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Thursday, October 20, 2011

How Waste Management Treats Waste as Resource

GreenBiz.com
By Tilde Herrera
Published October 10, 2011

If you're at all familiar with Waste Management, you're aware that it's not just a garbage company anymore.

In this era of zero waste frenzy, Waste Management is doing just that -- helping its customers get to zero. But the Houston-based firm also has a presence in the renewable energy, biofuels and chemical sectors, and you can count it as a major investor in next generation of technologies designed to maximize the value of the materials it collects.

That's because for Waste Management, garbage isn't just garbage anymore.

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