Waste Management [WM]’s earns a 4.1-star rating from 24 reviews and 667 complaints, showing that the majority of clients are very satisfied with waste disposal services.
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trash not picked up
We live 824 King George Ln, Savannah, TX 76227. Wednesday is our trash/recycle day. Our trash was not picked up on Wednesday. I called on Thursday at 12:20pm, after arriving home, and was told that she would call me back. No Call Back. I called Friday morning at 8:17AM, again was told that I would get a call back. NO CALL BACK! I called back again at 3:43 PM and was told that they couldn't get ahold of anyone, but that my trash would be picked up on Monday! Monday has come and gone and no pickup. I have experienced your customer service in Colorado, and it sucked there. Maybe you need to hire people that care about customers and start by firing those in upper management. Iying must be part of the hiring process. If I get a letter from my HOA about my trash can being left by the curb for a week, I will be sure to direct them to your below par company.
Recommendation: STAY FAR AWAY FROM WM.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
weaponized targeting for service pick ups by driver
Beware first off if you live in a hoa, very difficult to get your personal customer id number.
No way to email some one directly or speak with some one directly. The automated phone loop does not give you the choice ofa live person unless you choose new service.
I have had a driver from WM covering Sun city California targeting me for 5 years the last straw was 2 weeks ago when I came back from work and the entire trash can was gone. On a Friday, began calling and emailing to no avail, called his supervisor Hector. He Laughing stated did it fall in the truck? I do not know I was at work and if it did why didn't the driver report it so I can get a new receptacle? this same driver randomly picks up my trash stating there is a cable wire that keeps him from picking up my cans. I have moved the cans to the area the driver chose for me to place the cans at, yet when trash is picked up my cans are 2 garages down or over by the entrance of the alley. last year for over 90 days picked my trash up once a month all of the other months he would pick my neighbors cans and just leave mine, this has happened repeatedly for over 5 years last year was the most consistent and the most targeting. Tried to contact and get numbers or emails for regional directors and or a call back. What I got was emails sorry for this issue did you get your receptacle; I finally got it yesterday a call from a supervisor in Moreno valley just checking to see if I got my receptacle replaced.
Recommendation: if you are in an HOA get your individual customer service number so they can find your address.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
Thank you for good service
I have worked with Waste Management about some concerns and have found them to be very receptive and helpful. Thank you for assisting me in my business waste removal. Your drivers are doing a great job and when they leave my property, the area around the dumpster is always clear of any debris and very clean. You have assisted me with timely, regular, and prompt service. The Customer Service staff has been very easy to work with and very willing to assist me. I am very pleased with Waste Management and I do recommend them as the best company in this area.
Gary Patton
Taylorsville, Kentucky
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
Horrible customer service and outright lies
Company sent out an email that was wrong (A mistake) but it resulted in many customers on my street not getting serviced. Called, complained and was promised a pickup (by a Customer Service Supervisor) later in the week. Never happened and when I called back they said it was reported as completed several hours earlier, this was a lie. I had to take pictures of the full cans at the curb and email them to prove they were lying. They said they'd review it? Told me they were sorry and my normal pickup would happen on Monday (9/11/23). Nope, no one on my street got a pickup on Monday...
As a disabled person, repeated trips to the curb is painful. I'd like to mention this is not the first time this has happened. Every time, they promise a "supplemental" pick-up the next day, but in three years not one of the supplemental pickups have ever happened (11 times and counting).
Recommendation: Try using CKY Hauling (866-587-7170) or Rumpke because WM is extremely unreliable.
Received email that Labor day pickup would be on Tuesday, they came Monday instead and can was not out yet. Promised a pick-up on Friday due to their error, never happened (even though someone put it in the system as having been completed!) Normal Pickup was to be Monday, 9/11/23. Still no pickup! I haven't had my garbage picked up since 8/28/23!
