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Document and Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Billions	Dec. 31, 2010	Feb. 10, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001060391
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2010
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2010
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 11.4
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		384,060,682

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 88.3	$ 48.0
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $50.9 and $55.2, respectively	828.9	865.1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	207.4	156.5
Deferred tax assets	121.5	195.3
Total current assets	1,246.1	1,264.9
Restricted cash and marketable securities	172.8	240.5
Property and equipment, net	6,698.5	6,657.7
Goodwill, net	10,655.3	10,667.1
Other intangible assets, net	451.3	500.0
Other assets	237.9	210.1
Total assets	19,461.9	19,540.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	606.5	592.8
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	878.5	543.0
Deferred revenue	295.1	331.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion	182.0	245.4
Accrued interest	93.1	96.2
Other accrued liabilities	621.3	740.2
Total current liabilities	2,676.5	2,548.7
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	5,865.1	6,419.6
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion	1,416.6	1,383.2
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	1,044.8	1,040.5
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion	304.5	302.0
Other long-term liabilities	$ 305.5	$ 279.2
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; 50 shares authorized; none issued	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 750 shares authorized; 400.2 and 395.7 issued including shares held in treasury, respectively	4.0	4.0
Additional paid-in capital	6,431.1	6,316.1
Retained earnings	1,890.3	1,683.1
Treasury stock, at cost (16.5 and 14.9 shares, respectively)	(500.8)	(457.7)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax	21.9	19.0
Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders' equity	7,846.5	7,564.5
Noncontrolling interests	2.4	2.6
Total stockholders' equity	7,848.9	7,567.1
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 19,461.9	$ 19,540.3

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) shares in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Current assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 50,900,000	$ 55,200,000
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	50.0	50.0
Preferred stock, shares issued	0.0	0.0
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	750.0	750.0
Common stock, shares issued	400.2	395.7
Treasury stock, shares	16.5	14.9

Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Consolidated Statements of Income [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 8,106.6	$ 8,199.1	$ 3,685.1
Expenses:
Cost of operations	4,764.8	4,844.2	2,416.7
Depreciation, amortization and depletion	833.7	869.7	354.1
Accretion	80.5	88.8	23.9
Selling, general and administrative	858.0	880.4	434.7
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net	19.1	(137.0)	89.8
Restructuring charges	11.4	63.2	82.7
Operating income	1,539.1	1,589.8	283.2
Interest expense	(507.4)	(595.9)	(131.9)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(160.8)	(134.1)
Interest income	0.7	2.0	9.6
Other income (expense), net	5.4	3.2	(1.6)
Income before income taxes	877.0	865.0	159.3
Provision for income taxes	369.5	368.5	85.4
Net income	507.5	496.5	73.9
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1.0)	(1.5)	(0.1)
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$ 506.5	$ 495.0	$ 73.8
Basic earnings per share attributable to Republic Services, Inc. stockholders:
Basic earnings per share	$ 1.32	$ 1.30	$ 0.38
Weighted average common shares outstanding	383.0	379.7	196.7
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Republic Services, Inc. stockholders:
Diluted earnings per share	$ 1.32	$ 1.30	$ 0.37
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding	385.1	381.0	198.4
Cash dividends per common share	$ 0.78	$ 0.76	$ 0.72

