To promote the general welfare and business interests of our members;

  To encourage the highest standards of ethical business practices among our members in the public interest;

  To work for the benefit and the fostering of goodwill for the members of the waste management industry throughout the State of California and the State of Nevada;

  To afford to all agencies of government on the federal, state, county and city levels a means of cooperation and coordinated effort to the most efficient and economic standard of collection, disposal and recycling of refuse materials.