About Republic Services
For decades Republic Services has been a trusted partner for sustainable recycling and waste solutions. Today, it’s a leader in environmental services, offering the broadest set of Environmental Solutions products and services available from a single provider. It serves more than 2,000 communities and municipalities throughout the country, providing essential services for more than 13M customers. Through every service delivered, Republic Services is looking to improve sustainability.
2030 Sustainability Goals
To remain accountable, Republic Services has established industry-leading benchmarks for reducing emissions, contributing to a sustainable circular economy, producing renewable energy and operating safely and responsibly for its employees, communities and the environment.
By looking at sustainability from many angles, it is creating additional ways for the organization to operate more consciously, and to help its customers reach their goals.
Learn more at RepublicServices.com/Organizational-Sustainability
Leading Through Actions
Through Republic Services’ climate leadership initiatives, commitment translates into action. The company sees sustainability as a platform for growth for its communities and partners, and offers an extensive infrastructure to help meet these growth goals.
Republic Services operates 71 recycling centers which process 5 million tons of materials every year. Its organics facilities divert food and yard waste from the landfill and recycle it into renewable energy and compost, and modern landfills capture waste while protecting groundwater and reducing fugitive emissions, all actions creating healthier neighborhoods.
Innovation in Sustainability
Republic Services’ environmental services programs provide many opportunities for innovation in sustainability.
Republic Services is opening a Polymer Center, a one-of-a-kind facility which will advance plastics circularity, turning today’s recycling into tomorrow’s new packaging.
In addition, the company continues to invest in renewable energy, with 65 landfill gas-to energy projects in operation today and another 40 coming by 2027.
And finally, Republic Services has made an industry-leading commitment to electrify its fleet. By 2028, half of its new truck purchases will be EVs.
Environmental Services/Sustainability Micro-Certification
September 30, 2023 | ICMA Annual Conference in Austin, Texas
Join us at the ICMA Annual Conference for a micro-certification. In this session, you’ll learn best practices for how municipalities can responsibly handle various recycling and waste streams. We’ll teach what to do about food waste, organics, plastics circularity and hazardous waste; and lastly, we’ll discuss fleet electrification and how it relates to municipalities like yours.
To learn more about Republic Services’ sustainability platform and how it partners with municipalities throughout the country, visit RepublicServices.com/Organizational-Sustainability or contact your municipal manager.
