Type: Public
On the web: http://www.wm.com
Employees: 42,800
Employee growth: (1.4%)

Holding company Waste Management tops the heap in the US solid-waste industry. Through subsidiaries, the company serves about 20 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 271 landfills, 294 transfer stations, 130 beneficial-use landfill gas projects, 100 material recovery facilities, and 22 waste-to-energy plants. Collection and landfill services account for three-quarters of sales.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $12,515.0M
One year growth: 6.1%
Net income: $953.0M
Income growth: (4.1%)

Officers:
Chairman: John C. (Jack) Pope
EVP Finance, Recycling and Energy Services: Steven C. (Steve) Preston
EVP Growth and Innovation and Field Support: James E. (Jim) Trevathan Jr.

Competitors:
Casella Waste Systems
Republic Services
Safety-Kleen

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