Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:03.876 again. Please note that today's conference is being recorded. 00:00:03.876 -- 00:00:07.740 I will now hand the conference over to your speaker host, Ed Akel, Vice President of 00:00:07.740 -- 00:00:10.383 Investillations. Please go ahead. 00:00:10.383 -- 00:00:13.627 Thank you, Livia. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our second 00:00:13.627 -- 00:00:18.393 quarter 2025 earnings conference call. With me this morning are Jim Fish, Chief Executive 00:00:18.393 -- 00:00:22.638 Officer, John Morris, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Davina Rankin, Executive 00:00:22.638 -- 00:00:24.660 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 00:00:24.660 -- 00:00:27.183 You will hear prepared comments from each of them today. 00:00:27.183 -- 00:00:30.686 Jim will cover high-level financials and provide a strategic update, John will cover 00:00:30.686 -- 00:00:34.592 an operating overview, and Davina will cover the details of the financials. 00:00:34.592 -- 00:00:38.017 Before we get started, please note that we have filed a Form 8K that includes the earnings 00:00:38.017 -- 00:00:42.340 press release, and it's available on our website at www.wm.com. 00:00:42.864 -- 00:00:46.289 The Form 8K, the press release, and the schedules for the press release include important 00:00:46.289 -- 00:00:48.289 information. 00:00:48.312 -- 00:00:51.016 During the call, you will hear forward-looking statements, which are based on current 00:00:51.016 -- 00:00:54.441 expectations, projections, or opinions about future periods. 00:00:54.441 -- 00:00:57.405 All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause 00:00:57.405 -- 00:01:01.147 actual results to differ materially. Some of these risks and uncert...