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ThinkGreenFromHome.com Provides Hawaii Residents Streamlined Consumer Recycling Solution for Household Electronic Waste

Kapolei, Hawaii, July 16, 2008 – Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI), North America’s leading provider of comprehensive waste management services, and parent company of Waste Management of Hawaii, today launched ThinkGreenFromHome.com, a streamlined online service for the recycling of universal household waste including compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), batteries, and eventually other household electronics. ThinkGreenFromHome.com offers consumers convenient mail-in solutions to safely store and recycle heavy metal containing household devices, as well as resources to encourage household sustainability. This service is a convenient way for kamaaina to “think green” and do their part to reduce the opala going into Hawaii’s landfills.

CFL recycling represents the core service ThinkGreenFromHome.com offers consumers. CFLs provide energy savings and help reduce a household’s environmental profile. However, since the devices contain mercury, proper handling and disposal of the bulbs is an important consideration. CFL use is growing rapidly – it is expected that some 4 billion CFLs will be in household use by 2012 – but safe, convenient methods for recycling CFLs and other household universal waste have previously been lacking. Along with CFLs, “e-waste” is also part of the rapidly growing universal household waste stream.

To safely store and recycle used CFLs and batteries, customers can order online and receive prepaid-postage kits delivered to their door. Think Green® From Home CFL recycling kits incorporate Mercury VaporLokTM technology, which is designed to reduce the risk of airborne exposure and environmental contamination from lamps broken during storage and shipping.

The kits are suitable for both the storage and transport of discarded bulbs or batteries and are approved for shipping by the United States Postal Service. Consumers can ship the boxes directly from their home or at any one of the over 34,000 postal offices across the country.

“Waste Management is providing solutions to help kamaaina responsibly handle their household universal waste,” said Joe Whelan, general manager for Waste Management of Hawaii. “Communities across Hawaii are becoming increasingly aware of the 2012 deadline for the use of CFLs and the need to properly dispose of CFLs, batteries and other electronic waste. The Think Green® From Home program makes recycling this waste as safe and convenient as possible.”

WM LampTracker®, a division of Waste Management, also provides total-care solutions for the storage, handling, transport and recycling of fluorescent lamps for small, medium and large-scale businesses across North America. ThinkGreenFromHome.com uses the WM LampTracker® service record in the commercial sector to provide the most streamlined avenue for consumers to recycle their universal household waste with confidence.

ThinkGreenFromHome.com is part of Waste Management’s sustainability initiative that was announced last October at the World Business Forum committing the company to investing in new technologies to enhance our waste business as well as nearly tripling the amount of recyclables it manages by 2020.

For more information on CFL, battery and electronic waste recycling, or to order recycling kits, visit http://www.thinkgreenfromhome.com.

About Waste Management

Waste Management of Hawaii operates Waimanalo Gulch, West Hawaii and Kekaha Landfills as an integral part of each county’s solid waste management infrastructure. The facilities handle municipal solid waste, which is heavily regulated, monitored and controlled by local, state and federal government agencies. In addition to its community contributions and significant volunteer efforts, Waste Management of Hawaii provides a benefit to the local economy of more than $2.9 million annually. For more information of how we “think green,” visit www.keepinghawaiiclean.com.

Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Our subsidiaries provide collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. We are also a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. Our customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more, visit www.thinkgreen.com.

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