Waste Management - GI Industries - Keeping Our Communities Clean

Waste Management, combined with its wholly owned subsidiary Recycle America (WMRA), is North America’s largest recycler, recycling enough paper last year to save more than 41 million trees.

By recycling more than 57,000 tons of steel cans, WM reduces greenhouse gasses equivalent to taking more than 21,000 cars off the road each year.

Waste Management’s landfills provide more than 17,000 acres of protected habitat for wildlife, and 15 are certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council.

By processing 21 million pounds of e-scrap, WM keeps 313,000 monitors/TVs and 175,000 CPU hard drives from being disposed in landfills.

“Touch A Truck” Comes to Madera Elementary

Over the years, we’ve discovered that our trash trucks are popular with little kids. We’ve brought out the trucks for our biggest fans on special occasions and have even put together “Touch a Truck”, events that use the trucks to educate children about recycling and protecting the environment. Recently, the students of Madera Elementary School participated in Touch a Truck, an event that is just as popular with the students as it is with our employees.

The Madera event came about after Waste Management donated a certificate for the Touch a Truck party to the annual autumn auction for the elementary school. The highest bidder for the auction won a presentation on safety and recycling and a pizza party for their child’s entire class.

During the party, we told the children about the cycle of trash—from disposal through recycling, and we emphasized the long-term environmental benefits of recycling. Children got to climb aboard the truck and see the hydraulic gear in action. They also learned the importance of staying a safe distance from trash trucks at all times. It’s especially exciting to know that we’re educating the next generation of environmentalists.

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