Simi Valley Landfill provides Simi Valley, Moorpark, Ventura and Thousand Oaks Recycling at Waste Management

Simi Valley, CA, June 25, 2008 - Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America, today announced the launch of Greenopolis.com (Beta), an interactive Web site that enables people to learn, act and earn rewards for making a positive impact on the environment. Greenopolis.com utilizes Web 2.0 technologies to create an online environmental community consisting of individuals, environmental organizations, schools and businesses.

The Web site, which includes several features that are common on different social networking sites, is committed to connecting people and businesses on green issues, and was developed to serve as an educational tool to teach people about ways in which to be more environmentally sound. Waste Management sponsored the creation of the site in an effort to get more people to start thinking green.

"Waste Management wants to engage customers and all of our stakeholders in thinking about — and acting to better — the environment", said Mike Smith, Market Area Manager for Waste Management. "We believe that by promoting and creating a dialogue about things such as conservation, recycling, and renewable energy that awareness about our environmental operations and our business offerings will increase."

Greenopolis.com provides numerous features to its members, including:

MyOpolis — The interactive social network section of Greenopolis.com where members can create profiles, build networks of friends and keep track of their "Greenopolis Points." Users can access features and tools, such as Blogs, forums, events calendar and other online features.
Groups — Greenopolis offers online tools for community action groups such as David Gershon's Green Living Handbook, Low Carbon Diet, and Cool Corporate Citizen.
GreenMedia — The Green Broadcast System (GBS) gives users up-to-the-minute news stories, articles, thought-leadership, blogs and published data through an RSS feed for Greenopolis.com members.

Greenopolis' current partners include dozens of environmentally friendly businesses, organizations and universities, which include: Cabot Cheese, Johnson School of Cornell, General Motors, Georgia Tech, Green Mountain Coffee, Keep America Beautiful, and InterfaceFLOR.

For more information about Greenopolis.com, and how to join, visit the site at www.greenopolis.com.

Waste Management provides Ventura County with recycling, trash hauling and solid waste disposal through G.I. Industries and the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center. Waste Management has owned and operated G.I. Industries since 1998 and the SVLRC site since 1983 and employs more than 230 people in Ventura County. The SVLRC provides approximately 60% of Ventura County's daily refuse disposal needs. The company operates a “green power” program at the site that generates enough power for 2,500 homes, and clean-burning LNG powers 38 of its trucks. Waste Management is a significant contributor to area community groups. For more information visit our website www.keepingventuracountyclean.com.

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