Who We Are
From medical waste management and secure information destruction to compliance-support solutions, Stericycle has been protecting what matters since 1989. The work we started over three decades ago continues every day, getting smarter and more innovative as we help build a more sustainable future.
Stericycle, now part of WM
As part of WM, North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions, we are working together to help create communities that are safe, healthy, and thriving. We offer a comprehensive suite of healthcare waste management and environmental services, as well as secure information destruction solutions across North America and parts of Europe, to help hospitals and health systems protect both the environment and the environments of care.
Each day, we safely handle materials that could otherwise spread disease, contaminate the environment, or compromise privacy, treating hundreds of thousands of tons of medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste each year. Through secure shredding and recycling, we also help safeguard confidential information. We are a trusted strategic service provider helping healthcare organizations reduce risk and work towards their safety, compliance, and sustainability-related goals. Through the syringe tide, outbreaks, natural disasters, the opioid epidemic, and even a global pandemic, we’re trusted to help safeguard the health and well-being of the people and places around us.
WM Is Driving Sustainability®
For decades, we’ve helped keep our communities clean and safe by providing essential collection, disposal and recycling services to millions of businesses, homes and municipalities. Today, we continue to invest in WM’s infrastructure and offerings to help solve some of our customers’ toughest problems.
Our work is guided by our sustainability ambitions:
- Material is repurposed
- Energy is renewable
- Communities are thriving
By leveraging our extensive infrastructure, innovative practices and deep expertise to help address pressing environmental challenges, we are driving sustainability today, For Tomorrow®. To learn more about WM’s enterprise-wide commitment to sustainability, read our Sustainability Report.
In 2024:
- 557,00 tons of medical waste treated, helping to protect the public from potentially infectious material.
- 30,000 tons of pharmaceutical waste treated prior to disposal, helping to ensure that active pharmaceutical ingredients do not end up in waterways.
- 403,000 tons of paper shredded and recovered for recycling, helping to safeguard our customers’ confidential information.
Local Service. National Strength
Stericycle’s waste management network can enable us to scale capacity to help meet your needs. It’s the best of both worlds – personalized, responsive, and local service backed by the scale and resources of a national leader.
As a leading provider of medical waste management and document destruction services , we have the infrastructure, expertise, and experience to handle many complicated and often behind-the-scenes services so you can focus on patient care. Our team members are part of your community and ready to support you every day, including during times of crisis.
Our Culture
At the heart of every successful organization lies a vibrant and dynamic corporate culture. Discover the Commitments and Values that fuel our collective success.
Driven by Our Commitments
Our People First: The proud, caring and resilient members of the WM team are the foundation for our success. We commit to taking care of each other, our customers, our communities and the environment.
Success With Integrity: Our success is based not only on the results we achieve, but how we achieve them. We commit to being accountable, honest, trustworthy, ethical and compliant in all we do.
Guided by Our Core Values
Diversity & Inclusion: We embrace and cultivate respect, trust, open communications and diversity of thought and people.
Customers: We place our customers at the center of what we do and aspire to delight them every day.
Safety: We make health and safety the foundation of our work, guiding each step we take without compromise.
Environment: We are responsible stewards of the environment and champions for sustainability.
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