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		$ 7,567.1		$ 7,282.5	$ 7,567.1	$ 7,282.5	$ 1,303.8
Comprehensive income:
Net income	$ 147.9	65.2	$ 35.9	113.4	507.5	496.5	73.9
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Change in the value of derivative instruments, net of tax of $5.4, $0.2, and $4.1 for the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively					(5.8)	(0.1)	(8.6)
Employee benefit plan liability adjustments, net of tax of $1.9, $12.8 and $6.1 for the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively					8.7	22.2	(3.6)
Other comprehensive income (loss)					2.9	22.1	(12.2)
Comprehensive income					510.4	518.6	61.7
Cash dividends declared					(298.8)	(288.7)	(168.9)
Issuances of common stock					90.0	40.7	27.7
Issuances of common stock due to the acquisition of Allied							6,113.7
Equity issuance costs due to the acquisition of Allied							(1.8)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest							1.0
Value of stock options issued to replace Allied stock options							61.2
Stock-based compensation					24.5	15.0	24.0
Adjustment to deferred tax benefits for deferred stock units							(1.5)
Purchases of common stock for treasury					(43.1)	(1.0)	(138.4)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests					(1.2)
Ending Balance	7,848.9		7,567.1		7,848.9	7,567.1	7,282.5
Comprehensive Income [Member]
Comprehensive income:
Net income					507.5	496.5	73.9
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Change in the value of derivative instruments, net of tax of $5.4, $0.2, and $4.1 for the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively					(5.8)	(0.1)	(8.6)
Employee benefit plan liability adjustments, net of tax of $1.9, $12.8 and $6.1 for the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively					8.7	22.2	(3.6)
Other comprehensive income (loss)					2.9	22.1	(12.2)
Comprehensive income					510.4	518.6	61.7
Common Stock [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		$ 4.0		$ 3.9	$ 4.0	$ 3.9	$ 2.0
Beginning Balance, shares		395.7		393.4	395.7	393.4	195.7
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Issuances of common stock						$ 0.1
Issuances of common stock, shares					4.5	2.3	1.5
Issuances of common stock due to the acquisition of Allied							$ 1.9
Issuances of common stock due to the acquisition of Allied, shares							195.8
Issuances of restricted stock and deferred stock units, shares							0.4
Ending Balance	$ 4.0		$ 4.0		$ 4.0	$ 4.0	$ 3.9
Ending Balance, shares	400.2		395.7		400.2	395.7	393.4
Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		$ 6,316.1		$ 6,260.1	$ 6,316.1	$ 6,260.1	$ 38.7
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Issuances of common stock					90.0	40.6	27.7
Issuances of common stock due to the acquisition of Allied							6,111.8
Equity issuance costs due to the acquisition of Allied							(1.8)
Value of stock options issued to replace Allied stock options							61.2
Stock-based compensation					25.0	15.4	24.0
Adjustment to deferred tax benefits for deferred stock units							(1.5)
Ending Balance	$ 6,431.1		$ 6,316.1		6,431.1	6,316.1	6,260.1
Retained Earnings [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		1,683.1		1,477.2	1,683.1	1,477.2	1,572.3
Comprehensive income:
Net income					506.5	495.0	73.8
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Cash dividends declared					(298.8)	(288.7)	(168.9)
Stock-based compensation					(0.5)	(0.4)
Ending Balance	1,890.3		1,683.1		1,890.3	1,683.1	1,477.2
Treasury Stock [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		$ (457.7)		$ (456.7)	$ (457.7)	$ (456.7)	$ (318.3)
Beginning Balance, shares		(14.9)		(14.9)	(14.9)	(14.9)	(10.3)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Purchases of common stock for treasury					$ (43.1)	$ (1.0)	$ (138.4)
Purchases of common stock for treasury, shares					(1.6)		(4.6)
Ending Balance	$ (500.8)		$ (457.7)		$ (500.8)	$ (457.7)	$ (456.7)
Ending Balance, shares	(16.5)		(14.9)		(16.5)	(14.9)	(14.9)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		$ 19.0		$ (3.1)	$ 19.0	$ (3.1)	$ 9.1
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Change in the value of derivative instruments, net of tax of $5.4, $0.2, and $4.1 for the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively					(5.8)	(0.1)	(8.6)
Employee benefit plan liability adjustments, net of tax of $1.9, $12.8 and $6.1 for the year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively					8.7	22.2	(3.6)
Ending Balance	$ 21.9		$ 19.0		21.9	19.0	(3.1)
Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Beginning Balance		$ 2.6		$ 1.1	2.6	1.1
Comprehensive income:
Net income					1.0	1.5	0.1
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest							1.0
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests					(1.2)
Ending Balance	$ 2.4		$ 2.6		$ 2.4	$ 2.6	$ 1.1

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Comprehensive income:
Tax effect on derivative instruments	$ 4.1	$ 0.2	$ 5.4
Tax effect on employee benefit plan liability	6.1	12.8	1.9
Comprehensive Income [Member]
Comprehensive income:
Tax effect on derivative instruments	4.1	0.2	5.4
Tax effect on employee benefit plan liability	6.1	12.8	1.9
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Member]
Comprehensive income:
Tax effect on derivative instruments	4.1	0.2	5.4
Tax effect on employee benefit plan liability	$ 6.1	$ 12.8	$ 1.9

