Jim Fish took his father-in-law’s advice and attended early-morning safety meetings to meet with workers, ride in truck cabs, and talk about whatever was on their minds.

The chief executive of Waste Management runs a company worth tens of billions of dollars, yet he has spent nights riding ...

While Waste Management's two biggest rivals were working on their own merger, the nation's largest trash hauler issued a $34-per-share cash offer valued at $6.2 billion this morning to cut it on the ...