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.

Helping Our Four-Legged Friends

More than 300 pet owners and their dogs recently participated in the second annual Wag N’ Walk charity event to raise money for Animal Rescue Volunteers (ARV). Since ARV relies on volunteers and donations from the community to rescue animals, it was important for Waste Management to sign up as a corporate sponsor for the event.

ARV is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that has been rescuing dogs, cats and horses since 1994. The group provides food, care and foster homes for the animals until they are adopted. Adoptions are held every week at PetSmart in Simi Valley.

During the Wag N’ Walk, participants walked their pets over a three-mile path that began at Rancho Simi Community Park at the corner of Royal Avenue and Erringer Road. At last year’s event, participants raised $30,000 and officials are hoping this year’s total exceeds that donation amount.

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