Dive summary:

• As the country moves towards zero waste, waste haulers have to adapt to the new waste model and one of the best examples of adaptability is Waste Management.
• To keep up with changing demands, Waste Management has been changing their waste hauling procedure to accompany reuse and recycling.
• Other companies that are depending solely on hauling fees and delivering waste to landfills are quickly falling behind and ten years from now are expected to have an especially hard time keeping up.

From the article:

While Waste Management is clearly not the only company adopting integrated waste management practices, there are still some waste companies that continue to rely on profits from landfill disposal rates and high waste volumes.

"If your business model is predicated on continued landfilling, you're not going to be in business very long, you're going to have to diversify," said Walter Willis, executive director of the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, Ill. "I think it's the companies that are looking ahead, investing in the right technologies, that will continue to be successful or will be successful in the future." ...