Waste Management 2013 Annual Report Download - page 120

The following table summarizes our various operations at December 31 for the periods noted:
2013 2012
Landfills:
Owned ............................................................. 209 211
Operated through lease agreements ...................................... 22 24
Operated through contractual agreements ................................. 36 34
267 269
Transfer stations ......................................................... 300 297
Material recovery facilities ................................................. 120 114
Secondary processing facilities ............................................. 5 12
Waste-to-energy facilities .................................................. 16 17
Independent power production plants ........................................ 4 5
The following table provides certain information regarding the 231 landfills owned or operated through
lease agreements and a count of landfills operated through contractual agreements, transfer stations and material
recovery facilities as of December 31, 2013:
Landfills Owned or Operated
Through Lease Agreements
Landfills
Operating
Through
Contractual
Agreements
Transfer
Stations
Material
Recovery
FacilitiesLandfills
Total
Acreage(a)
Permitted
Acreage(b)
Expansion
Acreage(c)
Solid Waste .................. 227 145,598 37,238 1,314 36 297 120
Wheelabrator ................. 4 781 341 — — 3 —
231 146,379 37,579 1,314 36 300 120
(a) “Total acreage” includes permitted acreage, expansion acreage, other acreage available for future disposal
that has not been permitted, buffer land and other land owned or leased by our landfill operations.
(b) “Permitted acreage” consists of all acreage at the landfill encompassed by an active permit to dispose of
waste.
(c) “Expansion acreage” consists of unpermitted acreage where the related expansion efforts meet our criteria to
be included as expansion airspace. A discussion of the related criteria is included within Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical
Accounting Estimates and Assumptions included herein.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
Information regarding our legal proceedings can be found under the Environmental Matters and Litigation
sections of Note 11 in the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Information concerning mine safety and other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K is included in Exhibit
95 to this annual report.
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