Waste Management, Inc. Description
Waste Management, Inc. provides waste management services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. It offers collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. The company also owns, develops, and operates waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. Its collection services include picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility, or disposal site; and recycling operations comprise materials processing, plastics materials recycling, and commodities recycling. In addition, it provides recycling brokerage services consisting of managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; electronic recycling services, such as collection, sorting, and disassembling of discarded computers, communications equipment, and other electronic equipment; and sustainability services to businesses and organizations, including in-plant services that provide full-service waste management solutions and consulting services at customers' facilities. Further, the company engages in the landfill gas-to-energy operations comprising recovering of methane gas produced naturally as waste decomposes in landfills for use in the generation of electricity; rental and service of portable restroom facilities to municipalities and commercial customers under the Port-o-Let name; and provision of street and parking lot sweeping services. Additionally, it offers medical waste services for healthcare facilities, pharmacies, and individuals; portable self-storage services; and fluorescent lamp recycling services, as well as involved in the acquisition and development of oil and gas producing properties. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Classification
Sector:
Industrials
Industry:
Waste Management
Keywords:
S&P 500
Electricity
Plastic
Sustainability
Recycling
Waste Management
Healthcare Facilities
Communications Equipment
Collection Services
Storage Services
Water Conservation
Landfill
Electronic Equipment
Methane
Landfill Gas
Waste
Disposal Services
Materials Processing
Sustainability And Environmental Management
Transfer Station
E Waste Management
Medical Waste
Municipal Solid Waste
Resource Recovery
Sustainability Services
Waste Management Services
Waste Services
Energy Operations
Oil And Gas Producing Properties
Electronic Waste
Fluorescent Lamp
Methane Gas