Symbols

WM

Waste Management·NYSE

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WM Profile

Waste Management, Inc.

The North America's largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider

Industry

Business Services and Business Supplies

Established Date

Listing Date

07/20/1993

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Full-time Employees

60,500

Fiscal Year Ends

12-31

Website

www.wm.com

Security Type

Common stock

Office address

800 Capitol Street, Suite 3000, Houston, Texas 77002

Business

Collection, transshipment, recycling and disposal of waste services

Introduction

Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in Oklahoma in 1987 and re-incorporated in Delaware in 1995 as a holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company operates through its subsidiaries and is recognized as a leading provider of integrated environmental solutions in North America, providing services in the United States and Canada. Its business includes waste collection, transshipment, disposal, recycling and resource recovery, as well as renewable energy power generation from landfill gas. The Company develops, operates and owns facilities for the production of renewable electricity and natural gas through its Renewable Energy division. Following the acquisition of Disinfection Cycle in 2024, Waste Management's Healthcare Solutions segment provides regulated waste management, compliance services and safety information destruction services in the US, Canada and Western Europe. In addition, the company is a major recycler of paper, cardboard, glass, plastics and metals.