Our Sustainability Impact Goals will establish WM as a leader in sustainability.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Planting the Seeds of a Sustainable Planet
We’re reinventing what’s possible to enable a more sustainable world.
Climate Impact
Reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2031 (science-based target)1. Target beneficial use of 65% of our captured landfill gas by 20272.
People First
Promote a culture of belonging by increasing female representation from front line to leadership roles, and minority representation in manager and above roles.
Circularity
Increase recovery of materials by 60% to 25M tons per year by 2030, including an interim milestone of a 25% increase by 2025.
Safety
Reduce Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR), targeting 2.0 by 2030; and continued focus on prevention of serious injuries.
Social Impact
Positively impact 10 million people in our communities through targeted social impact programs by 2030, using the equivalent of 2% of our net income.
To learn more about our efforts in each of these areas, visit our Sustainability Hub.
1The target boundary includes land-related emission and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
2Updated target year to align with renewable natural gas facilities timeline.
Driving Change Through Action
“As North America’s leading provider of environmental solutions, WM plays a crucial role in helping to create a more sustainable future. For decades, we’ve helped keep our communities clean and safe by providing essential collection, disposal and recycling services to millions of businesses, homes and municipalities. Today, we continue to invest in WM’s infrastructure and offerings to help solve some of our customers’ toughest problems. Our work is guided by WM’s sustainability ambitions — material is repurposed, energy is renewable and communities are thriving.”
- Jim Fish, Chief Executive Officer
- Tara Hemmer, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
We're impacting
the communities we call home.
We're building
sustainable technology and infrastructure.
We're sharing
resources to help people Recycle Right®.
We're impacting
the communities we call home.
We're building
sustainable technology and infrastructure.
We're sharing
resources to help people Recycle Right®.
Always Working For a Sustainable Tomorrow®
Our key initiatives are focused on reducing environmental impact, facilitating circularity and empowering people to live sustainably.
To reduce emissions from our trucks, we didn't just switch to renewable fuels; we started producing them by capturing gases our landfills release and converting them to low-carbon fuel that powers a significant portion of our fleet.
We incorporated advanced data-collection technology into our trucks, making collection safer and more efficient while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
We also placed our first robot in a recycling facility located in Houston. Robotics at WM Recycling Facilities across North America enhance quality control and worker safety.
We made recycling more convenient by utilizing single-stream recycling on a mass scale. But recycling markets started to shift, causing more non-recyclable items to show up at our facilities. So we created new domestic markets to help absorb more materials.
We've collaborated with other sustainability leaders such as Dow and Repreve to find new ways of tackling old challenges stemming from difficult materials.