WASTE MANAGEMENT INC : Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (form 8-K)

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Waste Management, Inc. (the "Company")
held on May 11, 2021, a total of 361,800,683 shares of the Company's common
stock, out of a total of 422,040,583 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. Each of
the director nominees was elected, and the Company's stockholders approved
proposals 2 and 3.



 1. Election to the Company's Board of Directors of the following nine director
    nominees:




                                 Number of             Number of                               Broker
          Name               Affirmative Votes       Negative Votes       Abstentions         Non-Votes

James C. Fish, Jr.                  314,060,206              712,781            366,211        46,661,485
Andrés R. Gluski                    312,409,736            2,354,999            374,463        46,661,485
Victoria M. Holt                    313,031,924            1,764,533            342,741        46,661,485
Kathleen M. Mazzarella              312,032,643            2,671,157            435,398        46,661,485
Sean E. Menke                       313,727,720            1,027,234            384,244        46,661,485
William B. Plummer                  289,323,558           25,435,774            379,866        46,661,485
John C. Pope                        265,312,283           49,425,973            400,942        46,661,485
Maryrose T. Sylvester               313,511,716            1,277,094            350,388        46,661,485
Thomas H. Weidemeyer                301,298,373           13,445,433       

    395,392        46,661,485

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, 2021:




    For        Against    Abstentions
356,846,416   4,336,527     617,740

3. Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company's executive compensation as

    described in the Company's 2021 proxy statement:




    For        Against     Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
291,837,786   22,380,087     921,325        46,661,485




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