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Cash provided by operating activities:
Net income	$ 507.5	$ 496.5	$ 73.9
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment	511.6	520.6	222.6
Landfill depletion and amortization	250.6	278.5	119.7
Amortization of intangible and other assets	71.5	70.6	11.8
Accretion	80.5	88.8	23.9
Non-cash interest expense - debt	52.4	92.1	10.1
Non-cash interest expense - other	48.1	58.1	0.5
Restructuring related charges	(2.0)	34.0
Stock-based compensation	24.5	15.0	24.0
Deferred tax provision (benefit)	61.3	(24.6)	(30.4)
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of adjustments	23.6	27.3	36.5
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises	(3.5)	(2.5)	2.8
Asset impairments	15.1	7.1	89.8
Loss on extinguishment of debt	160.8	134.1
Gain on disposition of assets, net	(11.2)	(147.1)	(1.4)
Other non-cash items	3.8	(0.1)	7.3
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from business acquisitions and divestitures:
Accounts receivable	8.8	53.1	21.1
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(76.6)	(11.9)	15.8
Accounts payable	(34.9)	(6.9)	(164.5)
Restructuring and synergy related expenditures	(20.0)	(66.5)
Capping, closure and post-closure expenditures	(111.3)	(100.9)	(27.9)
Remediation expenditures	(50.5)	(56.2)	(43.3)
Other liabilities	(76.4)	(62.6)	119.9
Cash provided by operating activities	1,433.7	1,396.5	512.2
Cash used in investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(794.7)	(826.3)	(386.9)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment	37.4	31.8	8.2
Cash used in acquisitions and development projects, net of cash acquired	(58.9)	(0.1)	(553.8)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested	60.0	511.1	3.3
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities	66.3	41.6	(5.3)
Other	(0.6)	(0.6)	(0.2)
Cash used in investing activities	(690.5)	(242.5)	(934.7)
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt	1,193.5	1,472.6	1,453.4
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount	1,499.4	1,245.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt	(3,090.3)	(3,583.9)	(740.6)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt	(30.4)	(47.3)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships	(26.2)	(14.3)
Issuances of common stock	86.5	39.6	24.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises	3.5	2.5	4.5
Payment for deferred stock units			(4.0)
Equity issuance cost			(1.8)
Purchases of common stock for treasury	(43.1)	(1.0)	(138.4)
Cash dividends paid	(294.6)	(288.3)	(128.3)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests	(1.2)
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(702.9)	(1,174.7)	469.4
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	40.3	(20.7)	46.9
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	48.0	68.7	21.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 88.3	$ 48.0	$ 68.7

Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION


1.	BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Republic Services, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and its subsidiaries (also referred to collectively as Republic, we, us, our, or the Company in this report) is the second largest provider of non-hazardous solid waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services in the United States, as measured by revenue. We manage and evaluate our operations through four geographic regions – Eastern, Midwestern, Southern, and Western, which we have identified as our reportable segments. We acquired Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (Allied) on December 5, 2008, and have included all of the operating results of Allied starting on that date in our consolidated financial statements. See Note 3, Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges, for additional information.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Republic, its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). We account for investments in entities in which we do not have a controlling financial interest under either the equity method or cost method of accounting, as appropriate. Our investments in variable interest entities are not material to our consolidated financial statements. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

For comparative purposes, certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. All amounts are in millions, except per share amounts and unless otherwise noted.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


2.	SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Management’s Estimates and Assumptions

In preparing our financial statements, we make numerous estimates and assumptions that affect the accounting, recognition and disclosure of assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, revenue and expenses. We must make these estimates and assumptions because certain information that we use is dependent on future events, cannot be calculated with a high degree of precision from data available or simply cannot be readily calculated based on generally accepted methodologies. In some cases, these estimates are particularly difficult to determine and we must exercise significant judgment. In preparing our financial statements, the most difficult, subjective and complex estimates and assumptions that deal with the greatest amount of uncertainty relate to our accounting for our long-lived assets, landfill development costs, and final capping, closure and post-closure costs, our valuation allowances for accounts receivable and deferred tax assets, our liabilities for potential litigation, claims and assessments, our liabilities for environmental remediation, employee benefit plans, deferred taxes, uncertain tax positions and self-insurance, and our estimates of the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in any acquisition. Each of these items is discussed in more detail in the following discussion. Our actual results may differ significantly from our estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider liquid investments with an original maturity at the date of acquisition of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

We may have net book credit balances in our primary disbursement accounts at the end of a reporting period. We classify such credit balances as accounts payable in our consolidated balance sheets as checks presented for payment to these accounts are not payable by our banks under overdraft arrangements, and, as such, do not represent short-term borrowings. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, there were net book credit balances of $94.8 million and $89.9 million in our primary disbursement accounts which were reclassified as accounts payable on our consolidated balance sheets.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and derivative instruments. We place our cash and cash equivalents with high quality financial institutions. Such balances may be in excess of FDIC insured limits. To manage the related credit exposure, we continually monitor the credit worthiness of the financial institutions where we have deposits. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable are limited due to the wide variety of customers and markets in which we provide services, as well as the dispersion of our operations across many geographic areas. We provide services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in the United States and Puerto Rico. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers, but do not require collateral to support customer receivables. We establish an allowance for doubtful accounts based on various factors including the credit risk of specific customers, age of receivables outstanding, historical trends, economic conditions and other information. No customer exceeded 5% of our outstanding accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2010 or 2009.

Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable represent receivables from customers for collection, transfer, recycling, disposal and other services. Our receivables are recorded when billed or when the related revenue is earned, if earlier, and represent claims against third parties that will be settled in cash. The carrying value of our receivables, net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, represents their estimated net realizable value. Provisions for doubtful accounts are evaluated on a monthly basis and are recorded based on our historical collection experience, the age of the receivables, specific customer information and economic conditions. We also review outstanding balances on an account-specific basis. In general, reserves are provided for accounts receivable in excess of ninety days old. Past due receivable balances are written-off when our collection efforts have been unsuccessful in collecting amounts due.

The following table reflects the activity in our allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:


	2010			2009			2008

Balance at beginning of year	$	55.2		$	65.7		$	14.7
Additions charged to expense		23.6			27.3			36.5
Accounts written-off		(27.9	)		(37.8	)		(12.7	)
Acquisitions		-			-			27.2

Balance at end of year	$	50.9		$	55.2		$	65.7

In 2008, subsequent to the Allied acquisition, we recorded a provision for doubtful accounts of $14.2 million to adjust the allowance acquired from Allied to conform to Republic’s accounting policies. We also recorded $5.4 million to provide for specific bankruptcy exposures in 2008.

Restricted Cash and Restricted Marketable Securities

As of December 31, 2010, we had $172.8 million of restricted cash and restricted marketable securities. We obtain funds through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for the purpose of financing qualifying expenditures at our landfills, transfer stations, and collection and recycling facilities. The funds are deposited directly into trust accounts by the bonding authorities at the time of issuance. As the use of these funds is contractually restricted, and we do not have the ability to use these funds for general operating purposes, they are classified as restricted cash in our consolidated balance sheets.

In the normal course of business, we may be required to provide financial assurance to governmental agencies and a variety of other entities in connection with municipal residential collection contracts, closure or post- closure of landfills, environmental remediation, environmental permits, and business licenses and permits as a financial guarantee of our performance. At several of our landfills, we satisfy financial assurance requirements by depositing cash into restricted trust funds or escrow accounts.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Expenditures for major additions and improvements to facilities are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. When property is retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in the consolidated statements of income.

We revise the estimated useful lives of property and equipment acquired through business acquisitions to conform with our policies. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the assets involved using the straight-line method. We assume no salvage value for our depreciable property and equipment. The estimated useful lives of our property and equipment are as follows:


		Estimated
		Useful
		Lives

Buildings and improvements		7 - 40 years
Vehicles		5 - 12 years
Landfill equipment		7 - 10 years
Other equipment		3 - 15 years
Furniture and fixtures		5 - 12 years

Landfill development costs are also included in property and equipment. Landfill development costs include direct costs incurred to obtain landfill permits and direct costs incurred to acquire, construct and develop sites as well as final capping, closure and post-closure assets. These costs are amortized or depleted based on consumed airspace. All indirect landfill development costs are expensed as incurred. (For additional information, see Note 8, Landfill and Environmental Costs.)

Capitalized Interest

We capitalize interest on landfill cell construction and other construction projects if they meet the following criteria:

1. Total construction costs are $50,000 or greater,

2. The construction phase is one month or longer, and

3. The assets have a useful life of one year or longer.

Interest is capitalized on qualified assets while they undergo activities to ready them for their intended use. Capitalization of interest ceases once an asset is placed into service or if construction activity is suspended for more than a brief period of time. Our interest capitalization rate is based on our weighted average cost of indebtedness. Interest capitalized was $6.3 million, $7.8 million and $2.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, long-term debt and the assets in our defined benefit plan. The fair value hierarchy under U.S. GAAP distinguishes between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs). The hierarchy consists of three levels:


	•	Level one – Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
	•	Level two – Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable; and
	•	Level three – Unobservable inputs developed using estimates and assumptions, which are developed by the reporting entity and reflect those assumptions that a market participant would use.

