Republic Services, Inc. RSG

What this company does

Republic Services, Inc. provides environmental services across the United States and Canada through 377 collection operations, 255 transfer stations, 79 recycling centers, 207 active landfills, and other treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Its senior management evaluates, oversees and manages the financial performance of operations through three field groups, referred to as Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3. Group 1 is the company's recycling and waste business operating primarily in geographic areas located in the western United States. Group 2 is the company's recycling and waste business operating primarily in the southeastern and mid-western United States, the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada. Group 3 is the company's environmental solutions business operating in geographic areas located across the United States and Canada. In 2025, approximately 68% of total revenue was derived from the collection business, of which approximately 18% related to residential services, approximately 30% to small-container services and approximately 19% to large-container services. Approximately 79% of its residential collection routes have been converted to automated single-driver trucks.

Written from the business description in REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.