History of Republic Services / Allied Waste in North Central Texas

With Republic Services’ acquisition of Allied Waste Services in December 2008, two leading waste services and environmental companies joined to capitalize on their strengths to benefit customers, employees, the environment and shareholders. The new company provides collection, recycling and disposal services to over 13 million residential, commercial and industrial customers through its network of 427 collection companies, 240 transfer stations, 213 solid waste landfills and 78 materials recovery facilities (MRF) in over 40 states and Puerto Rico.

Allied Waste was founded more than 50 years ago as a small business with big ambitions. By 2008, Allied had grown into the nation’s second largest waste services company with over 22,000 employees serving over eight million customers and generating more than $6 billion in revenue. A Fortune 50 company, Allied had assembled an integrated network of waste collection with recycling and disposal operations that served 39 states in over 100 U.S. markets. 

Founded in 1991, Republic incorporated in Delaware in 1996, and quickly grew quickly to be the third largest non-hazardous waste company in the U.S. In 2008, Republic was providing outstanding service and value to its customers through its 136 divisions, 94 transfer stations, 58 landfills, and 33 MRFs in 21 states. 

The strategic acquisition and development of hundreds of companies over the decades enabled the two companies to assemble the most highly-integrated asset base in the industry. For example, Republic entered the North Central Texas market in 1995 by acquiring the J.C. Duncan Companies, also known as Duncan Disposal, Arlington Disposal and Grand Prairie Disposal. The Duncan Companies had been providing solid waste services for almost 60 years in local communities

Through exceptional operational and financial managers—and an organizational structure that combines decentralized operational characteristics with centralized oversight and controls, Republic has the most efficient operations in the industry.

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