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Waste Disposal Giant Often Under Attack, Seems to Gain from It

WALL STREET JOURNAL

May 1, 1991, Wednesday

SECTION: Section A; Page 1, Column 6

LENGTH: 77 words

HEADLINE: WASTE DISPOSAL GIANT, OFTEN UNDER ATTACK, SEEMS TO GAIN FROM IT

BYLINE: BY JEFF BAILEY

JOURNAL-CODE: WSJ

ABSTRACT:

Environmentalists keep attacking Waste Management Inc; but more pressure they have put on company and its industry, bigger, stronger and more profitable Waste Management has become; business has become so complicated and contentious that now only company with Waste Management’s clout seems likely to succeed on big scale; although protests and sanctions may slow Waste Management down, they make business even less feasible for smaller rivals; drawing (M)