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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_LocalSevenHundredAndThirtyOnePrivateScavengersAndGarageAttendantsPensionTrustFundMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1082418_3_1">Local Seven Hundred And Thirty One Private Scavengers And Garage Attendants Pension Trust Fund [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_LowEndOfLayerSubjectToAdditionalDeductiblesOfAutoLiabilityInsurance_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1134028_3_1">Low End Of Layer Subject To Additional Deductibles Of Auto Liability Insurance</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_LowEndOfLayerSubjectToAdditionalDeductiblesOfAutoLiabilityInsurance_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1134028_1_1">Low End Of Layer Subject To Additional Deductibles Of Auto Liability Insurance</label>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_LowIncomeHousingPropertiesMember" xlink:label="wm_LowIncomeHousingPropertiesMember"/>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2013/elts/us-gaap-2013-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross" xlink:label="us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross"/>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2013/elts/us-gaap-2013-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtSecuritiesDomain" xlink:label="us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtSecuritiesDomain"/>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2013/elts/us-gaap-2013-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember" xlink:label="us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_MaximumMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_923140_2_1">Maximum [Member]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_MaximumMember" xlink:to="us-gaap_MaximumMember_lbl"/>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_MaximumNumberOfLifeExpectedForIrsAuditsToBeCompleted" xlink:label="wm_MaximumNumberOfLifeExpectedForIrsAuditsToBeCompleted"/>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_MaximumNumberOfLifeExpectedForIrsAuditsToBeCompleted_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1056998_3_1">Maximum number of months expected for IRS audits to be completed.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_MaximumNumberOfLifeExpectedForIrsAuditsToBeCompleted_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1056998_1_1">Maximum Number Of Life Expected For Irs Audits To Be Completed</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_MaximumNumberOfLifeExpectedForIrsAuditsToBeCompleted_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1056998_2_1">Expected time of completion of IRS audits</label>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderGeneralLiabilityInsuranceProgram" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderGeneralLiabilityInsuranceProgram"/>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderGeneralLiabilityInsuranceProgram_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1078610_3_1">Maximum Self Insurance Exposures Per Incident Under General Liability Insurance Program</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderGeneralLiabilityInsuranceProgram_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1078610_1_1">Maximum Self Insurance Exposures Per Incident Under General Liability Insurance Program</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderGeneralLiabilityInsuranceProgram_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1078610_2_1">Maximum self insurance exposures per incident under general liability insurance program</label>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderWorkersCompensationInsuranceProgram" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderWorkersCompensationInsuranceProgram"/>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderWorkersCompensationInsuranceProgram_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1114862_3_1">Maximum Self Insurance Exposures Per Incident Under Workers Compensation Insurance Program</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderWorkersCompensationInsuranceProgram_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1114862_1_1">Maximum Self Insurance Exposures Per Incident Under Workers Compensation Insurance Program</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_MaximumSelfInsuranceExposuresPerIncidentUnderWorkersCompensationInsuranceProgram_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1114862_2_1">Maximum self insurance exposures per incident under workers' compensation insurance program</label>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_MaximumWeightedAverageRateApplicableToAssetRetirementObligations" xlink:label="wm_MaximumWeightedAverageRateApplicableToAssetRetirementObligations"/>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_MaximumWeightedAverageRateApplicableToAssetRetirementObligations_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_958643_3_1">Maximum Weighted Average Rate Applicable To Asset Retirement Obligations</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_MaximumWeightedAverageRateApplicableToAssetRetirementObligations_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_958643_1_1">Maximum Weighted Average Rate Applicable To Asset Retirement Obligations</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_MaximumWeightedAverageRateApplicableToAssetRetirementObligations_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_958643_2_1">Credit adjusted, risk free discount rate applicable to asset retirement obligations, upper range</label>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_MedicalWasteFacilitiesMember" xlink:label="wm_MedicalWasteFacilitiesMember"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_MedicalWasteFacilitiesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1246927_1_1">Medical Waste Facilities [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_MedicalWasteFacilitiesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1246927_2_1">Medical Waste Facilities [Member]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="wm_MedicalWasteFacilitiesMember" xlink:to="wm_MedicalWasteFacilitiesMember_lbl"/>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2013/elts/us-gaap-2013-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_MinimumMember" xlink:label="us-gaap_MinimumMember"/>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_MinimumMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_932953_1_1">Minimum [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_MinimumMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_932953_2_1">Minimum [Member]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_MinimumMember" xlink:to="us-gaap_MinimumMember_lbl"/>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="wm-20131231.xsd#wm_MinimumPercentageOfContributionsProvidedByCompanyRelatingToMultiEmployerPlans" xlink:label="wm_MinimumPercentageOfContributionsProvidedByCompanyRelatingToMultiEmployerPlans"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_OctoberThirtyOneTwoThousandSixteenMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1217138_3_1">October Thirty One Two Thousand Sixteen [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_OilAndGasMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1090568_2_1">Oil And Gas Well [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_OperatingGroupMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1115378_2_1">Operating Group Total [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_935061_1_1">Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_935061_2_1">Minimum contractual payments for operating leases in 2018</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_934077_1_1">Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_936161_1_1">Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInSecondYear_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_936533_2_1">Estimated minimum purchase obligation in 2015</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInThirdYear_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_935605_1_1">Purchase Obligation Due In Third Year</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_PurchaseObligationDueInThirdYear_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_935605_2_1">Estimated minimum purchase obligation in 2016</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_QuarterlyFinancialInformationDisclosureAbstract_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_928965_2_1">Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_QuarterlyFinancialInformationDisclosureAbstract" xlink:to="us-gaap_QuarterlyFinancialInformationDisclosureAbstract_lbl"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1083436_1_1">Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1083436_2_1">Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationLineItems" xlink:to="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationLineItems_lbl"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1103908_1_1">Quarterly Financial Information [Table]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1103908_2_1">Quarterly Financial Information [Table]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationTable" xlink:to="wm_QuarterlyFinancialInformationTable_lbl"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_RangeMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_930818_1_1">Range [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_RangeMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_930818_2_1">Range [Domain]</label>
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_RangeMember" xlink:to="us-gaap_RangeMember_lbl"/>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_RatioOfDebtToEbitdaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1227333_1_1">Ratio Of Debt To Ebitda [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_RatioOfDebtToEbitdaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1227333_2_1">Debt To EBITDA [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="wm_RciEnvironnementIncMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1189124_3_1">Rci Environnement Inc [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_RciEnvironnementIncMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1189124_1_1">Rci Environnement Inc [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="wm_RciEnvironnementIncMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_1189124_2_1">RCI Environnment Inc [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="wm_WesternConferenceOfTeamstersPensionPlanMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" id="id_3875341_972099_1_1">Western Conference Of Teamsters Pension Plan [Member]</label>
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