...Waste Management, Inc. has grown to be the single largest waste handling company in the world. Data has shown that each person accumulates 4.5 pounds worth of trash each day (p35). Over time, Waste Management has seen a gradual environmental change in their customers. Corporations and households are greatly reducing the waste that they accrue. The main question Waste Management must ask themselves is this: How can our company combat the changes that our industry is currently going through? Waste Management must thoroughly examine their internal and external environmental analysis, along with a detailed SWOT analysis. Waste Management’s internal culture must have a clear vision for what the company stands for. Does the company want to focus on recycling? Landfill dumps? Zero waste? A combination? What ever it may be, Waste Management’s upper management must be able to adapt to their internal environment to make these tough decisions. One option, as the case described, send upper and middle level managers to a program that teaches the fundamentals in business. The upper management must realize that without the company employees, and clear communication, Waste Management is inadequate. Have an open discussion with all employees to determine what can be improved on within the company culture. Waste Management’s external environmental analysis shows a trend with customers wanting to recycle, sort at landfills, and ultimately, wanting zero waste. Waste Management is known for...
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...Waste Management, Inc. Strategic Case Analysis Submitted for Approval to: Dr. Jifu Wang LEADING EDGE CONSULTING Houston, TX The Leaders in Waste Management Group 1 Consultants Jason Cummings Correen Harrell Deanna Lewis Jim Upchurch David Woods Page 3 of 163 Table of Contents 1.0 2.0 2.1. 2.2. Executive Summary..........................................................................8 Background Information on Waste Management ..........................9 Brief History of Company............................................................................... 9 Historical Timeline of Important Events...................................................... 11 3.0 External Analysis ............................................................................13 3.1. General Environmental Analysis ................................................................. 13 3.1.1. Political/Legal Factors.............................................................................. 13 3.1.2. Economic Factors .................................................................................... 16 3.1.3. Sociocultural Factors ............................................................................... 20 3.1.4. Demographic Factors............................................................................... 21 3.1.5. Technological Factors.............................................................................. 25 3.1.6. Global Factors ...............................................
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...Law/Leg 100 February 27, 2012 Waste Management, Inc., headquartered in Houston, is the “nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator” (abclocal.go.com). Wikipedia.org sites the company’s vast network to include “367 collection operations, 355 transfer stations, 273 active landfill disposal sites, 16 waste-to-energy plants, 134 recycling plants, 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects and six independent power production plants.” Founded in 1894, Waste Management (WM) “offers environmental services to nearly 20 million residential, industrial, municipal and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.” “Together with its competitor Republic Services, Inc., the two handle more than half of all garbage collection in the United States” (wikipedia.org). In 2007, Waste Management announced its initiative to spend “hundreds of millions of dollars over the next dozen years to make its operations more environmentally friendly. The company plans to increase its energy production from waste, buy more fuel-efficient vehicles and more than double the amount of recyclable material it processes, among other initiatives” (abclocal.go.com). Waste Management’s CEO David Steiner explained to The Associated Press that “the "green" strategy will also boost Waste Management's bottom line. The company reported $13.4 billion in revenue in 2006” (abclocal.go.com). WM.com (Waste Management’s own website) proclaims that the company “uses waste to create enough energy to power...
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...Waste Management, Inc. is the nation's largest waste collector (Feder). In other words, they collect and recycle garbage. They are a known brand and dominate the regions of the country and Canada where they provide services. Grownups and kids alike see their trucks and think, "Garbage". Which could sound awful, but garbage is lucrative. In the early 1990's, Waste Management, instead of just picking up the garbage, provided garbage to their investors in the form of an accounting scandal which cost investors approximately $6 billion (Bloomberg News) and was described by Thomas C. Newkirk, associate director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement as "one of the most egregious accounting frauds we have seen" (SEC). What Mr. Newkirk is describing is a long-standing policy by those at the top of the executive rung at Waste Management to provide their auditors, auditing committee, and the public false and misleading numbers in a variety of ways. First, these highest level executives would set earnings targets without regard to current or recent past results. They would then manipulate the numbers to match the previously set targets. Why? They wished to show tremendous growth in their business which would enrich them personally as they kept their jobs regardless of actual results. They also reaped the benefit of higher bonuses and increased income as they sold off their personal shares of the company at market prices which did not reflect the actual company results. It would be akin...
