Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide industry-leading solid waste and environmental services
that exceed our customers’ highest expectations. We offer a safe, respectful and
rewarding workplace for our employees as we continue to develop a company dedicated
to excellence, environmental responsibility, ethical behavior, and increasing shareholder
value.
Facts & Figures
Republic Services, Inc. is a leading provider of solid waste collection, transfer
and disposal services. The Company's various operating units are focused on providing
environmentally sound and cost effective service to commercial, industrial, residential
and municipal customers.
Company Overview
Republic Services, Inc. is a leading provider of services in the domestic, non-hazardous
solid waste industry. We provide non-hazardous solid waste collection services for
commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers through more than 375
collection companies in 40 states and Puerto Rico. We also own or operate more than
223 transfer stations, 192 solid waste landfills and 78 recycling facilities. Republic
serves millions of residential customers under terms of contracts with more than
2,800 municipalities for waste collection and residential services. We also serve
some commercial customers throughout our expansive service area.
Since incorporation, Republic Services has been committed to the essential components
of integrated solid waste management services: collection, recycling, composting,
transfer and disposal. Each division of Republic Services is dedicated to preserving
the environment while providing the most cost-effective programs for solid waste
collection and disposal.
Republic Services has broad expertise in the waste management field, derived from
a diverse array of hauling, transfer, recycling, and disposal operations. Very few
companies can equal the operational capabilities, financial stability, capital resources,
broad experience, geographic dispersion, integrated infrastructure, or transfer
expertise that Republic Services brings to a project.
Collection Services
We provide solid waste collection services to commercial, industrial, municipal
and residential customers in 40 states through 400 collection companies. In 2009,
76.9% of our revenue was derived from collection services consisting of approximately
35% from services provided to municipal and residential customers, 40% from services
provided to commercial customers and 25% from services provided to industrial and
other customers.
Our residential collection operations involve the curbside collection of refuse
from small containers into collection vehicles for transport to transfer stations
or directly to landfills. Residential solid waste collection services are typically
performed under contracts with municipalities, which we generally secure by competitive
bid and which give our company exclusive rights to service all or a portion of the
homes in their respective jurisdictions. These contracts or franchises usually range
in duration from one to five years, although some of our exclusive franchises are
for significantly longer periods. Residential solid waste collection services may
also be performed on a subscription basis, in which individual households contract
directly with our company. The fees received for subscription residential collection
are based primarily on market factors, frequency and type of service, the distance
to the disposal facility and cost of disposal. In general, subscription residential
collection fees are paid quarterly in advance by the residential customers receiving
the service.
In our commercial and industrial collection operations, we supply our customers
with waste containers of varying sizes. We also rent compactors to large waste generators.
Commercial collection services are generally performed under one- to three-year
service agreements, and fees are determined by such considerations as:
- market factors,
- collection frequency,
- type of equipment furnished,
- the type and volume or weight of the waste collected,
- the distance to the disposal facility and
- the cost of disposal.
We rent waste containers to construction sites and also provide waste collection
services to industrial and construction facilities on a contractual basis with terms
generally ranging from a single pickup to one year or longer. We collect the containers
or compacted waste and transport the waste either to a landfill or a transfer station
for disposal.
We own or operate 255 transfer stations. We deposit waste at these stations, as
do other private haulers and municipal haulers, for compaction and transfer to trailers
for transport to disposal sites or recycling facilities.
Also, we currently provide recycling services in certain markets primarily to comply
with local laws or obligations under our franchise agreements. These services include
the curbside collection of residential recyclable waste and the provision of a variety
of recycling services to commercial and industrial customers.
Disposal Services
As of December 31, 2009, we owned or operated 192 landfills. The in-place capacity
of our landfills is subject to change based on engineering factors, requirements
of regulatory authorities and the ability to expand our sites successfully. Some
of our landfills accept non-hazardous special waste, including utility ash, asbestos
and contaminated soils.
Most of our existing landfill sites have the potential for expanded disposal capacity
beyond the currently permitted acreage. We monitor the availability of permitted
disposal capacity at each of our landfills and evaluate whether to pursue expansion
at a given landfill based on estimated future waste volumes and prices, market needs,
remaining capacity and likelihood of obtaining an expansion. To satisfy future disposal
demand, we are currently seeking to expand permitted capacity at certain of our
landfills, although no assurances can be made that all future expansions will be
permitted as designed.
Other Services
We have 78 materials recovery facilities and other recycling operations, which assist
us in fulfilling obligations under long-term municipal contracts for residential
collection services. These facilities primarily sort recyclable paper, aluminum,
glass and other materials. Most of these recyclable materials are internally collected
by our residential collection operations. In some areas, we receive commercial and
industrial solid waste that is sorted at our facilities into recyclable materials
and non-recyclable waste. The recyclable materials are salvaged, repackaged and
sold to third parties. Non-recyclable waste is disposed of at landfills or incinerators.
Map and Divisions
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