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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </B>October&nbsp;5, 2007
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Waste Management, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
<B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">1001 Fannin, Suite&nbsp;4000 Houston, Texas<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registrant&#146;s Telephone number, including area code: </B>(713)&nbsp;512-6200
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01. Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David P. Steiner, Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), will be
speaking at a luncheon in conjunction with the World Business Forum on Thursday, October&nbsp;11, 2007
at 12:45&nbsp;p.m., Eastern time. At such time, Mr.&nbsp;Steiner will announce the Company&#146;s sustainability
initiative to increase the value of its services to customers while benefiting the environment.
Specifically, the Company plans to:
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    <TD>Increase waste-based energy production. Today, the Company creates enough energy to
power 1&nbsp;million homes each year. By 2020 it expects to double that output, producing enough
power for more than 2&nbsp;million homes.</TD>
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    <TD>Increase the volume of recyclable materials processed. The Company currently processes
6&nbsp;million tons of recyclables; by 2020 it plans to capture enough of the increasing volumes
to process more than 20&nbsp;million tons.</TD>
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    <TD>Direct its capital spending of up to $500&nbsp;million per annum over the next 10&nbsp;years to
increase the fuel efficiency of its fleet by 15&nbsp;percent and reduce fleet emissions by 15
percent. The Company also expects to invest in technologies to enhance its waste business.</TD>
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    <TD>Preserve wildlife habitat across North America. By 2020, the Company plans to increase
by more than four times the number of facilities &#151; from 24 to 100 &#151; certified by the
Wildlife Habitat Council, and increase the number of acres set aside for conservation and
wildlife habitat to approximately 25,000.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company plans to report publicly on its progress in each of these areas on an annual
basis.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A real-time audio web cast of the speech will be posted to the Company&#146;s website at
www.wm.com/wbf/.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The furnishing of the information in this report is not intended to, and does not, constitute
a determination or admission by the Company that (i)&nbsp;the information in this report is material or
complete or (ii)&nbsp;investors should consider this information before making an investment decision
with respect to any security of the Company or any of its affiliates.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain statements in this Form 8-K are &#147;forward-looking statements.&#148; The forward-looking
statements that the Company makes are the Company&#146;s expectations, opinion, view or belief at the
point in time of issuance but may change at some future point in time. By issuing estimates or
making statements based on current expectations, opinions, views or beliefs, the Company has no
obligation, and is not undertaking any obligation, to update such estimates or statements or to
provide any other information relating to such estimates or statements. We caution you not to place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Date: October 5, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Rick L Wittenbraker
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