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Wheelabrator Lisbon Wins Connecticut Quality Improvement Award

July 21, 2004 -- Wheelabrator Lisbon Company today announced that it has been selected to receive a 2004 Silver Innovation Award from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership at CQIA's 17th Annual Conference on Quality and Innovation on October 13. The Lisbon, Connecticut waste-to-energy facility is being honored with the award, part of the national Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award for Performance Excellence, in recognition of its highly efficient combustion and emissions control systems. The Innovation Prize is one of three awards the CQIA Partnership offers based on the criteria of the Baldridge National Quality Award.

This year the CQIA Partnership, the State's leader for creating and recognizing performance excellence in Connecticut organizations, received 111 CQIA Innovation Prize applications from 67 Connecticut organizations including manufacturers, service companies, schools, universities, hospitals, and not-for-profit organizations as well as local and state government.

"CQIA Innovation Prize award winners embody the critical intellect that is the foundation of Connecticut's long-term growth," said Sheila Carmine, Founder and Executive Director of the CQIA Partnership. "The ingenuity of these award winners attracts more talented people to Connecticut, multiplying the business possibilities, and further strengthening the reputation of the Connecticut Intellect."

Wheelabrator Lisbon operates a modern waste-to-energy facility that safely converts 500 tons per day of municipal solid waste into clean, renewable energy, serving the disposal needs of communities throughout eastern Connecticut. The Lisbon plant, opened in 1996, generates more than 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, enough energy to provide power for 12,000 homes. Last year, the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration honored Wheelabrator Lisbon and its employees with certification as an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star workplace.

"We're honored to receive this state-wide recognition for our commitment to engineering and operational excellence," said John O'Rourke, Lisbon Plant Manager. "The CQIA award is further recognition of Wheelabrator's commitment to worker safety and protection of the environment."

Wheelabrator Lisbon Company is owned and operated by Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. (www.wheelabratortechnologies.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. Wheelabrator Technologies operates 17 waste-to-energy facilities and six independent power plants across the United States.

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