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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Quarterly Financial Data

Schedule of Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data

The following table summarizes the unaudited quarterly results of operations for 2018 and 2017 (in millions, except per share amounts):

		First			Second			Third			Fourth
		Quarter			Quarter			Quarter			Quarter
2018
Operating revenues		$	3,511		$	3,739		$	3,822		$	3,842
Income from operations			608			715			699			767
Consolidated net income			395			499			498			531
Net income attributable to Waste Management, Inc.			396			499			499			531
Basic earnings per common share			0.91			1.16			1.16			1.25
Diluted earnings per common share			0.91			1.15			1.16			1.24
2017
Operating revenues		$	3,440		$	3,677		$	3,716		$	3,652
Income from operations			558			673			701			704
Consolidated net income			297			361			388			903
Net income attributable to Waste Management, Inc.			298			362			386			903
Basic earnings per common share			0.68			0.82			0.88			2.08
Diluted earnings per common share			0.67			0.81			0.87			2.06

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Tabular disclosure of quarterly financial data. Includes, but is not limited to, financial information for fiscal quarters, cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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