Company Description
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally.
It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, recovery facility, or disposal site; owns and operates transfer stations; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas.
It also operates materials processing and commodities recycling services, including cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions.
In addition, the company collects recyclable food and yard waste, as well as markets and sells mulch, compost, soil amendments, and renewable energy; offers remediation and construction, and industrial waste services; and manages and markets fly ash.
Further, it provides Regulated Waste and Compliance Services (RWCS), which offers compliance programs, as well as collection, processing, and disposal of regulated and specialized waste, including medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste; and Secure Information Destruction (SID) services that includes the collection of personal and confidential information for secure destruction and recycling of sorted office paper.
The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998.
Waste Management, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Houston, Texas.
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 1968 |
| IPO Date | Jun 2, 1988 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Employees | 61,700 |
| CEO | James Fish |
Contact Details
Address: 800 Capitol Street, Suite 3000 Houston, Texas 77002 United States | |
| Phone | 713 512 6200 |
| Website | wm.com |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | WM |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Stock Type | Common Stock |
| Fiscal Year | January - December |
| Reporting Currency | USD |
| CIK Code | 0000823768 |
| CUSIP Number | 94106L109 |
| ISIN Number | US94106L1098 |
| Employer ID | 73-1309529 |
| SIC Code | 4953 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| James C. Fish Jr. | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| John J. Morris Jr. | President and Chief Operating Officer |
| Devina A. Rankin CPA | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Tara J. Hemmer | Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer |
| Rafael E. Carrasco | Senior Vice President of Enterprise Strategy and President of WM Healthcare Solutions |
| John A. Carroll | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
| Johnson Varkey | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer |
| Edward A. Egl | Director of Investor Relations |
| Charles C. Boettcher J.D. | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
| Charles S. Schwager | Vice President and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer |
Latest SEC Filings
| Date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | S-3ASR | Automatic shelf registration statement of securities of well-known seasoned issuers |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 10-Q | Quarterly Report |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 8-K | Current Report |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 11-K | Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 8-K | Current Report |
| May 30, 2025 | 144 | Filing |
| May 27, 2025 | 144 | Filing |
| May 27, 2025 | 144 | Filing |
| May 22, 2025 | EFFECT | Notice of Effectiveness |
| May 22, 2025 | 424B3 | Prospectus |