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EXHIBIT 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Waste Management, Inc. Elects Bradbury H. Anderson to Board of Directors
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Waste Management
Web site
http://www.wm.com
http://www.wm.com
Analysts
Ed Egl
713.265.1656
eegl@wm.com
Ed Egl
713.265.1656
eegl@wm.com
Media
Lynn Brown
713.394.5093
lynnbrown@wm.com
Lynn Brown
713.394.5093
lynnbrown@wm.com
HOUSTON August 15, 2011 Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) today
announced that Bradbury H. Anderson, formerly Vice Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Best Buy Co. Inc., was elected to its Board of Directors on
Thursday, August 11th.
Mr. Andersons career at Best Buy included a broad range of experiences. Mr.
Anderson started at Best Buy in 1973, and held various assignments of
increasing responsibility before being named Vice President in 1981. He was
named President and Chief Operating Officer for Best Buy in 1991. In 2002, Mr.
Anderson assumed the responsibility of Vice Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer for Best Buy. He retired from his Chief Executive Officer role in June
2009.
Brad led Best Buy through a highly successful customer segmentation
transformation during a time of significant change in the electronics retail
business. We believe that his experience in customer focus and segmenting will
provide invaluable perspective and guidance to both our Board and our
management team. We are pleased to have him as part of our team, said David P.
Steiner, Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management.
Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Denver.
He was a member of the Best Buy board of directors until his retirement in June
2010, and currently serves on the board of Carlson, a private travel and
hospitality company, and General Mills.
The election of Mr. Anderson brings the size of Waste Managements Board of
Directors to nine members, eight of whom are independent.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider
of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its
subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource
recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading developer, operator and
owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United
States. The companys customers include residential, commercial, industrial,
and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more information
about Waste Management visit www.wm.com or www.thinkgreen.com.
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