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Waste Management, Inc. Company Profile
Holding company Waste Management tops the heap in the US solid waste industry. Through subsidiaries, the company serves about 21 million residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial customers in the US and Canada. Its four geographic groups and two functional groups (Recycling and Wheelabrator) provide waste collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. Its sites include 265 landfills, 350 transfer stations, 100 material recovery facilities, 110 beneficial-use landfill gas projects, and 15 waste-to-energy plants. In 2008 the company made a bid to acquire Republic Services but was rebuffed.
Headlines for Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management net income falls 11%
at MarketWatch - Thu Oct 29
Waste Management Subsidiary Acquires Medical Waste Collection, Transportation and Processing Company
PR Newswire - Tue Oct 27
[external] How to Destroy a Company
at Motley Fool - Mon Oct 12
[external] Waste Management to work with Terrabon on waste-to-fuel deal
at bizjournals.com - Wed Aug 26
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Contact Information
Address: 1001 Fannin St., Ste. 4000
Houston, TX 77002
Phone:713-512-6200
Fax:713-512-6299
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:December
Revenue (2008):13388.00 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr):0.60%
Employees (2008):45,900
Employee Growth (1 yr):(-3.20%)
Key People
Chairman: John C. (Jack) Pope
CEO and Director: David P. Steiner
President and COO: Lawrence (Larry) O'Donnell III
Industry Information
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Waste Management
Top Competitors
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (cwst)
Republic Services, Inc. (rsg)
Safety-Kleen, Inc.
 


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