News from Waste Management’s Eagle Valley Landfill

Brandon and his family have beenOrion residents for 29 years.Brandon has been employed withWaste Management since 2010and works in our Wixom MarketArea office in the PurchasingDepartment. Brandon’s son, Carter,belongs to a local Orion scoutingtroop, Pack #128. The troop cameto the site in 2013 for an educa-tional experience around Reducing,Reusing and Recycling.

Every summer Orion Township hosts its annual Big Rig Gig.Waste Management has participated for several years and has

come to understandhow fascinatedchildren are by thewaste removaltrucks that movethrough theirneighborhoodonce a week.

Carter and Brandon Ayers

Your Community ConnectionVol. 1, 2014

Big Rig Gigging

Eagle Valley Recycling and Disposal Facility600 W. Silver Bell RoadOrion, MI 48359

Telephone248-391-0990Fax248-391-1219

Please call for current hours of operation as hours maychange seasonally.Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-11:30 am Recycling HoursRecycling drop-off available during normal landfill hours.For tours call (248) 391-0990. Printed on recycled paper.

Meet Orion resident andWM employee Brandon Ayers

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Supervisor Chris Barnettwaits his turn to sit behindthe wheel of this big rig.

LANDFILL CONCERNS HOTLINE1-877-360-8582

Please keep this number handy.

Waste Management is all about educating the next generation ofscientists. Students from Cranbrook Academy Science ExplorersCamp visited Eagle Valley Landfill last summer. Eagle Valley

teaches students thateven though waste cancreate landfill gas toproduce energy for theGeneral Motors OrionPlant it is very impor-tant to Reduce, Reuse,Recycle Often andRecycle Right!

Waste Managementalso helped local OrionBrownies from PaintCreek and CarpenterElementary Schoolsearn their recyclingbadges by educatingthem about why it’simportant to recycle.Learning that a landfill iswaste that didn’t get recycled helps the students learn how theycan help the environment by recycling more.

Education – it’s all about sustain-ability

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Waste Management celebrates birthdays!WM is very popular with kids - so much so that momsoften ask WM to participate in birthday parties for these

young fans. WM listenedto our customers and forthose who asked aboutgetting a “Think Green”shirt or a WM toy truck,this website was developed to provide them withthe perfect answer for birthday party supplies…www.wmgreengear.com.

WM Fan - Ronald Wagrowski of Sterling Heights and WM Driver Carlos Guzman

Eagle Valley Recycling and Disposal Facility600 W. Silver Bell RoadOrion, MI 48359

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In order to facilitate new cell development, Waste Managementwill be removing the wooded areas at the west side of the site.For the last two years, Waste Management has facilitated local

harvesting of native forest floorplant species such as meadowrue, may apples, wild geraniumsand penn sedge, a grass thatgrows well in the shade.

Also, in an effort to seek thehighest value/repurposing of thewood in the areas to be cleared,WM met with a professionalforester to assess the value ofthe timber in these woodedareas. Over the many years thatthe site has been active, first as

a sand andgravel miningoperation andthen as alandfill, theseareas havegone throughfrequentdisturbance.As a result,the forestgrowth isconsideredimmature and lacking enough value to harvest for lumber. Thewood that can best be harvested for fuel or other repurposingwill be determined by the tree clearing firm contracted byWaste Management.

WM hopes to save trees by encouraging electronic distribution of thisnewsletter. If you would like to receive this newsletter electronically,please e-mail kklein2@wm.com. Provide your e-mail address, andyou will be added to our e-distribution list. If you prefer to continuereceiving a hard copy in the mail, please e-mail your name andaddress, and we will continue to send a hard copy. Previous and

current issues of the newsletter are posted to the following website:EagleValleyLandfill.wm.com/resources/index.jsp. Newslettersare published in Jan./Feb. and July/Aug. of each year. If you haveany questions related to landfill operations or are interested in atour, please contact us at (248) 391-0990.

Working towards the highest value

Going paperless

On November 15, 2013, in conjunction with the annual celebration of America Recycles Day,Waste Management launched a new campaign around recycling. Industry demands arerequiring better education, sorting and separating of recyclable items. Waste Managementis working towards that goal by educating the public about what can and can’t be recycledas well as optimizing our operations at our recycling facilities across the country. Alwaysremember to follow your community guidelines for what can and can’t go in yourrecycling bin. You can find a copy of these guidelines on the Eagle Valley website pageEagleValleyLandfill.wm.com/resources/index.jsp. You can learn more about thisWaste Management educational campaign at youtube.com/watch?v=DfhOLtE4R5A .

Recycle often, recycle right!

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