Waste Management to Host Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

Lynn Schenkman

Houston – Waste Management Inc. will host an analyst conference call Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. to discuss fourth quarter 2002 financial results. These results will be released before the opening of the market Feb. 18 and will be posted on the company’s Web site,

www.wm.com

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To listen to the conference, call (913) 981-5571, 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time, and ask for the Waste Management Conference Call. To listen live on the Internet, go to the company's Web site and click on "Fourth Quarter Earnings Report Webcast." Your computer must have a sound card, speakers or headphones and a Real Player Plug in for your browser, which can be downloaded at www.real.com/products/player/.