Waste Management of Orange County Receives Cal/OSHA's Safety Certification

One of Only Five Companies in Orange County and 31 in California
to be So Designated
ORANGE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Waste Management of Orange County has achieved Cal/OSHA's esteemed
"SHARP," or Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program,
designation at its four sites in Orange County, the company announced
today.

County Supervisors Bill Campbell and Janet Nguyen and Orange Mayor
Carolyn Cavecche helped preside over the luncheon and ceremony
yesterday that honored Waste Management employees. Cal/OSHA regional
manager Michael Alvarez presented the honor to Waste Management.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration SHARP designation is
designed to meet the Federal OSHA requirements. Certified businesses
must demonstrate active management commitment and employee involvement
in their safety and health management systems.

"I am pleased to honor Waste Management in this achievement," said
County Supervisor Bill Campbell. "I know safety is a critical factor
in Waste Management's operations and I am glad to be part of their
official recognition in keeping Orange County safer."

"A safe work environment is essential to us at Waste Management,"
said David Ross, senior district manager. "We know that by maintaining
extra-safe operations, we prevent accidents in the workplace and out
in the community. This recognition from Cal/OSHA is rewarding to us as
we've really seen our employees go the extra mile in keeping
operations safe."

All Waste Management employees receive safety training appropriate
for their positions within the company - whether serving as a driver
of a collection vehicle, maintenance technician or within the office -
and participate in regular safety refresher courses or additional
trainings as needed. Waste Management also has an employee safety
committee and made up of employees with the site's best safety records
that provide recommendations for safety improvements, root cause
analyses of incidents and share best practices.

Waste Management of Orange County serves more than 200,000
residential customers and approximately 15,000 commercial customers in
nine cities and several unicorporated regions of the county. The
company also provides 3,500 industrial customers with roll-off service
for bins or specials compacters each week. From yards located in Santa
Ana and Irvine, Waste Management of Orange County's 500 employees
deploy 300 trucks up to seven days per week to provide residential,
commercial, and industrial trash collection, recycling services and
dumpster rentals.

For more information about Waste Management, visit
www.wmorangecounty.com.

Waste Management (NYSE: WMI), based in Houston, Texas, is the
leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North
America. Our subsidiaries provide collection, transfer, recycling and
resource recovery, and disposal services. We are also a leading
developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill
gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. Our customers include
residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers
throughout North America.

Waste Management
Jennifer Andrews, 619-890-4698
jandrews@wm.com

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