Every Form 4 that Casella Waste Systems Inc (CWST) has filed with the SEC in the last 12 months is listed below, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A Form 4 covers the transactions officers, directors and large holders report, so if you follow CWST and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full CWST filings page.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC (CWST) director Michael K. Burke reported selling 1,100 shares of Class A Common Stock on September 3, 2026 in an open-market or private transaction at a weighted average price of $95.26 per share, with individual sale prices between $95.13 and $95.41. Following this sale, he directly holds 13,641 shares of CWST, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
Casella Waste Systems Inc (CWST) director Michael K. Burke reported selling 1,100 shares of Class A Common Stock on 2026-08-26 in an open market or private transaction. The sale was executed at a weighted average price of $92.99 per share, with individual trade prices ranging from $92.85 to $93.06. After this transaction, Burke directly holds 14,741 shares of Casella Waste Systems Inc Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems Inc. director and vice chairman Douglas R. Casella reported open-market sales of a total of 16,500 shares of Class A Common Stock over August 13–14, 2026, at weighted-average prices around $90.89–$91.12 per share, executed in multiple transactions within stated price ranges.
The filing also lists Class B Common Stock holdings of 129,000 shares held directly and additional indirect Class B positions including 171,000 shares held by a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust for his spouse, 170,000 shares held by a second trust for his benefit, and 24,100 shares held by his spouse, with Mr. Casella disclaiming beneficial ownership to the extent he lacks a pecuniary interest.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC Executive VP and COO Damian Andrew Ribar received a grant of 25,000 employee stock options on August 11, 2026. The options have a $92.52 per-share exercise price and are exercisable for an equal number of Class A Common Stock shares.
The grant vests in three equal installments: one-third of the options become exercisable on August 11, 2027, with additional one-third portions becoming exercisable on each of the second and third anniversaries of the grant date. Following this grant, Ribar directly holds 25,000 options under this award, which expire on August 10, 2036.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC director Emily Nagle Green reported a bona fide gift of 600 shares of Class A Common Stock on 2026-06-08. The shares were donated to the Nagle-Green Charitable Fund at Fidelity. After this charitable transfer, she directly owns 16,902 shares.
CASELLA DOUGLAS R reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems director and vice chairman Douglas R. Casella received an equity grant in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). He was awarded 1,793 RSUs of Class A Common Stock at a reference price of $83.65 per share, increasing his direct Class A holdings to 106,641 shares. The RSUs will vest in full on June 4, 2027, meaning he must remain in service until that date to receive the underlying shares. The filing also lists existing holdings of Class B Common Stock held directly and indirectly through a spousal trust, a second Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT 2), and his spouse, with certain interests disclaimed where he does not have a full pecuniary interest. These holding entries do not show new market purchases or sales.
BURKE MICHAEL K reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems director Michael K. Burke received an equity award of 1,793 restricted stock units (RSUs) tied to the company’s Class A Common Stock, valued at $83.65 per share. The RSUs were granted under the Amended and Restated 2016 Incentive Plan and will vest in full on June 4, 2027, if conditions are met. Following this grant, Burke holds 15,841 shares directly, reflecting routine, stock-based compensation rather than an open-market purchase.
Battles Michael Louis reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems director Michael Louis Battles received an equity award rather than buying shares on the market. He was granted 1,793 restricted stock units (RSUs) of Class A Common Stock at a reference price of $83.65 per share under the company’s 2016 Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents a right to one share that will vest in full on June 4, 2027, if conditions are met. After this grant, Battles holds 10,289 shares directly.
Green Emily Nagle reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC director Emily Nagle Green reported an equity compensation grant. She received 1,793 restricted stock units (RSUs) of Class A Common Stock at a reference value of $83.65 per share under the company’s Amended and Restated 2016 Incentive Plan.
Each RSU represents one share of Class A Common Stock and will vest in full on June 4, 2027. Following this award, she holds 17,502 shares directly and 5,647 shares indirectly through the Jack Calvin Green Unelected Trust, where she serves as trustee and beneficiary.
