Rutland, VT to bring to life a unique learning experience for children of all ages through a customized Casella waste and recycling exhibit.