Waste Management [WM] Complaints 667
Customer service/billing
I have spent endless hours for over a year trying to resolve my account issues, but I can never get to the right person. Today alone, I have been on hold for 3:41:20 hrs, so far. No customer should be on hold for that long and still not have the right department or a resolution. Today, after the first hour and a half, I got transferred to the "right department", then the "right department" transferred me to another "right department" and I have been on hold ever since and still no answer. This has been the typical service and I still do not have my issue resolved. I need to reinstate my service but can't get to the right-right department. This has been a weekly call with the same run around and wait times without resolution. Over a year of this, that is well over 208 hours of my life and still do not have my service reinstated.
Desired outcome: I need my service reinstated
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Stop wasting your time with endless calls. Show up in person at one of their offices if possible, or escalate the issue by finding a direct contact higher up the chain. Make it clear you're not tolerating any more runarounds. Your time is valuable, and they need to respect that. Demand immediate resolution.
Garbage not collected
My garbage hasn’t been collected the 15th or the 19th of June. We have our bill on auto draft and it’s paid, but they still have not took out garbage, it’s been sitting at the top of the hill so there isn’t any reason for it not to have been picked up. I’m positive they are getting us confused with the neighbors bc they never pay theirs and it pals up for forever. Now suddenly theirs is being taken but not ours.
Desired outcome: They need to pay better attention and o the address on the mail box and take our garbage.
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No service and yet I'm being charged
I've been calling the company since my vacation hold and to this day they have not fixed the problem with billing. Now the bill went from 58 dollars to over 200 dollars. I called over 10 times already... I've been on several telephone calls with different representatives. At this point ithis is harassment. I'm quite angry that I have to deal with thi...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM] and 1 commentVacation hold / being charged for no service rendered.
I tried calling Ingrid back as she left me a message saying that I was going to be charged for placing a hold on the garbage service until Sept 2024. I was not able to reach her since her office is closed right now. However, when I spoke to the representative I thought she mentioned that the charge was going to be applied in October which was my next...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM]A demand for payment that was made almost one year ago.
I had been an Advanced Disposal customer (account P8029402) for several years. In May 2023 I received a notice that I owed $13.50, which I paid on 5/7/2023 (see attachment). I continued to pay Advanced Disposal the quarterly charge until I was informed that I should now be paying Waste Management. I was given a new account number [protected] for my...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM]Invoice received while on Vacation hold plus trying to extend my hold
I tried calling the company for several hours since I received an invoice. I am trying to extend the vacation hold until September 2024 since my house is still under construction. I do not need garbage service until the end of September 31 2024. I was on hold for over 30 minutes, then I finally put in a request for support but nothing is happening. I would like to know if this is confirmed as soon as possible. Thank you!
Desired outcome: To place a vacation hold until September 31, 2024. I should not be billed for any services that were not rendered at this time.
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I have called, send email, spoke to HQ and still nothing was addressed with my invoice. I might have spoke to so many different representative and they all say the same that the credits will be applied and will not be charged until Aug 15, 2024. Still having more charges added to the account and it's now over 200.00 dollars for no service. I'm having anxieties over this issue. I pay all my expenses on time and I'm very frustrated that I've been calling since 4.16.24 to today 5.18.24 and still not resolved.
I hope this is resolved because I'm getting sick over this matter.
I spoke to a representative and the no service needed/vacation extension was resolved. However, the invoice # [protected], is still showing payment due on May 15th. This should be closed and/or credited since we had no service rendered since last year due to construction and no service needed as I called and specified. I am hoping this will be addressed soon so that I do not have to start calling again.
