<b>WMI, Sony Electronics Launch Electronics Recycling Project</B>

Waste Management Inc. and Sony Electronics are launching an electronics recycling program in Minnesota. The statewide program is the first of its kind in the United States.

The ``Sony Only'' program is a five-year agreement in which residential and commercial customers are encouraged to bring their old Sony electronic items to designated drop-off points for recycling at no cost.

Waste Management is the first national solid waste and recycling company to focus on the recovery of electronic scrap. In the past two years, Waste Management, through its Asset Recovery Group, has opened a network of eight e-scrap facilities across the country that sort and recycle more than 60 million pounds of e-scrap per year.

Waste Management, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Recycle America, operates more than 160 Material Recovery Facilities across the United States. In addition, Waste Management's Container Recycling Alliance operates 12 glass processing facilities in the U.S. Through its extensive network, Waste Management markets more than five million tons of recycled materials each year and is uniquely qualified to manage recovery and recycling on a national scale.