WM Logistics India Pvt. Ltd. Initiated First Eye Health check-up on June 10, 2014.

 “For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be”

~Alfred, Lord Tennyson

WM Logistics conducted their first Eye Health Check-up Camp in collaboration with Vasan Eye Care for its employees. Vasan Healthcare Group is based in Trichy and has more than 170 eye care hospitals and 30 dental care Hospitals across India. Vasan Eye Care Hospitals are day-care centers for treating eye ailments.

Vasan team came to the WML facility for the Free Eye Health Check-up Camp. Before starting the eye check-up they shared some really fascinating information about our eyes which intrigued all the employees. They explained about Computer Vision Syndrome – a very common problem among IT professionals. The session was a revelation as it explained how employees could cure this problem by providing some quick tips that could be used on daily basis, without much effort. They asked few basic questions like “At what age one should go for the first eye check-up”? None of the employees knew the correct answer. The answer is at the age of three.  The session was an eye-opener for all the employees J.

The team then did a thorough eye check-up of the employees using the manual as well as automated process. They also took care of the colour blindness part while performing tests and then issued the check-up card.

The session proved to be informative as well as expedient for all the employees. The team was also over-whelmed by positive response of the employees.

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Driver/route manager councils brainstorm solutions

FT. MYERS, Fla. If you’ve heard anything about WM’s Service Delivery Optimization (SDO),you know it has a lot to do with good communications. New technologies like onboard computers and DriveCam are now in all WM sites and trucks. The idea is to free up managers to spend more time talking with their drivers rather than getting bogged down by paperwork.

 

Two new employee councils were created to do the same thing: encourage idea  sharing. The Driver Council consists of 17 drivers, one from each Area, who were selected by their Area leadership using Driver of the Year criteria as a guideline. The Route Manager (RM) Council includes 13 participants also selected by their Area leadership. All represent Areas that have or are currently implementing SDO. As the implementation continues across the organization, other RMs will join this group during the year.

 

Each council has met once and separately this year. At the first RM Council meeting on May 6 and 7 at the WM Training Center in Ft. Myers, Fla., RMs talked about:

·         Customers and the new challenges RMs face to deliver superior service

·         The strong connection among safety, SDO and service

·         Clarifying their job description so they can be more effective leaders

·         An action plan and next steps to improve communications with dispatchers and standardize operations support

 

“Even though we are from different market areas, we face the same challenges in our jobs. This council will help WM in the future by redefining and standardizing the RM role across the Areas and assist in streamlining the communication between the  departments,” said Greer Edwards, route manager in Rockdale, Ill.

 

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Drivers’ voices, too, are being heard through their own council. The group first met in December 2012 with WM’s senior leadership team and has gathered several times since then. A new group of drivers was selected for 2014. Drivers have weighed in on how best to train new drivers, how DriveCam and SDO is working and how they like to receive company communications.

 

“Hearing directly from our employees about how the company can grow and improve is powerful. These new councils are helping WM achieve its transformation goals and align everyone’s understanding of those goals by tapping into and sharing the  knowledge, ideas and experiences of our employees,” said Mark Schwartz, SVP

Human Resources. “Some great ideas have already been generated by these teams.”

 

The second meeting of both councils is planned for this summer.

 

PHOTO: RM Council in front of the truck simulator at the WM Training Center (L-R), Scott Southard, Wildwood, Fla.; Joe Weiss, Saginaw, Mich.; Marcos Bazaldua, Simi Valley, Calif.; Dale Marsh, Rochester, N.Y.; Billy Faultner, Phoenix; Kevin Hare, Louisville, Ky.; Louis Gibson, North Huntington, Pa.; Jeff Latane, Camden, N.J.; John Gillis, Green Bay, Wis.; Laura Hefley, Houston; Greer Edwards, Rockdale, Ill; Reece Grogan, Atlanta; Jan Foster, Sacramento, Calif.

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New Jersey mayor rides single-stream truck to learn how to improve his city’s recycling rate

Bridgeton , N.J. Bridgeton, a city in south New Jersey with 5,200 households, now has an even stronger advocate for better residential recycling. The city’s mayor, Albert Kelly, recently spent a morning on the back of a rear-load single-stream recycling truck in the community where he’s been the chief executive for four years.

 

“What I needed to see was the amount of recycling we are doing in the City of Bridgeton,” Mayor Kelly said. He estimates that fewer than 10 percent of the households on the route he collected were using their rectangular recycling container.

 

“That means that stuff is going into the landfill and we’re paying for stuff that  shouldn’t be going into the landfill,” he said.

 

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After a safety briefing, Route Manager Ernest Pender said the mayor worked from 7 a.m. to noon and treated Driver Frankie Batista and Helper Eddie Velez to breakfast at McDonald’s on their break. “We let him know what is expected because safety is our top priority and we wanted him to understand that working on one of our trucks,” Ernest said. “He was very excited. He did rather well.”

 

How Bridgeton can improve its recycling program wasn’t Mayor Kelly’s only take-away from his day on the back of the truck. He also developed a new appreciation for how Batista, Velez and all WM helpers and drivers work. “It’s not an easy job being on the back of the truck in terms of physical labor and doing the job properly,” Mayor Kelly said. “The two men I worked with were very good teaching me what was  necessary to do a good job. It’s physically demanding. To do it correctly you need to be very thorough.”

 

Photo : Bridgeton, N.J., Mayor Albert Kelly, center, takes a break from his shift as a helper on a single-stream recycling truck with Driver Frankie Batista, left, and Route Manager Ernest Pender. The mayor worked with the WM crew from Vineland, N.J., to learn more about how his community recycles.​

WM of Chicago Shows Commitment to Community with Spring Cleanup

CHICAGO Early on Saturday, May 10, more than 45 WM employees and their families gathered at WM’s facility in downtown Chicago to participate in the community’s Big Spring Clean Event.

 

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WM Chicago partnered with North Branch Works, a local business organization that includes WM, to encourage other neighboring businesses and their employees to join in the cleanup efforts. The teams picked up trash and litter around the Goose Island and Halsted-River Triangle areas.

 

“As the sponsor of the event, Waste Management donated the gloves, trash bags and

high-visibility vests for all the participants,” said Jeff Mack, district manager. “With all the volunteers wearing the hi-visibility vests, it was great to see everyone working around our neighborhood.” The community-wide cleanup event included participants

from more than 10 businesses including WM customers. Many of the 130 volunteers donated their time to pick up litter and collected almost three tons of trash.

 

“Thanks to the support of our employees and their families, the event was a  tremendous success and demonstrated Waste Management’s commitment to the community as a strong business partner,” said Illinois/Missouri Valley Area Vice

President Mike Watson.

 

PHOTO: WM Chicago donated the gloves, trash bags and high-visibility vests for the Big Spring Clean Event. Shown here are L-R Mike Brink, Tony Ventrella, and Mark Leys.​

Lost Wedding ring found By WM driver.....

Waste Management garbage truck driver Dennis Sierra holds a wedding ring set that he recovered from the landfill on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The rings were accidentally thrown in the garbage their owner, Naples resident Saira Rossy, a few days after she was married. (Photo provided by Waste Management)