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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2011
Waste Management, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  1-12154
(Commission File Number)
  73-1309529
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1001 Fannin, Suite 4000 Houston, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  77002
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: (713) 512-6200
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
     At the Annual Meeting of Waste Management, Inc. (the “Company”), a total of 426,423,629 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total of 475,145,633 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, were present in person or represented by proxies. The proposals set forth below were voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, and each of proposals 1, 2, 3 and 5 were approved by the Company’s stockholders.
1.   Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following eight director nominees:
                                 
    Number of     Number of             Broker  
Name   Affirmative Votes     Negative Votes     Abstentions     Non-Votes  
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
    360,212,056       5,118,198       1,489,500       59,603,875  
Frank M. Clark, Jr.
    364,743,567       592,711       1,483,476       59,603,875  
Patrick W. Gross
    317,779,361       47,470,648       1,569,745       59,603,875  
John C. Pope
    346,697,968       18,624,824       1,496,962       59,603,875  
W. Robert Reum
    364,633,227       698,609       1,487,918       59,603,875  
Steven G. Rothmeier
    361,160,504       4,172,401       1,486,849       59,603,875  
David P. Steiner
    356,202,286       9,057,237       1,560,231       59,603,875  
Thomas H. Weidemeyer
    364,679,398       660,501       1,479,855       59,603,875  
2.   Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011:
         
For
  Against   Abstentions
         
421,354,265   3,773,900   1,295,464
3.   Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s 2011 proxy statement:
             
For   Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
             
355,492,391   5,818,739   5,508,624   59,603,875
4.   Recommendation, by non-binding vote, of the frequency of executive compensation votes:
             
1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstentions
             
274,670,363   3,798,548   85,533,212   2,817,631
    In light of these results, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined to hold the non-binding vote on executive compensation annually until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of such advisory vote.
5.   Approval of a proposal to amend the Company’s By-laws to allow stockholders who have held at least a 25% net long position in the Company’s common stock for one year to call special stockholder meetings:
         
For   Against   Abstentions
         
420,707,449   3,892,011   1,824,169

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SIGNATURES
     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.
         
  WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
 
 
Date: May 17, 2011  By:   /s/ Rick L Wittenbraker    
    Rick L Wittenbraker   
    Senior Vice President   
 

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