Blue Barrel Disposal Co. Acquired by Firm in L. A.
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Blue Barrel Disposal Co., a Santa Clarita waste collection company, has been acquired by Western Waste Industries, a solid waste management concern based in Los Angeles.
Terms of the cash and stock deal were not disclosed.
Blue Barrel has annual revenues of more than $5.5 million, Western Waste said.
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