About Us –Operations
Operations
Collection
Waste Management provides
solid waste collection services to millions of
customers across North America, ranging in size
from the single residential subscription to large
national customers requiring comprehensive,
one-source waste programs to serve hundreds
of locations. With about 22,000 collection and
transfer vehicles, the company has the largest
trucking fleet in the waste industry and collects
nearly 74 million tons of solid waste per year.
Transfer
With much of the waste collected
by Waste Management going to its own landfills,
a supporting network of transfer stations provides
an important link for efficient disposal. Waste
Management has strategically located
transfer stations to consolidate, compact and
load waste from collection vehicles into long-haul
trailers, barge containers and rail cars for
transport to landfills.
Disposal
Waste Management operating the largest
network of landfills in its industry manages the disposal of more than 116 million tons
of waste per year. The company operates its sites
according to standards of safety and environmental
compliance that go beyond regulatory requirements.
Waste Management is focused on solutions that impact
the future of solid waste management, including Next
Generation TechnologySM, which accelerates the
decomposition of organic waste so that it occurs within
years instead of decades. Currently, the company is
conducting research to confirm the
environmental benefits of this alternative method for
managing landfill waste.
Recycling
As the largest recycler of municipal
solid waste in North America, Waste Management
processes 8 million tons of recyclable materials each
year. Through the
resources of WM Recycle America, we provide cost-efficient,
environmentally-sound recycling programs for municipalities, businesses and households across the
U.S. and in Canada.
Renewable Energy
For many years, Waste
Management has worked with businesses, industries and
public utilities across North America to develop beneficial
use projects from landfill gas. This gas is a reliable,
renewable energy source that is produced naturally as
waste decomposes in landfills. When collected, it can be
used directly as medium Btu gas for industrial use or sold
to gas-to-energy plants to fuel engine or turbine-driven
generators that produce electricity.
In addition, our waste-to-energy
subsidiary, Wheelabrator Technologies, owns or operates 16 plants
that can process up to an aggregate of 21,000 tons of waste per day
and generate more than 650 megawatts of electricity. This is enough
clean energy to replace more than 6 million barrels of oil and power
600,000 homes per year.
The Green Team
The Green Team is a voluntary group comprised of the Company’s best drivers, operators, technicians and managers who have agreed to help the Company in providing continuing service following extraordinary events, including natural or national disasters.
