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Waste Management Inc.

Rank among all TRI companies: 1,016
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 36,693
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 573,188
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 5,168
EJ: Poor Share: 29%
EJ: Minority Share: 85%

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This company is rank 38 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Asbestos (friable) 2 0 2,352 45.51% 28.9% 85.6%
Chromium 38 0 1,407 27.23% 29.5% 85.3%
Arsenic 8 0 564 10.91% 28.2% 84.7%
Nickel 65 0 377 7.30% 29.8% 86.5%
Nickel compounds 25 0 134 2.60% 30.0% 86.3%
Cobalt 1 0 114 2.21% 29.7% 86.5%
Cobalt compounds 1 0 112 2.17% 29.6% 86.5%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 5 0 42 0.82% 34.0% 70.1%
Cadmium compounds 5 0 33 0.64% 34.0% 70.1%
Naphthalene 8,405 6,374 13 0.26% 14.0% 24.8%
Lead 46 0 6 0.12% 29.8% 86.4%
Copper 776 0 6 0.12% 30.9% 87.8%
Polychlorinated biphenyls 2 504 2 0.03% 36.8% 72.7%
Barium 29 0 1 0.03% 29.9% 86.8%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 49 8,121 1 0.02% 14.9% 27.5%
Zinc (fume or dust) 443 0 0 0.01% 29.9% 86.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 35 0 0 0.00% 31.2% 86.6%
Ethylbenzene 818 8,782 0 0.00% 14.7% 26.6%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 36 0 0 0.00% 28.6% 85.2%
Lead compounds 5 0 0 0.00% 34.0% 70.1%
Mercury 3 0 0 0.00% 28.4% 81.2%
Vanadium (except when contained in an alloy) 76 0 0 0.00% 29.7% 86.5%
Manganese compounds 5 0 0 0.00% 34.0% 70.1%
Manganese 15 0 0 0.00% 15.1% 27.8%
Zinc compounds 67 0 0 0.00% 29.7% 85.7%
Acrylic acid 5 0 0 0.00% 34.1% 70.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 2,427 64,062 0 0.00% 14.4% 25.9%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 6 506 0 0.00% 15.1% 28.2%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like 0 0 0 0.00% 13.4% 34.3%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 5 0 0 0.00% 19.6% 79.4%
Nitric acid 5 1,450 0 0.00% 34.0% 70.1%
Methanol 19,023 45,223 0 0.00% 14.9% 27.2%
Toluene 4,186 28,099 0 0.00% 14.7% 26.8%
Formaldehyde 0 500 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0 750 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenanthrene 76 3,029 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 30,042 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Styrene 0 6,100 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Ethylene glycol 0 47,484 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenol 0 1,005 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Diethanolamine 0 250 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Hexachlorobenzene 0 80 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Trifluralin 0 130 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Toxaphene 0 60 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Creosote 0 314,827 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyanide compounds 0 3,300 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Diisocyanates 0 1,000 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0 11 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 0 1,500 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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