Waste Management once again demonstrates its commitment to environmental stewardship by achieving Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for its environmental program at the Crossroads landfill in Norridgewock, ME. The Crossroads program was designated as Certified Gold, signifying leadership among the over 700 WHC Conservation Certification programs. Programs are given a Certified, Silver Certified or […]
Sustainability
Pool Party Makes Sustainability Splash
Waste Management teamed up with Foxwoods Resort Casino’s Vice President of Hotel Operations, Christopher O’Connell, and Food and Beverage Director Jason Morgan to implement its first-ever waste reduction and recycling initiative at Foxwoods’ Liquid Sundays. Liquid Sundays is a weekly pool party at Fox Tower that is held throughout the summer attracting approximately 550 guests […]
Transforming Landfills into Solar Farms
Four sites are generating a total of 14.5 megawatts of renewable solar energy. In partnership with two project developers, Waste Management recently completed the installation of four solar farms on closed landfill sites in the state of Massachusetts. In total, the sites are now generating 14.5 megawatts (MW) of energy, enough to power 3,000 homes. […]
Sustainability Win for Patriot Place
Patriot Place has been awarded the 2017 MassRecycle Recycler of the Year Award – Business Category. The Recycler of the Year Award is given to a business that has developed and operates an outstanding recycling and waste reduction program that increases recycling or reduces waste generated by their business. The award comes as a result […]
Red Sox and Fans Go Green for Earth Day
Waste Management, in partnership with the Boston Red Sox and Aramark, celebrated Earth Day 2017 a bit early with a post-game waste-sort event at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday afternoon. The event followed the Red Sox’s traditional Patriots Day – Marathon Monday morning game vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. Volunteers joined employees of the […]