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s we look back on the year 2008, we are pleased that we have been able to make
significant progress for all of our stakeholders.
For our shareholders, we have worked diligently to perform in a responsive and responsible
manner to deliver the results they expect. They can count on us to continue to do our best.
For our customers, we have taken important steps to serve them better and to introduce
new services. They can count on us to continue to be the leader in waste solutions.
For our people, we have continued our efforts to be a company that values and respects each
individual and offers them opportunities to grow personally and professionally. They can count
on Waste Management to be a best place to work.
For the communities where we work and live, we have been able to show our deep
commitment to their welfare and safety, in big ways and small. They can count on us
to be there.
For the environment on which we all depend, and for all those with whom we share our air,
water, and land, we have sought to be exemplary stewards. We will continue the pursuit of
sustainability as if our future depends on it. You can count on it.
encourage individuals to take greater
responsibility for improving communities
through litter prevention, waste reduction, and
beautification efforts. Waste Management helps
stage Great American Cleanup events in cities
across the country, supplying organizational and
financial support as well as volunteers.
• In San Antonio, Waste Management developed a
30-acre sports park at our Covel Gardens Landfill
to serve hundreds of young athletes playing
baseball, soccer and football. The complex, built
on buffer property around the landfill, fills a
community need for local teams of all ages, and
the football field serves as home field for a local
Pop Warner League team.
• Created in 2004, the Women’s Professional
Network (WPN) supports Waste Management’s
women employees through professional
development that promotes and reinforces our
company’s values, operating philosophies, and
business goals. A major 2008 WPN
accomplishment was the creation of five
customized toolkits designed to help women
to develop managerial and leadership
competencies. With these toolkits, the network,
and the support of senior management, women
can derive more value from their careers while
advancing their professional and personal
development.
• By transforming a closed landfill site in Illinois
into a sports complex, Waste Management
provided Antioch High School with its first-ever
“home field” for a number of sports. Waste
Management also constructed a 360-kilowatt
cogeneration plant for electricity at the school
and combined it with a system that uses waste
heat from generators to preheat the boilers that
heat the school, providing total savings of
$100,000 per year.
28 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
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