Several EGA members also objected. In 1990, WMI was formally rebuffed. In spite of this, several EGA members continued to urge that WMI be allowed to join the association, and earlier this year, the company was successful in gaining entry into the organization. Jack the Ripper's recycling program With environmentalists charging it with interfering with efforts to reduce waste and promote recycling, WMI has publicized its recycling program. We believe recycling is an important component of an effective integrated waste management plan.
Critics denounce the company's recycling program as cynical and, in some cases, fraudulent.
Several incidents reveal the hollowness of WMI's recycling claims. In Oceanside, California, grassroots leaders blew the whistle on an illegal WMI transfer station which was calling itself a recycling center. The complaint led the city to order WMI to shut down or go through a required permitting process. Grassroots leaders in Camden, Arizona witnessed WMI dumping newspapers collected for recycling in a landfill. WMI did not deny the charges of fake recycling.