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Waste Management
Waste Disposal & Recycling | Waste Management
About Waste Management
WM provides comprehensive waste management environmental services. The company serves a wide range of customers, including residential, commercial, and industrial clients across North America. Its business model is centered on the collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and resource recovery of waste. WM makes money through fees charged for these services, with different pricing structures for residential curbside pickup, commercial contracts, and industrial waste solutions. The company is also increasingly focused on sustainability, investing in recycling technologies and renewable energy projects, such as landfill-gas-to-energy conversion. This dual approach of traditional waste disposal and innovative resource recovery allows WM to cater to a broad market while also addressing the growing demand for environmentally responsible practices.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Listed
- Founded
- 1968
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Listing
- IPO 1988
- Employees
- 29,034
- Open positions
- 571
- Dealroom signal
- 80.2/100
- Industry
- Energy
- Sector
- Energy, Recycling, Waste Reduction
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 6 companies, latest Jun 2024
- Capital deployed
- $50M
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST IPO EQUITY✓Other financing | Dec 2025 | $0 | — | Third View Private Wealth | ↗ |
| POST IPO DEBT✓Debt | Oct 2024 | $5.2B | — | Undisclosed | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Waste Management is 3.1M monthly website visits. Waste Management's team grew 39.2% over the past year.
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage
Northeast Pennsylvania Financial Corp
Third View Private Wealth
Other known investors1 additional known investor
First Analysis
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