Waste Management, Inc. Announces Midwestern Group Senior Vice President

Date: March 31, 2006

Source: Business Wire

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) today announced Jeff M. Harris as the new senior vice president of the Midwestern Group, which encompasses 16 states in the U.S. and operations in Toronto and Southwestern Ontario in Canada. He succeeds Robert Damico, who is retiring after more than 25 years with the company.

"Since 1999, Jeff has served Waste Management in key operating leadership positions," said Larry O'Donnell, president and chief operating officer of Waste Management. "Jeff has operations, technical and field experience that will be invaluable to the company as we work towards achieving our goals of operational excellence."

Jeff joined Waste Management in 1999 and was most recently Area Vice President in charge of the Michigan, SW Ontario and Greater Toronto Market Areas. Prior to his most recent position, he was president of Canadian Waste with responsibility for all of our operations in Canada.

Having spent his entire career in this industry, Jeff brings more than 28 years of experience to this position. Prior to joining Waste Management, he worked 17 years with Browning Ferris Industries, Inc., managing operations within the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. He also spent 4 years working for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Jeff is a graduate of Ohio State University with a B.S. in Natural Resources.

More information: www.wm.com.

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