Sova Gary reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems director Gary Sova received an equity award in the form of restricted stock units. He was granted 1,793 RSUs tied to Class A Common Stock at a reference price of $83.65 per share. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share if vesting conditions are met.
The RSUs will vest in full on June 4, 2027, aligning his compensation with the company’s long-term performance. After this award, Sova holds 8,204 shares of Casella Class A Common Stock directly.
HULLIGAN WILLIAM P reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems director William P. Hulligan received an equity award rather than buying shares on the market. He was granted 1,793 shares of Class A Common Stock as restricted stock units at a reference price of $83.65 per share.
Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Casella’s Class A Common Stock, and the RSUs will vest in full on June 4, 2027, if conditions are met. Following this award, Hulligan holds 8,161 shares directly, reflecting routine director compensation in stock-based form.
Casella Waste Systems director Joseph Doody received a stock-based compensation award. He was granted 1,793 shares of Class A Common Stock on June 4, 2026, valued at $83.65 per share. The grant is in the form of restricted stock units that each convert into one share and will vest in full on June 4, 2027. After this award, Doody directly holds 13,143 shares of Casella’s Class A Common Stock.
Kirk Rose M. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems director Kirk M. Rose received a grant of 1,793 shares of Class A Common Stock as restricted stock units (RSUs). The award was valued at $83.65 per share on the grant date and was issued under the company’s Amended and Restated 2016 Incentive Plan.
Each RSU represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock, and the RSUs will vest in full on June 4, 2027. Following this grant, Rose directly holds 9,835 shares of Casella’s Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems director and vice chairman Douglas R. Casella reported amended gift transfers of Class B Common Stock involving family trusts. On March 18, 2026, 40,000 shares were given to a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust for the benefit of his spouse, and on March 17, 2026, 33,000 shares were given to a separate Spousal Lifetime Access Trust where he serves as trustee.
Both transactions are coded as bona fide gifts with no sale proceeds and are reported as indirect holdings through the respective trusts. The amendment corrects which trust received each gift and updates the share amounts beneficially owned by each trust following the original transactions.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC director John W. Casella reported gift transactions involving Class B Common Stock and updated share holdings as of June 1, 2026. The filing shows four bona fide gifts totaling 134,000 shares of Class B Common Stock at a reported price of $0.0000 per share.
After these gifts, 129,800 Class B shares are held directly, with additional Class B shares held indirectly through a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust, a second Spousal Lifetime Access Trust, and by Mr. Casella’s spouse, as described in the footnotes. The filing also reports 30,795 Class A shares held directly and 694 Class A shares held indirectly by his spouse. Footnotes state that Mr. Casella disclaims beneficial ownership of certain indirect holdings to the extent he lacks an actual pecuniary interest.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC director Michael K. Burke sold shares in an open-market transaction. On May 26, 2026, he sold 2,305 shares of Class A Common Stock at a weighted average price of $87.56 per share, in multiple trades between $87.45 and $87.69. After this sale, he directly holds 14,048 shares of the company.
Casella Waste Systems President & CEO Edmond Coletta sold 12,500 shares of Class A Common Stock in open-market transactions. The trades occurred on May 19, 2026, at prices ranging from about $89.03 to $90.07 per share, according to the Form 4 disclosure.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC vice chairman and director Douglas R. Casella reported a series of bona fide gifts of Class B Common Stock. On March 17–18, 2026, he gifted a total of 146,000 Class B shares through multiple transfers classified as gift dispositions.
These include gifts to a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT 2) for his benefit, to a separate SLAT for the benefit of his spouse, and to his spouse directly. Following these transactions, reported holdings include 129,000 Class B shares held directly, 177,000 Class B shares held indirectly by SLAT 2, 24,100 Class B shares held by his spouse, and 164,000 Class B shares held by the SLAT for his spouse. He also reports 104,848 Class A shares held directly as of March 17, 2026.
