# Who does Waste Management, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/waste-management · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-11T17:56:49.030298+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Waste Management, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Caterpillar, Cummins. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 2 dated sources, 0 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-11).

### 스테리사이클 (high)
- metric: Amount $7.2B · acquisition completed 2024-11-04 · Stericycle total enterprise value including cash consideration, assumed debt and repayment of net debt
- note: WM completed its Stericycle acquisition in November 2024 and placed regulated medical waste and secure information destruction in its Healthcare Solutions segment. The SEC filing reports $7.2 billion of enterprise value, while Korean coverage and sector M&A analysis corroborate the completed transaction and strategic expansion.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-09) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926012049/wm-20251231x10k.htm: "Total enterprise value of the acquisition was $7.2 billion, net of cash acquired."
- [mentions] Capstone Partners (EN, analysis, published 2025-08-25) https://www.capstonepartners.com/insights/article-waste-and-recycling-ma-update/: "The acquisition expanded WM's presence in the Healthcare Environmental Services market."
- [confirms] Investing.com Korea (KO, news, published 2024-11-05) https://kr.investing.com/news/company-news/article-93CH-1256273: "Stericycle became an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary after completing its merger with Waste Management."

### Caterpillar (mid)  → /caterpillar.md
- metric: Count 1 pilot_bulldozer · late 2025 pilot · Bulldozers operated with Cat Command at the Marana Landfill pilot
- note: WM operates a bulldozer equipped with Caterpillar's Cat Command remote-control technology at its Marana Landfill in Arizona. After field evaluation began in late 2025, the companies expanded into autonomous-equipment testing; commercial terms were not disclosed.
- [confirms] WM Media Room (EN, ir, published 2026-08-07) https://mediaroom.wm.com/Driving-the-Landfill-of-the-Future-Inside-WMs-Pilot-of-Cat-R-Command-Remote-Controlled-Technology: "WM is using Caterpillar's Cat Command remote-controlled technology at its Marana Landfill."

### Cummins (mid)  → /cummins.md
- note: WM uses Cummins X15N, L9N and ISX12N engines in its natural-gas fleet. Cummins reported positive operating results after WM added these engines, but the purchase value was not disclosed.
- [confirms] Cummins Inc. (EN, ir, published 2025-10-24) https://www.cummins.com/en-na/news/2025/10/24/natural-gas-lineup-gives-fleets-more-options-cut-costs: "The company reports positive results after adding the X15N alongside the L9N and ISX12N engines."

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