1. Municipal Waste Management Association 2002 Pittsburgh, PA Everett Bass Vice President Public Sector Services

2. 2 Your Waste Management Advocate 1987 – 19921992 – 2000 Director of Solid Waste Director of Solid Waste Mgmt. City of TampaCity of Houston Contracted with:Contracted with:-Waste Management -Wheelabrator-BFI -Kimmons-Sanifill -Laidlaw-TransAmerica -Republic Waste -USA Waste

3. 3 Partnership opportunities are controlled by the following mindsets: Pro Public Sector Anti Public Sector Pro Private Sector Anti Private Sector

4. 4 Waste Management Seeking Partnerships! PARTNERSHIP: Contractual arrangements that are mutually beneficial Partnerships are made because of people-to-people arrangements Successful relationships are built on trust and respect

5. 5 Partnership OpportunitiesSolid Waste Collection 100 largest cities in the US Municipal Employees Contract or Franchise Open Competition Combination Contract or Franchise Combination Municipal Employees Open Competition Residential WasteCommercial Waste SWANA 2002

6. 6 Partnership OpportunitiesUS Landfill Ownership Cities greater than 100,000 residents Number of Landfills Volume Disposed Publicly Owned and Operated Privately Owned and Operated Publicly Owned and Privately Operated Privately Owned Publicly Owned SWANA 2002

7. 7 Waste Management Partnerships Prince George County MRF Turning a bad situation into a positive arrangement

8. 8 Waste Management Partnerships Prince George County, Maryland Guaranteed revenue stream for County through host fee agreement Maximized processing efficiency of facility Commodity risk offset by increase in volumes

9. 9 Waste Management Partnerships Grand Opening Ceremony Ferris, Texas A promise kept!!!

10. 10 Waste Management Partnerships New WM Hauling Company Ferris, Texas Support for landfill expansion in exchange for relocation of hauling company New facility to employ 125 people Host fees used to repave streets, add curbs and gutters, buy ambulances

11. 11 Waste Management Partnerships Monroe County, New York Life lease for operation, marketing and management of the Mill Seat Landfill Initial payment to the County on 1/15/02 of $18M with 10 annual payments of $3.3M to follow We pay no property taxes – we own everything but the land Waste Management helped minimize a budget crisis

12. 12 Waste Management Partnerships Monroe County, New York County entering into inter-municipal agreements with Towns and Villages to bring more waste to the site – County receives additional royalty payments – mutually beneficial – we make more they get more Political support for permit modifications Partnerships with County insures this is another win/win

13. 13 The Basis for Working Together Shift the discussion from Public vs. Private to Public and Private Find areas of mutual benefit and interest Recognize we will disagree on some things, but probably fewer than we think

14. 14 We can accomplish great things by working together!