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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-041897"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WM"
cik: "0000823768"
company_name: "WASTE MANAGEMENT INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:10:01.516096+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WM targets nearly doubling 2019 adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow by 2027

## Summary
- Virtual Sustainability Investor Day held April 5, 2023; focuses on renewable energy and recycling investments.
- CEO Jim Fish says plan expected to nearly double 2019 adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow by 2027.
- Sustainability investments positioned as a growth engine for customers and shareholders.
- Presentation materials and replay available at investors.wm.com.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-041897
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WM
- cik: 0000823768
- company_name: WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465923041897/0001104659-23-041897-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465923041897/tm2311370d1_8k.htm

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