Materials recovery now makes up nearly 7% of GFL's total operating revenue. Overall, GFL reported $1.19 billion in total revenue during the third quarter, up 43% year over year. Most of the revenue growth was because GFL acquired other companies since the third quarter of 2020, however. GFL on Oct. 30, 2020 acquired U.S. garbage and recycling operations as part of Waste Management's acquisition of Advanced Disposal Services. Earlier that month, GFL had acquired WCA Waste Corporation.