We have determined the estimated fair values of our financial instruments using available market information and commonly accepted valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, our estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that we, or holders of the instruments, could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different assumptions or valuation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. The fair value estimates are based on information available as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. These amounts have not been revalued since those dates, and current estimates of fair value could differ significantly from the amounts presented.

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their respective fair values due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. See Note 9, Debt, and Note 15, Financial Instruments, for the fair value disclosures related to our long-term debt and financial instruments, respectively.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We use derivative financial instruments to manage our risk associated with changing interest rates and changing prices for commodities we frequently purchase or sell by creating offsetting market exposures. We use interest rate swap agreements to manage risk associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We have entered into multiple agreements designated as cash flow hedges to mitigate some of our exposure to changes in diesel fuel prices and prices of certain commodities.

All derivatives are measured at fair value and recognized in the balance sheet as assets or liabilities, as appropriate. For derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, changes in fair value of the effective portions of derivative instruments are reported in stockholders’ equity as components of other comprehensive income until the forecasted transaction occurs or is not probable of occurring. When the forecasted transaction occurs or is not probable of occurring, the realized net gain or loss is then recognized in the consolidated statements of income. Changes in fair value of the ineffective portions of derivative instruments are recognized currently in earnings.

The fair values of our interest rate swap agreements and the fair values of our diesel fuel and other commodity hedges are obtained from third-party counter-parties and are determined using standard valuation models with assumptions about prices and other relevant information based on those observed in the underlying markets (Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy). The estimated fair values of derivatives used to hedge risks fluctuate over time and should be viewed in relation to the underlying hedged transactions.

Landfill and Environmental Costs

Life Cycle Accounting

We use life-cycle accounting and the units-of-consumption method to recognize certain landfill costs over the life of the site. In life cycle accounting, all costs to acquire and construct a site are capitalized, and charged to expense based on the consumption of cubic yards of available airspace.

Costs and airspace estimates are developed at least annually by engineers. We use these estimates to adjust the rates we use to deplete capitalized costs. Changes in these estimates primarily relate to changes in available airspace, inflation and applicable regulations. Changes in available airspace include but are not limited to changes due to the addition of airspace lying in probable expansion areas, airspace consumed and changes in engineering estimates.

Probable Expansion Airspace

We classify landfill disposal capacity as either permitted (having received the final permit from the applicable regulatory agency) or as probable expansion airspace. Before airspace included in an expansion area is determined to be probable expansion airspace and, therefore, is included in our calculation of total available disposal capacity, all of the following criteria must be met:


	•	We own the land associated with the expansion airspace or control it pursuant to an option agreement,
	•	We are committed to supporting the expansion project financially and with appropriate resources,
	•	There are no identified fatal flaws or impediments associated with the project, including political impediments,
	•	Progress is being made on the project,
	•	The expansion is attainable within a reasonable time frame, and
	•	We believe it is likely the expansion permit will be received.

Upon meeting our expansion criteria, the rates used at each applicable landfill to expense costs to acquire, construct, cap, close and maintain a site during the post-closure period are adjusted to include both the probable expansion airspace and the additional costs to be capitalized or accrued associated with that expansion airspace.

We have identified three steps that landfills generally follow to obtain expansion permits. These steps are as follows:

1. Obtaining approval from local authorities,

2. Submitting a permit application to state authorities, and

3. Obtaining permit approval from state authorities.

We continually monitor our progress toward obtaining permits for each of our sites with probable airspace. If we determine that a landfill expansion area no longer meets our criteria, the probable expansion airspace is removed from the landfill’s total available capacity and the rates used at the landfill to deplete costs to acquire, construct, cap, close and maintain a site during the post-closure period are adjusted accordingly. In addition, any amounts capitalized for the probable expansion airspace are charged to expense in the period in which it is determined that the criteria are no longer met.

Capitalized Landfill Costs

Capitalized landfill costs include expenditures for land, permitting, cell construction and environmental structures. Capitalized permitting and cell construction costs are limited to direct costs relating to these activities, including legal, engineering and construction costs associated with excavation, natural and synthetic liners, construction of leachate collection systems, installation of methane gas collection and monitoring systems, installation of groundwater monitoring wells and other costs associated with the development of the site. Interest is capitalized on landfill construction projects while the assets are undergoing activities to ready them for their intended use. Capitalized landfill costs also include final capping, closure and post-closure assets and are depleted as airspace is consumed using the units-of-consumption method.

Costs related to acquiring land, excluding the estimated residual value of unpermitted, non-buffer land, and costs related to permitting and cell construction are depleted as airspace is consumed using the units-of-consumption method.

