Solid waste Collection and Disposal volume measures the revenue impact from changes in activity across collection, transfer, and landfill operations.
WM reported Collection and Disposal volume of -1.8% in Q2 2026. Excluding prior-year wildfire cleanup activity, the decline was 0.4%.
Volume is a revenue-impact measure, not literal unit growth
WM calculates the percentage relative to prior-year related-business revenue adjusted for divestitures. It therefore should not be read as a direct percentage change in tons, customers, routes, containers, or service stops.
Read it with Collection and Disposal yield and landfill MSW volume. Q2 volume was pressured by prior-year wildfire cleanup activity and intentional shedding of lower-margin residential business.
Primary source: WM Q2 2026 Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.
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