Company profile

Future of Waste Management

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Rank
693
| Quantumrun Global 1000

Waste Management, Inc. is a US waste management, comprehensive environmental, and waste services company in North America. Established in 1971, the company is headquartered in the First City Tower in Houston, Texas. Waste Management provides environmental services to nearly 27 million industrial, commercial, residential, and municipal customers in Canada, the United States, and Puerto Rico. The company has the biggest trucking fleet in the waste industry. Together with its competitor Republic Services, Inc, the two handle over half of all garbage collection in America.

Home Country:
Industry:
Waste Management
Founded:
1968
Global employee count:
41200
Domestic employee count:
Number of domestic locations:
43

Financial Health

Revenue:
$13609000000 USD
3y average revenue:
$13522000000 USD
Operating expenses:
$11313000000 USD
3y average expenses:
$11308666667 USD
Funds in reserve:
$32000000 USD
Market country
Revenue from country
0.95

Asset Performance

  1. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Commercial
    Product/Service revenue
    3480000000
  2. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Landfill
    Product/Service revenue
    3110000000
  3. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Residential
    Product/Service revenue
    2487000000

Innovation assets and Pipeline

Total patents held:
114

All company data collected from its 2016 annual report and other public sources. The accuracy of this data and the conclusions derived from them depend on this publicly accessible data. If a data point listed above is discovered to be inaccurate, Quantumrun will make the necessary corrections to this live page. 

DISRUPTION VULNERABILITY

Belonging to the business services sector means this company will be affected directly and indirectly by a number of disruptive opportunities and challenges over the coming decades. While described in detail within Quantumrun’s special reports, these disruptive trends can be summarized along the following broad points:

*The shrinking cost and increasing computational capacity of artificial intelligence systems will lead to its greater use across a number of applications within the business services world. All regimented or codified tasks and professions will see greater automation, leading to dramatically reduced operating costs and sizeable layoffs of white and blue-collar employees.

*Blockchain technology will be co-opted and integrated into the operations of a range of business services providers, significantly reducing transaction costs and automating complex contract agreements.

COMPANY’S FUTURE PROSPECTS

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