Recycling collection is going high-tech with a smart system of innovative trucks, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) that is focused on increasing the amount of recovered materials and cutting contamination by analyzing where the process begins – your curbside. WM, North America’s largest recycler of post-consumer materials, has equipped thousands of its recycling collection trucks […]
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CORe® Turning Food Waste Into Energy
Food waste is a huge problem across North America. WM’s CORe facilities, and the teams that operate them, are turning a problem into an opportunity by processing organic material, like food waste, into biogas—a source of renewable energy. Currently, WM has three facilities equipped with our patented CORe process. Each site has a CORe® facility […]
How Recycled Water Bottles at the WM Phoenix Open Will Become Next Year’s Swag
As the largest zero-waste sporting event in the world, the WM Phoenix Open is leading the way in repurposing materials and reducing the amount of plastics that end up in landfills. This year, recycled plastic water bottles from the WM Phoenix Open will be collected by Repreve, a brand that uses recycled materials to make […]
The Bagster® Bag
Don’t let the burden of debris from home or business projects drag you down. Consider the convenience of The Bagster® Bag when your normal trash service can’t contain it all. The Bagster Bag makes it easier than ever to clean up after large projects. Buy the Bagster Bag, fill it up with up to 3,300 […]
WM + Dow Rollout First Major Residential Plastic Film Recycling Program in the U.S.
WM and Dow announced the launch of a bold new collaboration to improve residential recycling for hard-to-recycle plastic films by allowing consumers in select markets to recycle these materials directly in their curbside recycling. This collaboration builds on WM and Dow’s continued support for a more expansive recycling system across the country. Once operating at […]