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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-080528
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240715
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240717
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240717

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOLT VICTORIA M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001181629
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12154
		FILM NUMBER:		241121935

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		ONE PPG PLACE
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15272

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000823768
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				731309529
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 CAPITOL STREET, STE 3000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7135126200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 CAPITOL STREET, STE 3000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	USA WASTE SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <footnote id="F1">Stock award granted pursuant to Waste Management, Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney</remarks>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Rob Longo, Courtney Tippy and Ashleigh Klug as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
with full power of substitution, to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT>&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a reporting person of Waste Management,&nbsp;Inc. (the
 &quot;Company&quot;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;),
and the rules&nbsp;and regulations thereunder, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act and
any Form&nbsp;144, Form&nbsp;8-K or other form required to be filed relating to the transaction covered by such report
(collectively, the &quot;Required Forms&quot;);</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(2) do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Required Forms and timely file
such Required Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange, or other authority or body;
and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(3)&nbsp;take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any
of such attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may approve in the discretion of
any such person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact or
their substitutes full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any
of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act or any other law,
rule&nbsp;or regulation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Required Forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 14 day of May, 2024.</P>

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