Waste Management Inc. WM

What this company does

The company manages and reduces waste at each stage from collection to disposal, recovering resources and producing renewable energy in the process. It also owned or operated 342 transfer stations in the U.S. and Canada as of that date. During 2025, the company's largest customer accounted for less than 5% of its annual revenues. Its senior management evaluates the financial performance of the business through five reportable segments: Collection and Disposal - East Tier, Collection and Disposal - West Tier, Recycling Processing and Sales, Renewable Energy, and Healthcare Solutions. Through its Renewable Energy segment, the company develops, operates and owns landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the U.S. and Canada that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas. Following its 2024 acquisition of Stericycle, Inc., its Healthcare Solutions segment provides regulated waste and compliance services and secure information destruction services in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. WMI was incorporated in Oklahoma in 1987 under the name "USA Waste Services, Inc." and was reincorporated as a Delaware company in 1995.

Written from the business description in WASTE MANAGEMENT INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 9 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.