specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
provider: Waste Management
providerId: waste-management
publisherName: WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
serviceCategory: Environmental / Waste Services
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Waste Management
  - Environmental Services
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: FinOps view of Waste Management (WM) at the corporate level. WM
  does not bill API consumption directly; the API surface (account, services,
  invoices, pickups, ETAs) is a read interface to the existing service
  contract whose costs are environmental-service charges, not API line items.
sources:
  - https://www.wm.com
notes: No metered API invoice; FOCUS attribution maps onto the underlying WM
  service contract.
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Service Contract
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Waste Management Services
  ServiceCategory: Environmental / Waste Services
  ProviderName: Waste Management
  PublisherName: WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
  InvoiceIssuerName: Waste Management, Inc.
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
meters:
  - name: service_pickup
    description: Scheduled waste / recycling pickup events delivered under
      the WM customer service agreement (the API exposes these events but
      does not bill them per call).
    unit: pickup
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - account
      - service_type
  - name: extra_service
    description: Ad-hoc on-call pickups, container swaps, and contamination
      surcharges added to the monthly invoice.
    unit: event
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - account
      - charge_type
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Use the WM Account / Services / Invoices APIs to pull
      monthly service consumption and invoice line items; reconcile API-
      reported events against the customer-portal invoice view.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate environmental-service spend to site / property /
      cost-center using the WM account-id dimension; tag containers and
      pickup schedules to map them to the consuming team.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Use Pickup Schedules and ETAs to right-size pickup cadence
      and container count; reduce contamination surcharges by improving
      stream sorting at the source.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Facilities / property-management owns the WM contract and
      per-site allocation; engineering owns API-key / JWT hygiene for the
      portal integration.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com