Waste Management
At-A-Glance
(as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019)
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM), based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of
comprehensive waste management environmental services in North America.
Operations
People
44.9K employees
Landfills and
Transfer Facilities
5
active hazardous waste
landfills
244 active solid waste landfills
302 transfer facilities
Energy
8,924 alternative fuel vehicles
145
natural gas fueling
stations
97
landfill gas-to-electricity
facilities
27 landfill gas-to-fuel facilities
Recycling Facilities
2
dual stream recycling
facilities
11
construction and demolition
recycling facilities
36
composting/chipping/
grinding facilities
4
CORe® organics
processing facilities
30
commercial/paper only
recycling facilities
46
single-stream recycling
facilities
14
bale/transfer/buy-back/
dedicated customer processing
facilities
Impact
Environmental Education
393,478
people, including K-12 youth and
college students, participated in Waste
Management-hosted education and
community betterment activities
Community Vitality
$14.8M
donated in
charitable giving
$1.6M
in-kind services
donated
3,496
community events hosted and/or
participated in by Waste Management
Environmental Conservation
79
certified wildlife habitat
programs
217
active habitat, species and
education certified projects
63 pollinator programs
17,917
acres actively managed for
wildlife preservation
Financial
$15.5B total revenue
$3.9B cash from operations
$1.8B capital expenditures
$1.1B returned to shareholders
Note: Waste Management, Inc. is a holding company, and all operations are conducted by its subsidiaries. References to “Waste Management,” “the Company” or “WM” refer to Waste Management, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless context provides otherwise.