SANTA ANA, Feb. 17, 2006 - Waste Management of Orange County’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 the company's residential customers, including the following cities:

• Irvine
• La Habra
• Laguna Beach
• Lake Forest
• Mission Viejo
• Orange
• Santa Ana
• Communities in unincorporated Orange County, including Coto de Caza, Cowan Heights, El Modena, Emerald Bay, Lemon Heights, Majestic Canyon, Newport Coast, North Tustin, Orange Olive, Orange Park Acres, Silverado Canyon, Trabuco Canyon

All Waste Management of Orange County operations are on a regular schedule, so the hauling operations, customer service center and transfer stations in Irvine and Orange will operate as usual.

Orange County customer service is available at (714) 558-7761, (949) 642-1191 or (562) 694-3730. For more information, please visit www.wmorangecounty.com.

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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