secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-13T13:09:10+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-059860
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WM promotes Tara Hemmer to COO; Rafa Carrasco retiring in July
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- Hemmer promoted to EVP & COO, reporting to President John Morris; she continues overseeing Sustainability businesses.
- Hemmer's base salary raised to $850k, target cash incentive 105%, receives RSU grant valued at $575k.
- Carrasco, SVP Enterprise Strategy & President WM Healthcare Solutions, retires effective July 17, 2026.
- Carrasco led Stericycle acquisition & integration; Healthcare Solutions will now report to President Morris.
- Hemmer has 27-year WM tenure, previously Chief Sustainability Officer, led addition of 14 RNG sites and 37 recycling facilities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926059860/0001104659-26-059860-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926059860/tm2614440d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-059860

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