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...Historical Research on Waste Management Sean Depkin Jones International University Abstract Waste management is a necessary industry and has been traced back to 3000 B.C. It originally started off garbage dumps or landfills and has progressed to recycling facilities and incinerators that produce both heat and energy from the burned waste. It has been influenced by both motorized transportation and the advances in technology. The most influential person in the waste management industry in the U.S. has been Wayne Huizenga, who saw how to take smaller, independent companies and acquire them into the largest company in the industry. He was able to do that by using stock in his company to make the acquisitions instead of taking out loans from the banks. Waste management and corruption have always been associated with one another because of mafia ownership and even accounting debacles. It is a business that really did not take much to get into other than some capital and transportation. With the decline of available resources and the demand for fewer issues with hazardous waste, an advanced college degree has been necessary to get into management or in the design of the facilities and treatment of waste. Some countries such as Denmark have even advanced as far as to only use their landfills for about 6% of their waste, recycling and incinerating the rest (Buch-Andersen, 2005). Because of booming populations and economies, as well as the planet running out of room for...
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...Junk King Executive Summary In 2005, Mike Andreacchi and Brian Reardon recognized that there were customers looking for dependable junk hauling service to clear clutter and unwanted items from homes and business. This acknowledgement inspired them to establish Junk King that specializes in providing junk removal and hauling services to all types of customers, ranging from homeowners to retailers. Junk King’s franchise model is adaptable for those from different career field who seek to be an entrepreneur, and to have higher financial income. Experience in waste collection is not required to establish a franchise as Junk King will provide proper training before the establishment of your own franchise. In addition, a support line is always available for day-to-day support. Junk King’s operations focus on solving their potential customers’ junk-related problems by highly value their customers: * Time Junk King offers a same day appointment service. The booking could either be done online or through a phone call. In addition, they offer an on-site price appraisal by trained employees. Because of this timely services homeowners, realtors, or business owners could schedule their time accordingly and still have spare time for their other plans. * Space One of Junk King’s differentiating values is that they are able to work in fast-paced environment while maintaining an emphasis on quality through paying attention to detail. Junk King always strives in exceeding...
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...the+environment&oq=native+american+love+the+environment&gs The featured business is a small health care company, Fellowship Senior Services, that provides health care services to 104 senior citizen and young disable adults in three locations. Fellowship Senior Services operates two Adult/ Senior Day Program that serve 80 to 90 people a day ( six to eight hours a day), and it runs an Assisted Living facility that serve 24 residents, 24 hours a day. To protect the environment and conserving g world resources, the company engages in a recycling and waste management program. It takes leadership effort by the owner to keep the program going. Though the company effort to protect the environment and conserve world resources is small in lieu of what other big companies can do, the planet benefit and so does the company. Environmental Considerations and Recommendation Consideration: The Company engaged in a waste...
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...population growth. Consumerism grew, and so did the production of waste. Local communities could no longer handle the waste on their own. Small waste disposal companies began to emerge. A notable company of the time is Ace Scavenger. In 1956, this company worked with 12 dump trucks, and had revenue of about $750,000. This was the perfect time to be in the waste management business because of the projected growth; Ace Scavenger saw the industry’s potential and began expanding itself by buying and creating similar companies. With the amount of continuous growth in the industry, the responsibility to treat waste properly was very important. The use of open dumps, and burning methods were starting to show negative...
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...CASE: THE RECYCLE BIN Subject: Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Management (EEM) Date: 18th August, 2012 Class: 3rd Semester, MBA (Section ‘A’) www.kuppathotti.com intends to help out busy people to throw away and get money for their pile of house hold junk like old newspaper, milk cover, broken things and plastic wastes etc., at door step. The company avails this service upon the request sent to its bin(online website). The service is not only for individuals but also for the organizations who find themselves deluged with a mountain of paper and for the organizations or for individuals who Want to be eco-friendly and save the nation Want to spend their little leisure time with family but not to trash their junk Want to make money their your door steps for their house hold junk? Don’t find time to sell their house hold junk Are lazy to go out and sell their trash Don’t find scrap buyers around their residence Don’t want to trouble the elders by assigning the task of searching scrap buyers nearby. ABOUT THE COMPANY Founders: Mr. Joseph Jegan and Mrs.Sujata Jegan As streets overflow with recyclable garbage, and cities struggle with inept garbage management systems, kuppathotti.com is certainly an idea whose time has come. Kuppathotti is the Tamil word for a garbage bin. The online venture offers doorstep collection of recyclable garbage, and even pays for the junk it takes. Within six months of existence, it has 3,500 registered...
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...TideeKleen Waste Management Inc. (TK) has been regarded as a leader in corporate citizenship within the Canadian commercial waste recycling and disposal sector, with a strong reputation for social and environmental responsibility. The company’s workers are unionized, well-paid, and enjoy a generous health benefits package and defined-benefit pension plan. Unfortunately, TK has been in a financial and reputational slump of late, and its stock price has been sagging. TK operates several facilities for sorting and processing solid waste (some of which, such as fluorescent tubes and electronic devices, containing potential hazardous components). Its newer facilities are state-of-the-art: high-tech, largely automated, and very safe for both workers and the environment. These new facilities employ a small, mostly young and highly skilled work force. They are very profitable. The older facilities are approaching the end of their functional lifespans, and the company will need to replace their capacity in order to continue to fulfill their contracts with waste generators. Many of the workers at the older facilities are themselves older and are approaching retirement. One of the older facilities, though complying with the relevant industry and regulatory standards of the day, has turned out to have contaminated its site with certain toxic substances. The Ministry of the Environment has issued a clean-up order for the site and technical consultants have informed management that the...
