On the record · Company

Waste Management, Inc.

Public waste-management and environmental-services company (NYSE: WM).

Research depth

Transactions sourced

At least one recorded transaction has a public source.

Record updated Aug. 29, 2026

Current ownership

Current owner not established

This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.

Ownership and transaction history

Chronology from recorded ownership periods, transactions and reviewed outcome events. Event order does not imply causation.

Oct. 30, 2020

Waste Management acquires Advanced Disposal Services

Strategic acquisition · Completed · Recorded transaction

Sources and evidence

Recorded transaction sources

These support a recorded transaction row. They have not passed the separate evidence-review process.

  1. R1
    Waste Management Completes $4.6 Billion Acquisition of Advanced Disposal

    Waste Management, Inc. · Company announcement · Oct. 30, 2020

    Supports: Entity record; Recorded transaction

What we do not know

These are gaps in the public record, not findings about the organization.

  • The organization's operating status has not been researched.
  • No current public ownership assessment has been published.

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