Talk:WM (Waste Management) (company)

message: Should the article be renamed to WM, now that Waste Management officially goes by WM as its brand name/d.b.a name?
Regardless, the new logo which drops the name "Waste Management" and just has the WM monogram needs to be added in place of the current infobox image. 
Superdadsuper (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming article to WM, new logo needed 

message: Would another editor be able to help bring some of the information in this article up to date?
* Logo:The current logo is out of date. A new one is available at the cited source.'''
* Infobox - Headquarters: The headquarters location in the infobox lists the old headquarters. The current headquarters are still in Houston, TX, but are now in Bank of America Tower.'''
* Infobox - Headquarters: Since the headquarters have changed, the image of the headquarters is also now out of date. If editors agree that the image should be replaced, photos of the new headquarters are available at the above source.
* Infobox - Products: In the Products section of the Infobox, Pack-RAT should be removed since it is no longer available.
* Infobox - Services: Security Services should be removed since it’s no longer offered. This can be replaced with Sustainability Advisory Services. 
* Infobox - Financial Data: Financial data in the infobox is from 2020. 2022 numbers from the cited source are: Revenue - $19.698 Billion, Operating Income - $3.365 Billion, Net Income - $2.238 Billion, Total Assets - $31.367 Billion, Total Equity - $6.864 Billion'''
* Article Update: In the first sentence of the second paragraph of the article, the numbers of transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities, and landfill gas projects are out of date. The current numbers from the cited source are: Transfer stations - 337, Landfills - 254, Recycling facilities - 97, Landfill gas projects - 135.
* Article Update: Renaming the article to reflect the new WM branding has previously been mentioned on this page. The rest of the article could also be reviewed to update the naming, such as in the introductory section of the article.
Thank you for your time!
Shistavan (talk) 19:17, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Update Requests - November 7, 2023 

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Regards,  Spintendo  03:30, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 7-NOV-2023

message: I just wanted to follow up on my previous requests from November which are still outstanding:
* Logo: The image of WM's current logo which I previously uploaded has been resized. If someone could please update the logo in the article, the new logo is available here: :File:Logo_for_WM.png'''
* Infobox - Products: In the Products section of the Infobox, Pack-RAT should be removed since it is no longer available.
* Infobox - Services: Security Services should be removed since it’s no longer offered. This can be replaced with Sustainability Advisory Services. 
* Infobox - Financial Data: Financial data in the infobox is from 2020. 2022 numbers from the cited source are: Revenue - $19.698 Billion, Operating Income - $3.365 Billion, Net Income - $2.238 Billion, Total Assets - $31.367 Billion, Total Equity - $6.864 Billion'''
* Article Update: In the first sentence of the second paragraph of the article, the numbers of transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities, and landfill gas projects are out of date. The current numbers from the cited source are: Transfer stations - 337, Landfills - 254, Recycling facilities - 97, Landfill gas projects - 135.
* Article Update: Since the company has rebranded to WM, could the opening sentence of the article be revised to reflect this? Perhaps something along the lines of, "WM, formerly Waste Management, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America." Per WP:COMMONNAME, I've found several news articles from both industry news outlets and general news outlets which use WM instead of Waste Management or discuss the branding change to show that the name is now in common use. Would it be appropriate for the article to be renamed? 
* Article Update: Additionally, the article currently has a notice about promotional content and I agree that there is content on here that should be removed. Can the Marketing section please be removed, along with the parts about Undercover Boss and a NASCAR sponsorship from the History section? For the Recycling section, could this be edited down to something like:
As of 2023, WM operated 97 recycling facilities. WM has also participated in recycling-focused initiatives with other companies:
* LG Electronics for electronic waste recycling
* Live Nation Entertainment for recycling at sports and music venues
* PepsiCo for beverage container recycling
* Valero Energy for waste-to-fuel conversion technology
* Enerkem for converting waste to ethanol
If there's anything else I can provide to help support these changes, please let me know. Thank you for your time and assistance!
Shistavan (talk) 20:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi @Shistavan this looks good to me at first glance, but I'll take a closer look and post. --FeldBum (talk) 22:14, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

text: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Looks fine to me so feel free to go ahead and make the changes :) Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 14:04, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, @Zippybonzo! I've made all the changes you approved. But before I try to make any changes to the article name, I just wanted to clarify if that change was also okay to make. Thanks again! Shistavan (talk) 19:56, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Update Requests - February 5, 2024 

message: I suggest we move WM (Waste Management) (company) to Waste Management, Inc. to make it shorter and also because the current name is way too long. WiinterU 21:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Two sets of parenthesis / disambiguators in the article title makes no sense. Agree with @WiinterU on the title reflecting the legal name of the company in this case. Ptrnext (talk) 06:54, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move May 31, 2024