Rains Christopher Alan reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Casella Waste Systems Inc. reported that Sr. VP & Chief Revenue Officer Christopher Alan Rains received an award of 989 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), each representing one share of Class A Common Stock. The award was made at no cash cost to him as equity compensation.
The RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 12, 2027, meaning the shares are earned over time if continued service conditions are met. Following this grant, Rains is shown as directly holding 989 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems director John W. Casella reported both an equity award and routine share sales. He received 5,513 Restricted Stock Units of Class A Common Stock on March 12, 2026 under the company’s 2016 Incentive Plan, with the RSUs vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on March 12, 2027.
To cover tax withholding from previously vested RSUs, he sold 963 Class A shares on March 12, 2026 at a weighted average price of $90.06 and 1,744 Class A shares on March 16, 2026 at a weighted average price of $87.77. These sales were executed under an automatic sell-to-cover instruction adopted on August 22, 2023. After these transactions, he directly holds 30,795 Class A shares and additional Class B and Class A shares through trusts and his spouse.
Casella Waste Systems President and CEO Edmond Coletta reported a mix of equity compensation and small stock sales. On March 12, 2026, he received 6,892 Restricted Stock Units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning March 12, 2027.
That same day, he sold 377 shares at $89.80 in an automatic "sell-to-cover" transaction to pay taxes on previously vested RSUs, which the company notes was not a discretionary sale. On March 16, 2026, he executed an additional open-market sale of 988 shares at $87.81 per share. After these transactions, Coletta directly owns 152,618 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems VP & Chief Accounting Officer Kevin Drohan reported a mix of equity award and small share sales. He received a grant of 551 Restricted Stock Units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock, which vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 12, 2027.
On March 12, he sold 55 shares at $89.52 in a sell-to-cover transaction to satisfy tax withholding on previously vested RSUs under an automatic instruction adopted on August 2, 2023, so this was not a discretionary sale. He also sold 85 shares on March 16 at $87.73 in the open market. After these transactions, he directly holds 7,873 shares of Class A Common Stock.
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC senior executive reports small tax-related share sales. Sr VP & COO of SW Ops Sean Steves sold 197 shares of Class A Common Stock at $87.80 on March 16, 2026 and 97 shares at $89.71 on March 12, 2026, totaling 294 shares. According to the footnote, these were automatic “sell-to-cover” transactions to satisfy tax withholding on previously granted RSUs and were not discretionary sales. Following the trades, he directly holds 9,375 shares.
Casella Waste Systems senior vice president and general counsel Shelley E. Sayward reported a mix of equity compensation and small share sales in Class A Common Stock. On March 12, 2026, she received 1,654 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), each representing one future share, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on March 12, 2027.
Also on March 12, she sold 129 shares at $89.71 per share in a sell‑to‑cover transaction to satisfy tax withholding on previously vested RSUs under an automatic instruction adopted on August 2, 2023, which the filing states was not discretionary. On March 16, 2026, she executed an additional open‑market sale of 362 shares at $87.73 per share. After these transactions, she directly holds 28,369 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems Executive VP and CFO Bradford John Helgeson reported both an equity award and a related tax sale. On March 12, he received 2,756 Restricted Stock Units, each representing one future share of Class A Common Stock, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning March 12, 2027.
On March 16, he sold 405 shares of Class A Common Stock at $87.73 per share in a sell-to-cover transaction to satisfy tax withholding tied to previously vesting RSUs. This sale was executed under an automatic instruction adopted in November 2023 and was not a discretionary market sale. After the sale, he directly held 7,342 shares.
Casella Waste Systems senior vice president and COO of solid waste operations, Sean Steves, reported stock-based compensation activity and a related tax sale. He acquired 3,433 shares of Class A Common Stock at no cost upon vesting of performance-based stock units tied to multi‑year company goals. To cover tax withholding on this vesting, 1,199 shares were automatically sold in the open market at a weighted average price of $92.89 under a pre‑established sell‑to‑cover instruction, leaving him with 9,669 directly owned shares.
