There are fourteen segments of business activity identified in the environmental industry which are divided into three broad categories: services, equipment and resources. These segments are not classifications of environmental problems in a media sense, such as air pollution or water or solid waste. The environmental industry segments are classifications of types of businesses along the lines of the U.S. Standard Industry Classifications (SIC) system, whether it be engineering services or environmental laboratory services (which may relate to any number of environmental problems) or specific equipment manufacturers or resource providers.
Simply put, service revenues are those generated as fees paid for service, equipment revenues are sales of hardware, and resources are sales of materials, water or energy. The following chart depicts the number of companies in each segment (note that the Wastewater Treatment Works and Water Utilities segments are heavily dominated by public sector entities in the United States).
The following table briefly describes EBJ's fourteen environmental industry segments. Clicking the segment name will take you to the appropriate product information section.
Source: Environmental Business Journal
| Segment | Description | Examples of Clients |
| Environmental Services | ||
| Environmental Testing & Analytical Services | Provide testing of "environmental samples" (soil, water, air and some biological tissues) | Regulated industries, Government, Environmental consultants Hazardous waste and remediation contractors |
| Wastewater Treatment Works | Collection and treatment of residential, commercial and industrial wastewaters. Facilities are commonly know as POTWs or publicly owned treatment works. | Municipalities, Commercial Establishments & All industries |
| Solid Waste Management | Collection, processing and disposal of solid waste | Municipalities & All industries |
| Hazardous Waste Management | Manage on-going hazardous waste streams, medical waste, nuclear waste handling | Chemical companies, Petroleum companies, Government agencies |
| Remediation/Industrial Services | Physical cleanup of contaminated sites, buildings and cleaning up of soil, groundwater or operating facilities | Government agencies, Property owners, Industry |
| Environmental Consulting & Engineering (C&E) | Engineering, consulting, design, assessment, permitting, project management, O&M, monitoring, etc. | Industry, Government Municipalities, Waste Mgmt. companies, POTWs |
| Environmental Equipment | ||
| Water Equipment & Chemicals | Provide equipment, supplies and maintenance in the delivery and treatment of water and wastewater. | Municipalities & All industries |
| Instruments & Information Systems | Produce instrumentation for the analysis of environmental samples. Includes info systems and software. | Analytical services, Government, regulated companies |
| Air Pollution Control Equipment | Produce equipment and tech. to control air pollution. Includes vehicle controls. | Utilities, Waste-to-energy Industries, Auto industry |
| Waste Management Equipment | Equipment for handling, storing or transporting solid, liquid or haz. waste. Includes recycling and remediation equipment. | Municipalities, Generating industries, Solid waste companies |
| Process & Prevention Technology | Equipment and technology for in-process (rather than end-of-pipe) pollution prevention and waste treatment and recovery | All industries |
| Environmental Resources | ||
| Water Utilities | Selling water to end users | Consumers, Municipalities & All industries |
| Resource Recovery | Selling materials recovered and converted from industrial by-products or post-consumer waste | Municipalities, Generating industries, Solid waste companies |
| Environmental Energy Sources | Selling power and systems in solar, wind, geothermal, small scale hydro, energy efficiency and DSM | Utilities, All industries and consumers |
Environmental Industry (General)
International Market
U.S. Environmental Industry (General)
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
Global Environmental Industry Data
Report 2000 The U.S. Environmental Industry & Global Markets
Mergers & Acquisitions in the Environmental Industry
Other Reports
Environmental Business Journal
International Market
Global Environmental Industry Data
Report 2000 The U.S. Environmental Industry & Global Markets
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Global Markets")
Environmental Testing & Analytical Services
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
(Includes analytical services market data)
Report 115 Environmental Testing & Analytical Services
Environmental Business Journal
("Environmental Industry Overview" includes analytical services market information)
Wastewater Treatment Works
U.S. Water/Wastewater Market Data
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
(Includes wastewater treatment market data)
WaterView Report
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Water & Waste Water Industry")
Solid Waste Management
U.S. Solid Waste Management Market Data
Report 212B Solid Waste Management
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Waste Management & Recycling"; "Environmental Industry Overview" also includes solid waste management market information)
Waste Market Information by Chartwell
(including Solid Waste Digest)
Hazardous Waste Management
U.S. Hazardous Waste Management Market Data
Environmental Business Journal
(Environmental Industry Overview includes hazardous waste management market information)
Waste Market Information by Chartwell
(including Solid Waste Digest)
Site Remediation & Industrial Services
U.S. Site Remediation Market Data
Report 315 Remediation & Industrial Services
Environmental Business Journal
(Recent issues include "Remediation & Federal Markets" and "Site Remediation")
Environmental Consulting & Engineering
U.S. Environmental Consulting & Engineering Market Data
Report 719 Consulting & Engineering
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Consulting & Engineering")
Water & Wastewater Equipment & Chemicals
U.S. Water/Wastewater Market Data
WaterView Report
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Water & Wastewater Markets")
Environmental Instrumentation
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
(Includes Instrumentation market data)
Report 612 Environmental Instrumentation
Air Pollution Control Equipment
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
(Includes air pollution market data)
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Air Pollution Control." "Environmental Industry Overview" also includes air pollution market information)
Report 1015 Air Pollution Control Equipment
Waste Management Equipment
U.S. Waste Management Equipment Data
Report 212B Solid Waste Management
(includes waste management equipment market information)
Environmental Business Journal
("Environmental Industry Overview" includes waste management equipment market information)
Waste Market Information by Chartwell
(including Solid Waste Digest)
Water Utilities
U.S. Water/Wastewater Market Data
WaterView Report
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Water & Wastewater Industry")
Resource Recovery
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
(Includes resource recovery market data)
Report 212B Solid Waste Management
(includes resource recovery market information)
Environmental Business Journal
("Environmental Industry Overview" includes resource recovery market information)
Environmental Business Journal (Back Issues)
(Click "Recycling & Resource Recovery")
Environmental Energy Sources
U.S. Environmental Industry Data
(Includes analytical services market data)
Environmental Business Journal
(Click "Renewable Energy & Climate Change")
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