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Our renewable energy projects create enough energy to power nearly 1 million homes and save the equivalent of more than 13 million barrels of oil per year.
The Simi Landfill and Recycling Center alone powers the equivalent of 2,500 homes each day with two landfill gas-to-energy generators using methane gas.
WM's North American operations recycled enough paper and carboard in one year to save 41 million trees.
In California, we operate the largest fleet of clean natural gas collection vehicles and have reduced air emissions by 247 tons.
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Keep Sharps Out of the Trash
As of September 1, it is illegal to throw away home-generated hypodermic needles, or “sharps” in garbage or recycling bins. Under California Senate Bill 1305, all home-generated sharps waste must be disposed of in an approved sharps container and managed by a hazardous waste facility, medical waste generator facility, or a facility managed as part of a mail-back program.
Surveys show that more than 3 billion needles and syringes used by self-injectors end up in trash or recycling containers, or are flushed down toilets. This improper disposal puts residents and sanitation workers, including WM employees, at risk of needle sticks and serious infections.
The law, which Waste Management supported, makes California one of the first states in the nation to ban sharps waste from the residential waste stream.
Luckily, there are safe and convenient alternatives such as mail-back programs that allow for the proper handling of sharps. For example, WM offers Sharps Disposal by Mail®, a cost-effective solution that supplies customers with a sharps container and a government-approved, postage pre-paid mail-back box to return the sharps to a proper disposal facility. For more information, please call our toll-free number, (877) WASTE-MD (927-8363), or visit wastemd.com.
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