Mark your calendars! The annual WMPO Sustainability Forum is happening on January 30, 2020. Our annual conference aims to benefit the planet and your business. Since 1971, Waste Management’s mission has been environmental performance. We seek to maximize resource value, while minimizing environmental impact so that our economy, our people, and our environment can thrive. […]
Waste Management has simplified our customers’ online experience by consolidating all WM related recycling information into one place. We’re here to help you recycle right, answer common recycling questions and provide the information, tools, and resources you need to make recycling both simple and convenient. Whether you’re a long-time recycler or brand new, we want […]
Annually on November 15, organizations and communities from coast to coast celebrate Keep America Beautiful’ s (KAB) America Recycles Day (ARD). Waste Management is a proud, long-time sponsor of KAB and ARD. “America Recycles Day® (ARD), a Keep America Beautiful® national initiative, is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the […]
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 […]
