Republic Services, Inc. provides recycling and solid waste collection, transfer and disposal services in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Company's various operating units, including collection companies, transfer stations, recycling centers and landfills, are focused on providing reliable environmental services and solutions for commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. For more details visit: www.republicservices.com..

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Waste & Recycling News is a Crain Communications Inc. news organization based in Detroit, Michigan. Through its biweekly newspaper, events, website and e-newsletters, it reports on environmental management, specifically solid and hazardous waste, recycling and scrap materials. The newspaper is edited for and circulated to businesses and organizations involved in the recycling, disposal, collection, transportation and the generation and processing of waste. Waste & Recycling News is audited by BPA and has 45,000 print subscribers. For more details visit: www.wasterecyclingnews.com.

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Waste & Recycling News and Republic Services, Inc., also proudly collaborate to present a new event, the Corporate Recycling & Waste Conference (CRWC), scheduled for Sept. 10-12, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. The CRWC is a new world-class business conference focused on how executives can advance their organizations' sustainability issues while controlling expenses and maximizing profits. The CRWC will draw environmental executives at Fortune 1000 firms, business owners, waste generators, waste haulers, private recycler, equipment makers and more. For details, visit www.crwcconference.com.