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My service at my residence
we have been at the address 402 W Corral Cir Payson AZ 85541 for 5 years and I have had you guys through raised rates to bad containers and the last mishap was the drawing board my husband missed a pickup forgot to put it out and I was treated with such disrespect about it from the driver Sergio to the online rep Julie. my bill was 55.00 higher totaling 117.00 the driver came back 5 mins later to empty it he was still on his route 1 street over for 55.00. after I received the invoice for the missed pickup I decided to change my service and waste management wouldn't cancel my service. I'm still stuck I don't know who to contact because no one will take responsibility to cancel my service. I just want to cancel and get some kind of refund from my missed pick up because it wasn't worth 55.00. thank ty for listening Kimberly Thornhill
Desired outcome: cancel my service and refund the 55.00
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I still haven't been able to get ahold of anyone able to assist me all I'm wanting is a reversal on the missed pick-up fee of 55.00. i was able to get ahold of someone who didn't have the authority to revere my missed pick-up fee,
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My bosses
I fell at work the other day and hurt my knee and hand my hand is all swollen my boss Daniell and other boss Jessica Waldell tells me suck it up I can’t hardly move my hand I’m about to throw a lawsuit on WM then I’m told I can’t eat breakfast I’m on high blood pressure pills if I don’t eat I end up in hospital I am on retirement and social security says I...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM]Trash not picked up in two almost three weeks
[protected]. Is my customer id. My garbage has not been picked up in almost three weeks. They keep marking it as service but they have not even been out. They marked it as service at 3:12 yesterday! The dogs are getting into the can I have piles of trash on my porch why? Because they won't pick up my trash. I'm current on payment it's supposed to be mandatory for trash but they won't pick up. Maybe it's a problem with the company maybe it's the driver but something needs to be done to get my trash picked up!?
Claimed loss: Two weeks of service almost three weeks
Desired outcome: Someone to pick up my trash!!!
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Trash not being picked up
Tuesday will be three weeks of my trash not being picked up. I have called the office and left voicemails with no one returning my calls. I am now having to pick up trash daily because of animals getting in the trash. Plus I haven't received a new trash can like I was supposed to. I hope this will get resolved sooner than later. I don't like paying for a service I'm not receiving.
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Container swap
in summer of 2023, my garden waste container and regular trash container became damaged. The lids have sections missing and the bodies are cracked. This damage is as a result of the physical process of being hoisted up by the collection vehicle. Whilst the containers still "work" the cracks and holes in the lids were causing an unsanitary ant and fly...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM]Residential service
They have missed trash pickup at least a couple times recently. They just stopped, refused, picking up the extra trash we have next to the bin. As far as I know we should be able to pay a fee for them to take the other 55 gal worth of trash. I have clients showing up having to pull around my trash for days because they miss it on Friday and don't pick it up until Monday. We are not allowed to drop if the tote at cancellation ourselves and forced to have it picked up for, get this, $100 BUCKS! Go eat one WM.
Claimed loss: $100
Desired outcome: Take responsibility for missing your contracted schedule and let us walk gracefully. Can't believe they can slack off on pickup and leave us with the bill to cancel! As far as I'm concerned that's a failure of your own terms of service!
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Billing discrepancy and refund
I have tried to cooperate with Waste Management since August, 2023.
My order for a 3 yard recycle was mistakenly misplaced and when one was finally sent it was the wrong container. I had to continuously call to correct error.
In December the green waste bin was not picked up for one month. Every week I had to call. However the recycle container was also missed two times and with all the over filled bins, I was fined for inappropriate recycling. 70 dollar approximately.
I complained and was promised a refund.
I pay my December bill totally even though service was not rendered. Later I was told I would be refunded the charges because service was not rendered in a timely manner.
I received two bills: however nothing is itemized explicitly as to what was being charged for what services and what was being refunded for lack of service and wrong recycling penalty.
There is no way for me to calculate the accuracy of the invoice. Please
Desired outcome: I am requesting an itemized accounting for December and January invoices.
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Penalties for Non-Renewal of Service
My bill was paid in full until 1/31/23. I called to notify Waste Management of my decision not to renew services as the prices are constantly increasing. I was told I would be charged a $75 fee for them to pick up the containers. This is clearly a way to penalize people for not wanting to pay $100/quarter over what other services in the area are charging. I was also told they would "negotiate" a price decrease if I remained a customer. So, they basically admit to overcharging unless you complain. No, thank you. I would rather pay a company with ethical business practices. I was told the containers would be picked up on 2/1. They have been sitting on the roadside since then. When I called today to find out why they were not removed, I was told the pickup was changed to 2/15. There was no communication about or notice of the change.
