Ken Ryan
District Manager
What are the current trends in Clean Technologies?
Sustainability is of great importance.
Today's customers want to know that the waste they generate is handled in the smartest way possible. They want solutions that are better for the environment and, at the same time, better for the bottom line. They want services that focus on reducing, recycling and recovering waste.
They also want waste to be used in beneficial ways, like generating renewable energy or creating alternative fuels that vehicles can run on. They want options for every waste stream, whether it comes from a house, restaurant, hospital or elsewhere. And we want that too.
Where do you see your company's growth?
Our focus remains steadfastly on continuing to lead the industry in our core businesses of collection and disposal, while also charting the course for the future management of waste.
We will extract greater value from the wide range of materials we collect. This is our goal, since today's customers are counting on us to develop and deliver solutions that are not only good for business, but good for the planet, too. We are doing it every day.
As North America's largest residential recycler, we expect to manage more than 20 million tons every year by 2020, up from the more than 12 million tons we handled in 2012. Part of that will come from expanding on proven technology to make recycling easier for consumers. Another part will be investing in future technologies, like converting organic waste from the materials stream to make high-end compost in some segments of the country.
Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 20 million customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. As part of its strategy, Waste Management is committed to developing new waste solutions that can help communities and organizations achieve their green goals, including zero waste.
With the largest network of recycling facilities, transfer stations and landfills in the industry, our entire business can adapt to meet the needs of every distinct customer group. In 2012, we worked with more than 100 Fortune 500 companies and helped more than 150 different communities become greener.
Waste Management is also a renewable energy provider, producing more than twice the amount of renewable electricity than the entire US solar industry. One of the ways we do this is by recovering the naturally occurring gas inside landfills to generate electricity, called landfill-gas-to-energy. By the end of 2012, we operated over 138 beneficial-use landfill-gas projects, producing enough energy to power nearly 500,000 homes.
District Manager
What are the current trends in Clean Technologies?
Sustainability is of great importance.
Today's customers want to know that the waste they generate is handled in the smartest way possible. They want solutions that are better for the environment and, at the same time, better for the bottom line. They want services that focus on reducing, recycling and recovering waste.
They also want waste to be used in beneficial ways, like generating renewable energy or creating alternative fuels that vehicles can run on. They want options for every waste stream, whether it comes from a house, restaurant, hospital or elsewhere. And we want that too.
Where do you see your company's growth?
Our focus remains steadfastly on continuing to lead the industry in our core businesses of collection and disposal, while also charting the course for the future management of waste.
We will extract greater value from the wide range of materials we collect. This is our goal, since today's customers are counting on us to develop and deliver solutions that are not only good for business, but good for the planet, too. We are doing it every day.
As North America's largest residential recycler, we expect to manage more than 20 million tons every year by 2020, up from the more than 12 million tons we handled in 2012. Part of that will come from expanding on proven technology to make recycling easier for consumers. Another part will be investing in future technologies, like converting organic waste from the materials stream to make high-end compost in some segments of the country.
Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 20 million customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. As part of its strategy, Waste Management is committed to developing new waste solutions that can help communities and organizations achieve their green goals, including zero waste.
With the largest network of recycling facilities, transfer stations and landfills in the industry, our entire business can adapt to meet the needs of every distinct customer group. In 2012, we worked with more than 100 Fortune 500 companies and helped more than 150 different communities become greener.
Waste Management is also a renewable energy provider, producing more than twice the amount of renewable electricity than the entire US solar industry. One of the ways we do this is by recovering the naturally occurring gas inside landfills to generate electricity, called landfill-gas-to-energy. By the end of 2012, we operated over 138 beneficial-use landfill-gas projects, producing enough energy to power nearly 500,000 homes.