EL CAJON, Feb. 17, 2006 - Waste Management of San Diego’s trash and recycling pick-up schedule is unchanged for the Presidents' Day holiday this Monday, Feb. 20. This means there will be no delays in service for residential customers of Waste Management in El Cajon or Santee or the communities of Lakeside, Spring Valley, Alpine or Jamul. The company's commercial and roll-off customers in these cities and the City of San Diego also will be on a normal schedule.

All Waste Management of San Diego operations are on a regular schedule, so the hauling operations, customer service center and transfer station in El Cajon will operate as usual.

Customer service is available at (619) 596-5100.

Waste Management, Inc. is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. For more information about recycling, log onto www.wm.com.

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