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Waste Management Inc. (WMI) is in the Business Services Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $13.3B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $1.1B
- Market Cap
- Nov 28 2008
- $14.3B
Latest News and Analysis
Portland schools tackle trash truck emissions.(Waste Management Inc. (Houston, Texas)'s recycling truck tested)
Byline: Jim Johnson Portland Public Schools is launching a pilot project to test the use of biodiesel fuel in a Waste Management Inc. vehicle used to collect recyclables and trash. The truck, which is used to...
Waste firms grapple with tight labor market.(River Birch Inc)(Waste Management Inc)
Byline: Jim Johnson Finding employees to work trash routes can be a challenge under normal circumstances, considering the unglamorous and difficult work. But finding enough staff in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which forced hundre ...
Stalemate in New York; Teamsters, Waste Management haven't negotiated since early January.(labour dispute: Unionized workers and Waste Management Inc)
Byline: Jim Johnson Unionized workers and Waste Management Inc. are locked in a labor dispute in New York City that a Teamsters official said could have implications across the country. About 125 members of Teamsters Local...
Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)(downsizing)(Recycling industry)(Waste Management Inc. (Houston, Texas))
Paper Domtar to close mills, cut 1,800 jobs Domtar Inc. is closing and selling off mills in moves that will eliminate 1,800 jobs, the Montreal-based forest products company said. A wide...
WM buys out partners in recycling venture.(Waste Management Inc acquires Peltz Group and Fairfax Recycling Inc)
Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Management Inc. is buying out its recycling partners and doing away with the Recycle America Alliance concept. The move restores full ownership of the company's recycling assets to Waste Management less than...
Waste Industry Briefs.(Sanitec Industries Inc Acquisit SafeWaste Inc.)(Environmental Elements Corp. files for Bankruptcy)(Waste Management Inc)
Technology Baltimore firm files for bankruptcy Environmental Elements Corp., a maintenance technology firm, has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing by the Baltimore-based company...
Pricey bike, but money well spent; WMI pays $800,100 for 'Tonight Show' motorcycle.(Waste Management Inc.)
Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Management Inc. employees are used to being on the ground and helping clean up after disaster strikes. But when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit in December, there was no way they could roll out their trucks to...
Waste Management Inc. Names David A. Aardsma Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing
HOUSTON -- Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WMI) today named David A. Aardsma Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing. Aardsma will report directly to Waste Management Chief Executive Officer David P. Steiner. For the past four years, Aardsma served as Waste Management's Vice President of Sales and has worked for the Company...
WMI sponsorships boost diversity.(News)(Waste Management Inc)
Byline: Jim Johnson Part of Waste Management Inc.'s growing involvement with NASCAR is aimed at promoting diversity in the sport. Waste Management is sponsoring driver Bill Lester as he drives in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series...
WM greenlights deal with NASCAR.(Waste Management Inc)
Byline: Jim Johnson One gets about 2.8 miles per gallon. The other gets about 4 miles per gallon. Both are painted green, gold and white and sport the familiar Waste Management Inc. logo, but the comparisons...
WMI offers Chicago site plan.(News)(Waste Management Inc.)
Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Management wants to reopen the CID landfill in southeast Chicago to municipal solid waste and is willing to give away more than half of the profits from the site in a $20 million deal in an effort to...
Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)(WCA Waste Corp)(Rural Disposal Inc)
Recycling RAA opens five e-waste depots in Wis. Recycle America Alliance LLC has opened five collection depots to provide electronic scrap recycling services to Wisconsin businesses and residents, the company said Nov. 15. ...
Waste Management Inc. Expands Relationship with NASCAR; 'Official' Sponsor Adds Involvement in NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Diversity
HOUSTON -- Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WMI), a proud sponsor of NASCAR, announced today that during the 2005 season, it will sponsor the No. 17 Waste Management Ford Taurus driven by Matt Kenseth in the NASCAR Busch Series, as well as Kenseth's No. 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series car as an...
WMI unveils financial plans.(News)(Waste Management Inc)
Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Management Inc. is increasing its dividend by a nickel per year - up to 80 cents per share - and plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on stock buybacks. ...
Wild storm blows through workers' lives at WMI office.(Special Report)
Byline: Jim Johnson Melissa Doyle's prayers were answered, the Waste Management Inc. district manager figures. Hurricane Charley - just as she wished - spared the trucks at the company's district offices in Charlotte Harbor. ...
WMI realigns markets, makes exec changes.(News)(Waste Management Inc.)
Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Management Inc. is tweaking its markets and making some executive changes. The nation's largest solid waste management company is realigning markets. Ohio, which previously operated as a joint market area with...
Simon Property partners with WM.(Corrugated Recycling)(Waste Management Inc.)(Brief Article)
Simon Property Group, Indianapolis, Ind., file nation's largest owner, developer and manager of high quality retail real estate, has entered into a new strategic partnership with Waste Management Inc., Houston, that includes waste removal and manag Simon Property Group, Indianapolis, Ind., file nation's ...
WMI saga concludes; 2 execs to pay $4.2 million to settle charges.(Waste Management Inc.)
Byline: Jim Johnson Two men at the center of a financial scandal that rocked the nation's largest trash hauler, Waste Management Inc., four years ago will pay millions to settle insider-trading charges with the federal government. ...
WMI pumps up dividend payment.(News; Waste Management Inc.)
Byline: Jim Johnson America's largest solid waste management firm is dramatically increasing its yearly dividend payment to shareholders. Waste Management Inc. has been paying stockholders 1 cent per share per year, but will hike that to...
Waste Management, Inc., Houston, names Steve Ragiel president of the Recycle America Alliance LLC. (People Update).(Brief Article)
Waste Management, Inc., Houston, names Steve Ragiel president of the Recycle America Alliance LLC. The alliance, which includes Waste Management and The Peltz Group, was created to rationalize the capacity and improve the ... Waste Management, Inc., Houston, names Steve Ragiel president of ...
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- Incorporated: 1987
- CEO: Mr. David P. Steiner
Waste Management is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides collection, transfer, recycling, disposal and waste-to-energy services. Co.'s customers include commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers, other waste management companies, electric utilities and governmental entities. Co. operates six operating Groups, of which four are organized by geographic area and two are organized by function. The geographic Groups include its Eastern, Midwest, Southern and Western Groups, and the two functional Groups are its Wheelabrator Group, which provides waste-to-energy services, and its WM Recycle America Group, which provides recycling services.
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Waste Management Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. John C. Pope
Non-Executive Chairman
Ms. Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Mr. Frank M. Clark Jr.
Mr. Patrick W. Gross
Mr. W. Robert Reum
Mr. Steven G. Rothmeier
Mr. Thomas H. Weidemeyer
Mr. David P. Steiner
Contact Information
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 4000
Houston, TX
713 512 6200