Capitalized landfill costs may also include an allocation of purchase price paid for landfills. For landfills purchased as part of a group of assets, the purchase price assigned to the landfill is determined based on the estimated fair value of the landfill relative to the fair value of other assets within the acquired group. If the landfill meets our expansion criteria, the purchase price is further allocated between permitted airspace and expansion airspace based on the ratio of permitted versus probable expansion airspace to total available airspace. Landfill purchase price is amortized using the units-of-consumption method over the total available airspace including probable expansion airspace where appropriate.

Final Capping, Closure and Post-Closure Costs

We have future obligations for final capping, closure and post-closure costs with respect to the landfills we own or operate as set forth in applicable landfill permits. Final capping, closure and post-closure costs include estimated costs to be incurred for final capping and closure of landfills and estimated costs for providing required post-closure monitoring and maintenance of landfills. The permit requirements are based on the Subtitle C and Subtitle D regulations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as implemented and applied on a state-by-state basis. Obligations associated with monitoring and controlling methane gas migration and emissions are set forth in applicable landfill permits and these requirements are based on the provisions of the Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended. Final capping typically includes installing flexible membrane and geosynthetic clay liners, drainage and compact soil layers, and topsoil, and is constructed over an area of the landfill where total airspace capacity has been consumed and waste disposal operations have ceased. These final capping activities occur as needed throughout the operating life of a landfill. Other closure activities and post-closure activities occur after the entire landfill ceases to accept waste and closes. These activities involve methane gas control, leachate management and groundwater monitoring, surface water monitoring and control, and other operational and maintenance activities that occur after the site ceases to accept waste. The post-closure period generally runs for up to 30 years after final site closure for municipal solid waste landfills and a shorter period for construction and demolition landfills and inert landfills.

Estimates of future expenditures for final capping, closure and post-closure are developed at least annually by engineers. These estimates are reviewed by management and are used by our operating and accounting personnel to adjust the rates used to capitalize and amortize these costs. These estimates involve projections of costs that will be incurred during the remaining life of the landfill for final capping activities, after the landfill ceases operations and during the legally required post-closure monitoring period. We currently retain post-closure responsibility for 129 closed landfills.

A liability for an asset retirement obligation is recognized in the period in which it is incurred and is initially measured at fair value. Absent quoted market prices, the estimate of fair value is based on the best available information, including the results of present value techniques. The offset to the liability is capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Changes in the liabilities due to the passage of time are recognized as operating expenses in the consolidated statement of income and are referred to as accretion expense. Changes in the liabilities due to revisions to estimated future cash flows are recognized by increasing or decreasing the liabilities with the offsets adjusting the carrying amounts of the related long-lived assets, and may also require immediate adjustments to amortization expense in the consolidated statement of income.

Landfill asset retirement obligations include estimates of all costs related to final capping, closure and post-closure. Costs associated with daily maintenance activities during the operating life of the landfill, such as leachate disposal, groundwater and gas monitoring, and other pollution control activities, are charged to expense as incurred. In addition, costs historically accounted for as capital expenditures during the operating life of a landfill, such as cell development costs, are capitalized when incurred, and charged to expense using life cycle accounting and the units-of-consumption method based on the consumption of cubic yards of available airspace.

We define final capping as activities required to permanently cover a portion of a landfill that has been completely filled with waste. Final capping occurs in phases as needed throughout the operating life of a landfill as specific areas are filled to capacity and the final elevation for that specific area is reached in accordance with the provisions of the operating permit. We consider final capping events to be discrete activities that are recognized as asset retirement obligations separately from other closure and post-closure obligations. These capping events generally occur during the operating life of a landfill and can be associated with waste placed in an area to be capped. As a result, we use a separate rate per ton for recognizing the principal amount of the liability and related asset associated with each capping event. We amortize the asset recorded pursuant to this approach as waste volume related to the capacity covered by the capping event is placed into the landfill based on the consumption of cubic yards of available airspace.

In connection with the 2008 annual review of our calculations with respect to landfill asset retirement obligations, we made a change in estimate, which is considered to be a change in accounting estimate that is effected by a change in accounting principle. This change, which we believe is preferable, was made to better align the estimated amount of waste to be placed in an area to be capped (which is used to calculate our capping rates) with the physical operation of our landfills. The expected costs related to our capping events did not change and we will continue to use separate rates for each capping event. This change resulted in a $32.6 million decrease in our capping asset retirement obligations and related assets. These assets will be amortized to expense prospectively. This change in estimate did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We recognize asset retirement obligations and the related amortization expense for closure and post-closure (excluding obligations for final capping) using the units-of-consumption method over the total remaining capacity of the landfill. The total remaining capacity includes probable expansion airspace.

