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If you look at some of our sustainability business lines, like recycling and organics, it's roughly $1.5 to $2 billion in revenue. HEMMER: We're roughly a $17 billion-revenue company.

What should the industry be watching within the next few years to see the impact of this role and what it means for Waste Management? WASTE DIVE: What made it the right time for Waste Management to create this new role? This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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In a recent interview, Hemmer said she'll be thinking about many of these areas as 'we build and evolve our broader ESG strategy.' While the economics of certain alternatives will always be compared with disposal tip fees, Waste Management said it aims to expand related business lines based on policy drivers and customer preferences. Waste Management has also been speaking out more directly in favor of minimum recycled content laws and pledging a neutral approach on certain extended producer responsibility frameworks for packaging. She enters the role in a period of increasing scrutiny around the contribution of landfill methane to climate change and growing interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) plans from numerous stakeholders. Hemmer now reports directly to Waste Management CEO Jim Fish and oversees the company's recycling, organics, renewable energy and sustainability policy teams.

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