From 2022 through 2026, WM plans to invest more than $1.4 billion to build new and update existing recycling facilities with state-of-the-art technology to increase the amount of materials that can be recycled and reused in other packaging and products.

WM Cleveland Recycling Facility

$30 Million Toward Your Community

Who We Are

Driven By Our Commitments, Guided By Our Values

What is Single Stream Recycling?

Mixed recyclables are collected curbside or at businesses or stores by a truck.

Trucks travel to a WM Recycling Facility, where recyclables are unloaded onto a receiving floor.

Material is inspected, and stored until its ready to be transferred to a conveyor.

Sorting equipment separates cans, containers, glass and bottles from paper. An eddy current and magnets work to sort aluminum and tin cans into a metals-only stream.

Sorted materials are baled and shipped to customers, where they are used as feedstock for new products.

How Recycling Works

Project Benefits

Project Benefits

Project Benefits


Recycling Education


Increased Access to Recycling


New Career Opportunities

Recycling Improvements Win Big

Glass Recovery & Glass Breaker System