Recently, Waste Management introduced its second Driver and Technician Training Center in Glendale, Arizona, complementing its first Center in Fort Myers, Florida. The Arizona Training Center extends the Company’s commitment to providing centralized training for drivers and technicians across the North American enterprise. As part of the onboarding process, drivers and technicians attend a two-week […]
The global mobile phone recycling challenge, “Gorillas on the Line…Answer the Call” came to a close on April 30, 2019. This community engagement initiative was created by the Association of Zoos and Aquarium (AZA) Gorilla Species Survival Plan education advisory team to raise awareness about cell phone recycling and its benefits to gorilla conservation. Recycling […]
In offices, restaurants, retailers and other types of workplaces, huge volumes of recyclables are generated every day. Having a recycling program in place at work can help make a real difference and provide a positive impact on the environment. It’s important to know what can and can’t be recycled at work. To help guide you […]
Waste Management recently completed the tabulation of the 2018 recycling tonnages for company-wide Waste Management operations. In 2018, WM managed the recycling of 10.21 million tons of aluminum, cardboard/paper, scrap metals, plastics, wood pallets, and glass. When we add other recyclables managed for recycling and beneficial use – such as 3.59 million tons of organics, 1.16 million […]
We are a year and a half into China’s National Sword (mixed paper and plastics ban effective 1/1/2018) and a half year away from China’s goal to ban all recyclable imports (by 2020). Other southeast Asian countries that had opened to receiving these imports quickly followed the policies China enacted. This has led to a […]
