BFI Waste Services has agreed to a $40 million settlement to resolve claims regarding excessive price increases for waste hauling and recycling services for certain commercial and industrial customers. If your business had an automatically renewing contract with a rate adjustment provision and you paid excessive rate increases, you may be eligible for a cash payment.
Maximum Claim:
$250
BFI Waste Services, LLC has agreed to pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the company implemented price increases that exceeded contractually-allowed limits. Eligible commercial and industrial customers who paid these increases may be entitled to cash payments ranging from $100 to $250, depending on the documentation provided and the total number of claims filed.
You may be eligible for benefits if you were a commercial or industrial customer of BFI Waste Services in certain states and paid rate increases above the contractually allowed limits.
You were an open-market commercial or industrial customer with BFI Waste Services, LLC or its affiliates during certain periods between 2017 and 2025
Your business was located in SC, FL, CA, PA, MA, MI, IL, TX, OH, IN, AR, OK, or Jefferson County, AL
Your contract with the company was an automatically-renewing, written contract with a a rate adjustment provision
Your rate increases exceeded a combined total of 6% plus the applicable CPI increase
The exact time periods for eligibility and specific allowable rate amounts vary by the state in which the contract was based and some customers are excluded from eligibility. For more details on eligibility and variations on benefit amounts, see the official settlement website.
Receive $100 for a claim providing your account number
Receive $200 to $250 for a claim providing your contract and an invoice reflecting the price increase.
Our mission is to help people get the compensation they deserve. We are providing this information and a direct link to the official site to ensure you don't miss out on money you may be owed. However, this will mean that claims submitted for this settlement will not be reviewed, monitored, or have additional support from ClaimsHero.
No. For this claim, we are directing you to the official claims administrator website. There are no fees from ClaimsHero. This is different from our full-service representation campaigns, where we work on a contingency basis, review and monitor the status of your claim, and only get paid if your claim is successful.
Our goal is to raise awareness and guide you to the official claims website. We do not review your claim, handle your documents, monitor the status of your claim, contact you if there are any needed revisions or updates, or represent you in this specific matter. Our goal is to ensure you are provided a path to make your claim.
You must file your claim directly on the official settlement website, which is managed by the court-appointed claims administrator. The only place to submit your claim is through the link provided above.
All questions about your claim must be directed to the claims administrator. Because we simply provide a path to the claims administrator’s website to submit, our support team does not have access to your submission details. You can find their contact information on the official website through the link provided above.
If you have more questions, please visit the official website of this settlement and contact the claims administrator.
