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Republic Services Caps Landfill With Flexible Solar Cover

First company to integrate solar technology to create energy-producing cover system

    Who:    Republic Services, Inc., owner of the Tessman Road Landfill,
            CPS Energy and community leaders.  Republic Services, a
            leading provider of solid waste and recycling services, owns
            or operates 242 transfer stations, 213 solid waste landfills
            and 78 recycling facilities. The company is headquartered in
            Phoenix, Arizona and has more than 35,000 employees.

    What:   A dedication ceremony to commemorate the inaugural use of a
            flexible solar cover on a landfill. The Solar Energy Cover
            generates clean, renewable energy, reducing the need for
            nonrenewable sources. The landfill facilities now run
            completely on green power -- the solar technology and an
            existing methane gas-to-electricity plant.

            The flexible solar strips, developed by United Solar,
            capture the sun's rays for conversion into electricity and
            are adhered directly to a Firestone manufactured synthetic
            geomembrane cover.

            Republic and partner, CPS Energy, Greater San Antonio's
            electric and natural gas provider, will document the results
            of this project for use in the deployment of solar energy
            covers on landfills throughout the region and to provide
            electricity in excess of the landfill facilities' needs to
            area power customers.

    When:   April 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

    Why:    As part of its ongoing commitment to creating cleaner,
            greener communities, Republic Services has embarked on a
            revolutionary new venture that will allow the company's
            landfills to increase their overall energy output.

            Republic operates more than 65 renewable energy projects
            nationwide, primarily capturing landfill gas. Republic's
            facilities provide enough energy to meet the needs of 319,177
            homes. Using this renewable energy source reduces emissions
            equivalent to taking more than 3,108,839 cars off the road.
            To have the same effect, you would have to plant 3,857,787
            acres of pine or fir trees.

    Where:  The dedication ceremony will take place at the Tessman Road
            Landfill
            7000 East I-10, San Antonio, TX, 78219

            Take I-10/US 90 East past the intersection with I-410. Take
            exit 583 toward N. Foster Road and stay on frontage road.
            Continue to first driveway and enter on your right. You will
            see an Allied Waste sign at the entrance to the landfill.
            (Approximately 15 minutes from downtown San Antonio.)

            Media Contacts:
            Republic Services
            Peg Mulloy 480.627.2887; pmulloy@republicservices.com
            CPS Energy
            Bob McCullough 210.353.2344; RGMcCullough@CPSEnergy.com

    /PRNewswire - March 25/

SOURCE: Republic Services, Inc.