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...HOUSEHOLD WASTES - CASE STUDY OF ALIMOSHO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IYANA IPAJA AND ENVIRONS) LAGOS STATE BY ANWULI JOY NWOSU MATRIC NO: 030802060 In Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Master in Environmental Management (MEM) OCTOBER, 2014 CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this research project on Preparedness of Household waste sorting around Iyana Ipaja and its environs as a case study was done by Joy………… in the department of Chemistry under the supervision of my Project Supervisor. ……………………………………… ……………………………… Prject Supervisor Date ……………………………….. ……………………………………. (HOD, Chemistry Department, Unilag) Date DEDICATION AKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT This study examines the overview and the concepts of household waste sorting – waste prevention, collection, recycling and reuse, followed by household analysis using empirical data. The analysis shows the average mean weight composition of household waste sortingat source ranges from 0.50kg to 0.63kg paper, 2.21kg to 3.29kg putrescibles, 0.85kg to 1.41kg glass, 0.52kg to 0.68 plastic and 0.89kg to 1.20kg cans. The average percentage composition of wastes ranges from 10% paper to 45% putrescibles. From the analysis, there is a low level of household awareness about the preparedness of household waste sorting at source, and hence low level of participation in household waste sorting, disposal and recycling. The study also concludes the need for strengthening the relationship of proper waste management framework...
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...Egypt is home to the largest Middle Eastern population and is also the home of a large young population. With this significant young and skilled labor workforce, and high GDP growth potential, Egypt appears to have substantial opportunities for businesses. But with current political revolution and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, how will Egypt’s economy be affected, and how should businesses respond? What industries and businesses are best to invest in? Section 1: Business Opportunities Although Egypt has a stable currency, low external debt, and a stable banking sector, the political instability and corruption from the past has hurt the current Egyptian economy. According to the Associated Press, “About 40 percent of Egypt's population of 80 million people lives on or below the World Bank's 2 dollars per day poverty benchmark. Corruption is rife and Egyptians have accused Mubarak's business friends and fellow power brokers of robbing the country blind for years through the privatization process, sweetheart business deals, cut-rate prices for state lands and other kickbacks that came with the trappings of power (What the Future Holds for the Egyptian Economy). Certain industries, in particular tourism, have been beaten by the affects of protests as foreigners fled the country. But, with Mubarak’s resignation, “businesses and consumers” should be convinced “that the turmoil of the past few years is over and that it is once again safe to invest, spend, hire and...
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...Table of Content Q1 & Q2: Data Interpretation & Analysis ............................................................................ 1 Q3 & Q4: To Pack or Not To Pack ......................................................................................... 7 Recycling & Rewards .............................................................................................................. 9 Go Green to Gain “Greenback” ........................................................................................... 10 Tierra y Fuego – Earth (Land fill) and Fire (Combustion) ............................................... 13 Money, Money, Money........................................................................................................... 14 Cul-De-Sac .............................................................................................................................. 15 Leachate Attack...................................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 17 Reference ................................................................................................................................ 18 Q1 & Q2: Data Interpretation & Analysis As shown in the table, anomaly data in year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2012 is assumed to be unknown...
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...Solid Waste Management: An Overview Of Bioreactor Landfills Anusha John#, Ajay kumar K#, Abdul Shiyas M A#, Sreenath H# Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut NIT Campus P O, PIN 673601, Kerala 1manjalyjohn@gmail.com 2ajaykumar@nitc.ac.in 3shiyas2003@yahoo.co.in 4srinad@gmail.com Abstract--- A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is one of the most common methods of solid waste management in various parts of the world. Significant environmental and economic benefits can be gained by making small changes in the way the landfills are operated. Bioreactor landfill is a promising biotechnological option for faster stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). It changes the goal of landfilling from the storage of waste to the treatment of waste. In a bioreactor landfill environment, the solid waste actively decomposes rather than being simply buried in a dry tomb. This active decomposition is possible because over half the MSW is comprised of organic material (food, paper, etc.), which will decompose fairly rapidly under the right conditions. Rather than being kept dry, the solid waste is actively moistened by injecting leachate into the landfilled solid waste to accelerate decomposition. The anaerobic conditions in a conventional landfill can be replaced with aerobic conditions by introducing air into the solid waste and thus enhancing the biological process. Studies show that a bioreactor landfill...
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