Marathon Equipment Company is known throughout the world as a leading manufacturer of onsite waste compaction and recycling systems. Through innovative products, industry expertise, and superior service, Marathon is the partner of choice for businesses and municipalities who need to quickly and efficiently process solid waste and recyclables.

Our Compaction Solutions Group offers stationary and self-contained compactors, compaction containers, transfer systems, pre-crushers, apartment and high-rise compactors, and a line of environmentally friendly, solar-hybrid compactors.
Our Recycling Solutions Group offers creative solutions for today’s recycling, solid waste, and material handling challenges. Our equipment is designed for a wide variety of recycling and scrap processing operations and includes precision-built auto-tie, two-ram, and manual-tie horizontal and vertical balers, conveyors, and complete MRF systems.

Mission Statement
Marathon provides premier, innovative solutions that process, transport, and transform the solid waste stream into sustainable resources that benefit our customers and communities.

Marathon is organized into three business segments aligned with the evolving needs of customers in the global solid waste and recycling industry:

• The Compaction Solutions group offers durable high-quality compactors, compactions containers, and transfer systems for solid waste handling applications
• The Recycling Solutions group offers creative solutions for today’s recycling, solid waste, and material handling challenges. Our equipment is designed for a wide variety of recycling and scrap processing operations and includes precision-built auto-tie, two-ram, and manual-tie horizontal and vertical balers, conveyors, and complete MRF systems.
• The Renewable Energy Solutions group is working with Zero Waste Energy of Lafayette, California to address the needs of the globally expanding waste-to-energy market. Together we are helping customers implement environmentally friendly anaerobic digestion technology to convert organic waste into usable energy sources such as electricity and compressed natural gas (CNG).