The company carries out a policy of operating to standards of safety and environmental compliance that go beyond regulatory requirements.
Waste Management Inc trucks display the text “The Waste we collect helps power over 1 million homes”
Currently, the company is reported to be conducting research at 10 landfills to confirm the environmental benefits of bioreactor technology as an alternative method for managing landfill waste.However, some say that efforts like creating a ‘green’ social network shouldn’t distract the public from the actual practices of Waste Management, Inc. The company has set themselves up for intense scrutiny through their green rebranding. Activists have said that they’d better be prepared to put their money where their mouth is, having made such aspirations public.
Waste Management Inc., are also percieved as having rebranded themselves as ‘green’ after several toxic spills and illegal dumping allegations in the 80s and an accounting scandal in 1998.
Waste Management Inc., would also, due to its size be likely to be the biggest US polluter, and yet the company also receives criticism for that unremarkable fact.
Waste Management is extensively involved in landfill gas utilization, which comprises landfill-gas-to-energy (LFGTE) production. The company is reported to have over 115 LFTGE facilities, and has plans to add another 60 facilities by 2012.
At the start of 1971, Waste Management is reprted to have purchased the Calumet Industrial Development (CID) disposal facility, a landfill located south of Chicago in the Calumet City area. This marked the company's first foray into the handling of hazardous wastes.
The company also operates approximately 150 e-cycling centers throughout the US through its subsidiary, WM Recycle America. In January 2010, the company announced that WM Recycle America was implementing the Responsible Recycling (R2) Program for electronics recyclers, which establishes accepted practices to help protect the environment and workers’ health and safety while e-waste is handled.
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