In general, we engage third parties to perform most of our final capping, closure and post-closure activities. Accordingly, the fair value of these activities is based on quoted and actual prices paid for similar work. We also perform some of our final capping, closure and post-closure activities using internal resources. Where internal resources are expected to be used to fulfill an asset retirement obligation, we add a profit margin to the estimated cost of such services to better reflect their fair value. If we perform these services internally, the added profit margin is recognized as a component of operating income in the period the obligation is settled.

An estimate of fair value should include the price that marketplace participants are able to receive for bearing the uncertainties in cash flows. However, when utilizing discounted cash flow techniques, reliable estimates of market premiums may not be obtainable. In this situation, it is not necessary to consider a market risk premium in the determination of expected cash flows. While the cost of asset retirement obligations associated with final capping, closure and post-closure can be quantified and estimated, there is not an active market that can be utilized to determine the fair value of these activities. In the waste industry, there generally is not a market for selling the responsibility for final capping, closure and post-closure independent of selling the landfill in its entirety. Accordingly, we believe that it is not possible to develop a methodology to reliably estimate a market risk premium and have excluded a market risk premium from our determination of expected cash flow for landfill asset retirement obligations.

Our estimates of costs to discharge asset retirement obligations for landfills are developed in today’s dollars. These costs are inflated each year to reflect a normal escalation of prices up to the year they are expected to be paid. We use a 2.5% inflation rate, which is based on the ten-year historical moving average increase of the U.S. Consumer Price Index, and is the rate used by most waste industry participants.

These estimated costs are then discounted to their present value using a credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rate. In general, the credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rate we used for liability recognition was 5.5% and 7.5% for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which was based on the estimated all-in yield we would have needed to offer to sell thirty-year debt in the public market. However, as part of the initial application of purchase accounting, our capping, closure and post-closure obligations acquired from Allied were recorded at their fair values as of the acquisition date, and were discounted using a rate of 9.75% due to market conditions at the time of the acquisition.

Changes in asset retirement obligations due to the passage of time are measured by recognizing accretion expense in a manner that results in a constant effective interest rate being applied to the average carrying amount of the liability. The effective interest rate used to calculate accretion expense is our credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rate in effect at the time the liabilities were recorded.

Changes due to revisions of the estimates of the amount or timing of the original undiscounted cash flows used to record a liability are recognized by increasing or decreasing the carrying amount of the asset retirement obligation liability and the carrying amount of the related asset. Upward revisions in the amount of undiscounted estimated cash flows used to record a liability are discounted using the credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rate in effect at the time of the change. Downward revisions in the amount of undiscounted estimated cash flows used to record a liability are discounted using the credit-adjusted, risk-free rate that existed when the original liability was recognized.

We review our calculations with respect to landfill asset retirement obligations at least annually. If there is a significant change in the facts and circumstances related to a landfill during the year, we will review our calculations for the landfill as soon as practical after the change has occurred.

Environmental Operating Costs

In the normal course of business, we expense as incurred various operating costs associated with environmental compliance. These costs include, among other things, leachate treatment and disposal, methane gas and groundwater monitoring and systems maintenance, interim cap maintenance, costs associated with the application of daily cover materials, and the legal and administrative costs of ongoing environmental compliance.

Environmental Liabilities

We are subject to an array of laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, and we remediate sites in the ordinary course of our business. Under current laws and regulations, we may be responsible for environmental remediation at sites that we either own or operate, including sites that we have acquired, or sites where we have (or a company that we have acquired has) delivered waste. Our environmental remediation liabilities primarily include costs associated with remediating groundwater, surface water and soil contamination, as well as controlling and containing methane gas migration and the related legal costs. To estimate our ultimate liability at these sites, we evaluate several factors, including the nature and extent of contamination at each identified site, the required remediation methods, the apportionment of responsibility among the potentially responsible parties and the financial viability of those parties. We accrue for costs associated with environmental remediation obligations when such costs are probable and reasonably estimable in accordance with accounting for loss contingencies. We periodically review the status of all environmental matters and update our estimates of the likelihood of and future expenditures for remediation as necessary. Changes in the liabilities resulting from these reviews are recognized currently in earnings in the period in which the adjustment is known. Adjustments to estimates are reasonably possible in the near term and may result in changes to recorded amounts. We have not reduced the liabilities we have recorded for recoveries from other potentially responsible parties or insurance companies.

