Evergreen Surety has launched a new page covering waste management surety bonds, which guarantee that waste contractors fulfill obligations to cities, counties, HOAs, and state agencies. The agency is surety-only, with access to 15 surety carriers, geographic licensing throughout the United States and Canada, and active accounts in the waste industry.
The page walks through the bond types waste operators actually encounter and why conflating them causes problems at bid time. It covers performance bonds for municipal waste collection contracts, solid waste permit bonds, waste hauler license bonds, and landfill closure and EPA financial assurance bonds, with a link to performance bond basics for operators new to the requirement.
A section on where waste operator bond programs break down addresses three problems that come up consistently. Generalist agents treat bonding as a secondary product, which causes delays at bid time or permit renewal that cost contracts. Requirements vary across cities, counties, and states, leaving operators running routes in multiple jurisdictions with a layered compliance challenge. And smaller operators write off bonding capacity before speaking to a specialist, unaware that programs like the SBA Bond Guarantee Program may open doors they assumed were closed.
The page then lays out how Evergreen gets waste management contractor bonds right, as part of its broader commercial surety bonds practice:
- Surety is the agency’s only line of business, so every client works with an agent whose practice is built entirely around bond underwriting, program structuring, and carrier relationships across 15 carriers.
- Each account is marketed across local, regional, and national carriers, since a single-carrier approach often produces worse rates and terms for operators that some carriers view as higher risk.
- The Three C’s of underwriting, Character, Capacity, and Capital, are the lens for preparing an operator’s financials before the account goes to market.
- Megan Burns is the dedicated point of contact for waste industry clients and handles the full scope of bond program issues directly with owners and CFOs.
- SBA-appointed status gives clients who qualify direct access to aggregate bond limits up to 20 times working capital, including the available limit of a bank line of credit.
Evergreen Surety primarily serves waste operators in the $25M to $250M annual revenue range, though smaller operators who may benefit from SBA-backed capacity are also a fit.
Operators facing a bid or permit deadline can call Megan Burns at 720-258-6182 or email mburns@evergreensurety.com.
About Evergreen Surety
Evergreen Surety is an independent surety bond agency based in Littleton, Colorado. The agency is not owned by a carrier or affiliated with a larger insurance group, and is licensed throughout the United States and Canada. Evergreen works with energy producers, developers, contractors, and project teams to place complex bond programs with the carriers that specialize in these risks. For more information, visit evergreensurety.com.
About Tom Patton
Tom Patton is the President of Evergreen Surety and a Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional (CCIFP), leading surety bond programs for contractors, developers, and energy producers across the United States and Canada. Drawing on 15+ years of specialty surety experience and appointments with 15+ carriers, Tom is known for building programs that perform when called upon and solving the bond problems other agents walk away from.
About Eddie Maxfield
Eddie Maxfield is a Surety Advisor at Evergreen Surety, an independent, bonding-only agency serving contractors, developers, and energy producers across the United States and Canada. Working alongside President and founder Tom Patton, Eddie is the first call for new construction and commercial surety bond inquiries, with a focus on building relationships across Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Reach him at emaxfield@evergreensurety.com or 720-492-9258.
