Waste Management
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) is North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions, operating through its website at www.wm.com. The company manages waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling and resource recovery services throughout the United States and Canada, with a significant… From the company’s description.
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What Waste Management does
In the company’s own words
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) is North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions, operating through its website at www.wm.com. The company manages waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling and resource recovery services throughout the United States and Canada, with a significant international presence in Western Europe following its 2024 acquisition of Stericycle, Inc.
The company operates through five reportable segments: Collection and Disposal–East Tier, Collection and Disposal–West Tier, Recycling Processing and Sales, Renewable Energy, and Healthcare Solutions. The Collection and Disposal segments form the core business, providing waste collection services to commercial, industrial and residential customers through three-year service agreements and municipal contracts. The company owns or operates 257 landfill sites, representing the largest landfill network in North America, along with 342 transfer stations that consolidate and transport waste efficiently.
The Recycling Processing and Sales segment positions the company as North America's leading recycler of post-consumer materials including paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal. As of December 31, 2025, the company operated 113 recycling facilities, of which 51 use single-stream technology, and 49 organics recycling facilities. The Renewable Energy segment develops and operates landfill gas-to-energy projects, with 103 beneficial use projects producing renewable electricity and renewable natural gas that fuel the company's natural gas fleet.
The Healthcare Solutions segment, acquired through Stericycle, provides regulated waste and compliance services and secure information destruction services across the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. The company operated 42 autoclave facilities, 9 alternative medical waste treatment facilities, 17 incinerator facilities and 99 secure information destruction facilities as of year-end 2025.
Waste Management employed approximately 60,500 full-time employees as of December 31, 2025, with roughly 53,600 in the U.S. and 6,900 outside the U.S. The company's brand promise is "ALWAYS WORKING FOR A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW," reflecting its commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable solutions embedded throughout operations.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry (SIC)
- Electric, Gas & Water
- Headquarters
- HOUSTON, TX
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 823768
- SIC
- 4953
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Waste Management — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Waste Management’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Waste Management’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 24 issues of Waste Management’s debt, $1.64B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.32%, maturing 2027 to 2054.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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