WMESG & Sustainability Jobs

North America's largest waste management and environmental services company, handling collection, recycling, and disposal.

WM (formerly Waste Management) is North America's largest provider of waste collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services. It serves millions of residential, commercial, and industrial customers across the United States and Canada through an extensive network of collection routes, transfer stations, landfills, and recycling facilities.

Why it matters

Waste and materials management sits at the center of the circular economy. WM operates recycling processing facilities that sort and recover paper, plastics, metals, and glass, diverting material from landfills. The company also captures landfill gas - methane generated by decomposing waste - and converts it into renewable natural gas or electricity, turning a potent greenhouse gas into usable energy. Roles like Sustainability District Manager and Recycling Education Representative reflect active investment in improving diversion rates and community engagement around recycling behavior.

With one of the largest fleets in North America and a footprint spanning hundreds of facilities, WM's operational decisions have direct, large-scale consequences for how much material is recovered versus landfilled across the continent.