REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.

Republic Services provides non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and broader environmental solutions across North America. Its core offerings include residential, commercial, and industrial waste handling, material recycling, landfill operations, and specialized environmental services for hazardous and non-hazardous materials. The business also develops sustainability-oriented projects, such as landfill gas-to-energy facilities and polymer centers for circular plastics processing. Its diverse customer base spans residential households served under municipal agreements and exclusive franchises, as well as commercial enterprises and industrial clients seeking integrated waste and environmental management solutions.

The company operates throughout the United States and Canada via a comprehensive network of 377 collection operations, 255 transfer stations, 207 active landfills, 79 recycling centers, and 24 treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, complemented by deep injection wells, wastewater facilities, and renewable energy sites. Its collection activities utilize a vocational truck fleet of approximately 17,800 vehicles managed through standardized maintenance hubs and commercial-scale electric charging facilities. Geographic field operations are divided across three regional operating groups spanning North America, with executive oversight centralized at its corporate headquarters.

Summary of the business section of Republic Services's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 31, 2014, we employed approximately 31,000 full-time employees, approximately 27% of whom were covered by collective bargaining agreements.”