While servicing his route in Salem, MA recently, Driver Eric Barros was approached by a woman in distress as she realized she had accidentally placed her purse in her trash cart. To make matters worse, she was heading out of town that day for a family funeral. Thankfully Eric was able to calm her down […]
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WM is pleased to announce the opening of a nearly 100,000 square-foot recycling facility in Cleveland, OH. The state-of-the-art technology deployed in the new facility is expected to process up to 420 tons of recyclables per day. The WM Cleveland Recycling Facility is intended to help the region’s recycling programs expand and is part of […]
Washington Post Live brought together leading scientists, policymakers, environmentalists, and innovators to examine the environmental choices we face in our daily lives. As a Presenting Sponsor, WM brought Chief Sustainability Officer Tara Hemmer to the stage to lead a 15-minute segment, titled Enabling Sustainability Progress for Companies, to explore sustainability in waste and environmental services. […]
The city of Orem, Utah and WM are partnering on a pilot program to try and find a way to recycle plastic film and bags. Residents have been asked to include mail packaging, grocery bags, food storage bags, and other film plastics in their single-stream collection bins, and WM has installed new technology at its […]
