SEC Form 3 
FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 	  
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
RUSH CARL V JR	

(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	
1001 FANNIN STREET	
SUITE 4000	

(Street) 
HOUSTON	TX	77002	

(City)	(State)	(Zip)	
	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/13/2010 	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC [ WM ] 		
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
	Director		10% Owner	
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)	
VP - Organic Growth	
	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)				
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X	Form filed by One Reporting Person	
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	
	
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) 	
Common Stock	7,599.403	D		
Common Stock	7,037.7822	I	By 401(k) Plan	
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) 	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Phantom Stock Units	08/08/1988	08/08/1988	Common Stock	5,802.4721	0	D		
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(1) 	10/22/2002	10/22/2011	Common Stock	4,000	27.35	D		
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(2) 	03/07/2003	03/07/2012	Common Stock	10,500	27.88	D		
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(3) 	03/04/2005	03/04/2014	Common Stock	10,500	29.24	D		
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(4) 	03/09/2011	03/09/2020	Common Stock	14,632	33.49	D		
Explanation of Responses:	
1. Stock option granted pursuant to Waste Management, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan. The stock option originally vested in 25% annual increments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. The Compensation committee of the Board of Directors accelerated the vesting of the Company's outstanding options effective December 28, 2005.	
2. Stock option granted pursuant to Waste Management, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan. The stock option originally vested in 25% annual increments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors accelerated the vesting of the Company's outstanding options effective December 28, 2005.	
3. Stock option granted pursuant to Waste Management, Inc. 2000 Broad-Based Employee Plan. The stock option originally vested in 25% annual increments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors accelerated the vesting of the Company's outstanding options effective December 28, 2005.	
4. Stock option granted pursuant to Waste Management, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. The stock option vests 25% on the first and second anniversary of the date of grant with the remaining 50% on the third anniversary of the date of grant.	
Remarks:	
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	Linda J. Smith, Attorney-in-fact	04/21/2010	
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Rick L Wittenbraker, John Tsai and Linda J. Smith
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
with full power of substitution, to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a reporting person of Waste Management, Inc. (the "Company")
pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder, Forms 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and any Form
144, Form 8-K or other form required to be filed relating to the transaction
covered by such report (collectively, the "Required Forms");

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Required
Forms and timely file such Required Forms with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange, or other authority or body; and

(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact or their
substitutes, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact
or their substitutes may approve in the discretion of any such person.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact or their
substitutes full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute
or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any other law, rule or regulation.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Required Forms with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 20th day of April, 2010.

Signature:      /s/ Carl V. Rush, Jr.

Name:           Carl V. Rush, Jr.