When industry leaders unite, every day can feel like Earth Day. In addition to being your most trusted provider, WM is joining forces with trailblazing businesses to drive meaningful collaboration on recycling initiatives.
Since becoming the official sustainability partner of
Major League BaseballTM, WM has launched game day initiatives to increase community involvement, cut food waste and expand recycling education.
Participating sports venues are implementing enhanced recycling systems that can divert more materials from landfills and educate fans at scale.
Polypropylene cold beverage cups have officially earned the Widely Recyclable designation from How2Recycle®. With that designation, 60% of U.S. households now have access to recycling programs that accept these cups.
Read the WM media release to learn more about this exciting development.
At least 60% of U.S. households now have access to recycling programs that accept these cups.
Investing in optical sorting will increase speed and accuracy to avoid contamination at recycling facilities.
By mid-2026, every single-stream recycling facility will be able to accept, sort and market both polypropylene and paper cups.
WM launched a custom solution program with global retailer Anthropologie to collect a hard-to-recycle plastic.
The program has reduced transportation distances for plastic film collection by 50% and diverted over 89,000 pounds of plastic from landfills since its launch. In an effort to expand the program's success, other retailers have reached out to Antrhopologie to learn more about the process and how they can apply it to their business practices.
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