Claimed loss: Storage fees for storing the containers for two additional weeks without approval or notice.
Desired outcome: I would like this $75 fee waived as I did not terminate my contract early, I chose not to renew it. And for the inconvenience of having to store extra containers for two additional weeks through no fault of my own.
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Pick up time in residential area
Garbage pickup every Mon, Wed and Friday at 4:00 AM in a residential neighborhood. I have spoken to noise complaint agent and to area supervisor about the very loud, early pick up time which violates noise ordinance of 10pm-6am. I have lived in this area the past year and it has been consistent every week. Supervisor has repeatedly stated he would rectify the situation and have driver adjust his pickup time to after 6:00 AM. Monday and Friday drivers have recently adjusted their pickup time to after 8:00 AM, however, Wednesday driver continues to arrive by 4:00 AM, this morning he was picking up at 3:53 AM which is extremely loud and a lengthy process. I have an audio recording of the pickup time, noise level and process but unable to upload to your site.
PLEASE have Wednesday driver adjust his time as well. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. My next complaint will be to City of Peoria and Maricopa County noise ordinance.
Desired outcome: My neighbors and I would really like you to PLEASE have Wednesday driver adjust his time as well. Thank You.
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Residential waste removal - easy to sign-up, difficult to cancel
After 20+ years as a customer, I called to terminate service today. Until recently, they provided good service but the level of service has declined as the cost increased significantly.
To say they make cancelation difficult is an understatement.
Although you can sign up online and request all types of services online and even put your service on hold you cannot cancel online. It seems like whenever you try to call in, the hold times are long and you get transferred between departments. When I finally reached their cancelation department they refused a partial refund of my quarterly bill - they indicated it was clearly stated on all their bills.
If the cancelation process hadn't been so intentionally difficult and unethical I would have moved on quietly. Before today if someone asked about my experience with Waste Management I would have given them a mostly favorable review but after today I would focus on my last experience with them as a customer.
Thanks
Desired outcome: refund of my balance for 2 of 3 months
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Unresolved pickup of recycled container
My name is Lillian Cruz and I reside in Middletown Township PA as a result when I call Waste Management for a pickup I cannot give an account number as we are part of a pool contract with WM, so I have to either hold forever or chat online. Last Wednesday, 1/24 called and spoke to a rep about a missed recycle pick up and was told that a new pickup would be...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM]Pick up service
My garbage is supposed to be picked up every Tuesday morning. Last week it was not. It's Saturday and it's still sitting there. I chatted with someone about it on Wednesday, was given a number #498287, and was told a recovery truck would come pick it up within the next couple of days. I chatted again yesterday and was told the reason the driver didn't pick...
Read full review of Waste Management [WM]Fees for cancelled service
Invoice # [protected]
Called Nov 1st 2023 to cancel services just received new bill cancelled date was 11/11/23. The rep states you will be charged for one week $27.40 and pick up $75.00 of containers. Received two bills with late fees the container fee and the fee for three months of service. No pickup was completed after 11/09/23 and I wanted to cancel that day but was advised I have to cancel on the week end. But I am not responsible for additional charges they can review the phone call I had.
Desired outcome: I would like the amount corrected and late fees removed. I agree for the 27.40 & 75.00 and will pay this but nothing more.
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I received a call & paid the agreed amount only to get another bill today. What is happening
Email sent thanks
Customer ID:
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Unreasonable non-renewal/cancellation fees
On 10/17/2023 I called Waste Management [WM] to inform them that I would not like to renew my service contract (starting 11/01/2023). I received an invoice on 10/16/2023 for a service period of 11/01/2023 - 11/30/2023; I informed the representative that I would like to not renew my service for this period. The representative informed me that I was paid up...
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