Casella Waste Systems executive Kevin Drohan, VP & Chief Accounting Officer, reported two Class A Common Stock transactions. He acquired 2,452 shares at no cost upon vesting of performance-based stock units tied to 2025 company performance and relative total shareholder return through December 31, 2025. He then sold 675 shares at an average price of $92.61 per share in an automatic sell-to-cover trade to satisfy tax withholding on this vesting, under an instruction adopted on August 2, 2023, rather than a discretionary sale.
Casella Waste Systems president Edmond Coletta reported a performance-based equity vesting and related tax sale. On February 26, 2026, Coletta acquired 9,810 shares of Class A Common Stock at $0.00 per share upon vesting of performance-based stock units granted on March 10, 2023, after achievement of specified 2025 performance objectives and a total shareholder return multiplier for 2023–2025.
On February 27, 2026, 3,812 shares were sold in an open-market “sell-to-cover” transaction at a weighted average price of about $93.70 per share, solely to satisfy tax withholding obligations under an automatic instruction adopted on August 2, 2023, and not as a discretionary sale. Following these transactions, Coletta directly owned 147,091 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems CEO John W. Casella reported both an equity award vesting and a related share sale. He acquired 23,299 shares of Class A Common Stock at no cost upon vesting of performance-based stock units granted on March 10, 2023, based on performance from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 and a relative total shareholder return multiplier for January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025, as certified on February 26, 2026.
To cover tax withholding from this vesting, an automatic sell-to-cover instruction adopted on August 22, 2023 triggered the open-market sale of 6,726 Class A shares at a weighted average price of $93.10, which the filing notes did not represent a discretionary sale. After these transactions, he directly owned 27,989 Class A shares.
The filing also lists his Class B Common Stock holdings: 166,000 shares held directly, and additional Class B shares held indirectly through two Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (137,000 and 134,000 shares) and by his spouse (57,100 Class B and 694 Class A). Footnotes state he disclaims beneficial ownership of certain indirect holdings to the extent he lacks an actual pecuniary interest.
Casella Waste Systems senior vice president and general counsel Shelley E. Sayward reported two transactions in Class A Common Stock. On February 26, 2026, she acquired 4,598 shares at $0.00 per share through the vesting of performance-based stock units granted on March 10, 2023, following achievement of performance objectives and a relative total shareholder return multiplier for periods ending December 31, 2025. On February 27, 2026, she executed an open-market sale of 1,591 shares at an average price of $92.91 per share to cover tax withholding obligations tied to the PSU vesting, under an automatic sell-to-cover instruction adopted on August 2, 2023. After these transactions, she directly held 27,206 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Casella Waste Systems (CWST) reported an insider transaction by Executive VP and CFO Bradford Helgeson. On 11/07/2025, he sold 262 shares of Class A common stock at $87.65 per share in a sell-to-cover for tax withholding tied to vested RSUs. This sale was executed under an automatic sell-to-cover instruction adopted on November 16, 2023 and was not a discretionary sale. Following the transaction, he beneficially owns 4,991 shares, held directly.
Casella Waste Systems (CWST): Director reports charitable gift
A company director reported a gift of 1,130 shares of Class A Common Stock on 11/05/2025 at a price of $0 (transaction code G). The footnote states the shares were donated to the Nagle-Green Charitable Fund at Fidelity. Following the transaction, the director beneficially owns 15,709 shares directly and 5,647 shares indirectly through the Jack Calvin Green Unelected Trust, where the director is a trustee and beneficiary.
Casella Waste Systems (CWST) director filed a Form 4 reporting the sale of 1,116 shares of Class A Common Stock on November 4, 2025 at $89.38 per share.
After the reported transaction, the insider beneficially owned 16,839 shares directly and 5,647 shares indirectly through the Jack Calvin Green Unelected Trust, where the reporting person is a trustee and beneficiary.