Waste Management, Inc.

Waste Management, Inc.
WM
FormerlyUSA Waste Services, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryWaste management
FoundedJanuary 1, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-01-01)[citation needed] in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Founders
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
,
U.S.
Area served
North America
Key people
James C. Fish, Jr. (president & CEO)
ProductsBagster
ServicesWaste, recyclables, yard debris, and hazardous materials collection, hauling, treatment and disposal
Dumpster rental
Portable toilet rental
Sustainability Advisory Services
RevenueIncrease US$20.426 billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)[1]
Increase US$3.575 billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)[1]
Increase US$2.304 billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$32.823 billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)[1]
Total equityIncrease US$6.903 billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)[2]
Number of employees
~48,000 (December 2023)[3]
Websitewm.com
A WM trash collection truck in Toronto, Ontario.
Video clip of WM trash removal operation, Ypsilanti Twp., MI
A WM rolloff container in Durham, North Carolina.

Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas.

The company's network includes 337 transfer stations, 254 active landfill disposal sites, 97 recycling plants, 135 beneficial-use landfill gas projects and six independent power production plants. WM provides environmental services to nearly 21 million residential, industrial, municipal and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. With 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles, WM has the largest trucking fleet in the waste industry. Combined with its largest competitor Republic Services, Inc., the two handle more than half of all garbage collection in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "WM Financials". NASDAQ.
  2. ^ "Waste Management, Inc. 2020 Annual Report". investors.wm.com. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Waste Management, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 2024.
  4. ^ Aseltine, McRea, Modi, Shukla, and Sullivan. A Strategic Case Analysis: Waste Management Inc. Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Spring 2006. 3.6.3. Summary of Competitive Analysis. "The three largest national companies, Waste Management, Allied Waste and Republic Services together handle more than half the solid waste generated in the United States today." [and Allied and Republic have since merged]