The environmental liabilities assumed from Allied relate to impacts at both owned and unowned sites. In the case of owned sites, we are actively working with the appropriate regulatory entity under the applicable regulations (typically RCRA or Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)) to characterize and remediate potential issues. At unowned sites, we are working within the regulatory and procedural framework established by CERCLA to characterize and remediate potential issues, in conjunction with other potentially liable parties at each location. Pursuant to the purchase method of accounting, we have recorded the environmental remediation liabilities assumed from Allied based upon estimates of their fair value, using an estimate of future cash flows or settlement. Previously, and consistent with our method of accounting, Allied recorded remediation liabilities based upon accounting for loss contingencies, however, amounts recorded under this method are generally not at fair value.

Since the date of acquisition, our process for deriving fair value for the environmental liabilities assumed from Allied included first identifying the population of remediation sites where we are either fully or partially responsible for remediation or potential remediation. The population of remediation sites was then stratified into categories based on (i) the maturity of the issue relative to recognized stages in the applicable regulation (typically CERCLA or RCRA) and (ii) the extent of our participation in the remediation activity. Using these categories, we applied one of the following multiple estimation processes to quantify fair value:


	•	For sites with established responsibility but a high level of uncertainty with the outcome of the remedial process, we developed multiple remediation scenarios. We then probability weighted the remediation scenarios to develop a fair value estimate.
	•	For sites where the level of responsibility was less defined, we developed a fair value estimate of the settlement costs based upon market participant assessments from external legal counsel.
	•	For sites which we own and are in the earliest stages of the remedial process, we identified the most applicable standard remedial techniques and then probability weighted the use of each technique to develop a fair value estimate.
	•	For the remaining sites with low levels of uncertainty, we developed a primary remedial strategy and cost estimate to determine the fair value of the liability.

The initial liabilities recorded as part of the Allied acquisition were recorded using provisional amounts based upon information available at that time. During 2009, we gathered and assessed new information obtained about the facts and circumstances surrounding Allied’s remediation sites. In certain situations, we used external engineers and attorneys to assist in the development of our fair value estimates. As a result of that process, we increased the fair value of our remediation reserves assumed from Allied by $181.9 million. Any further adjustments to our remediation reserves resulting in changes in estimate or reserve settlements will be reflected currently in earnings in the periods in which such adjustments become known.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

We annually test goodwill at December 31 for impairment or when an indicator of impairment exists. We test goodwill for impairment using a two-step process. The first step is a screen for potential impairment, while the second step measures the amount of the impairment, if any. The first step of the goodwill impairment test compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill.

We have defined our reporting units to be consistent with our operating segments: Eastern, Midwestern, Southern, and Western. In determining fair value, we primarily utilize discounted future cash flows and operating results based on a comparative multiple of earnings or revenues.

Significant estimates used in our fair value calculation utilizing discounted future cash flows include, but are not limited to: (i) estimates of future revenue and expense growth by reporting unit, which we estimate to range from 3% to 5%; (ii) future estimated effective tax rates, which we estimate to be 40%; (iii) future estimated capital expenditures as well as future required investments in working capital; (iv) estimated discount rates, which we estimate to range between 8% and 10%; and (v) the future terminal value of the reporting unit, which is based on its ability to exist into perpetuity. Significant estimates used in the fair value calculation utilizing market value multiples include but are not limited to: (i) estimated future growth potential of the reporting unit; (ii) estimated multiples of revenue or earnings a willing buyer is likely to pay; and (iii) estimated control premium a willing buyer is likely to pay.

We evaluate a reporting unit for impairment if events or circumstances change between annual tests, indicating a possible impairment. Examples of such events or circumstances include: (i) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate; (ii) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator; (iii) a more likely than not expectation that a reporting unit or a significant portion thereof will be sold; (iv) continued or sustained losses at a reporting unit; (v) a significant decline in our market capitalization as compared to our book value or (vi) the testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within the reporting unit.

We assign assets and liabilities from our corporate reporting segment to our four operating segments to the extent that such assets or liabilities relate to the cash flows of the reporting unit and would be included in determining the reporting unit’s fair value.

In preparing our annual test for impairment as of December 31, 2010, we determined that our indicated fair value of equity exceeded our market capitalization. We determined market capitalization as the fair value of our common shares outstanding at the closing market price on December 31, 2010. We believe one of the primary reconciling differences between the indicated fair value of equity and our market capitalization is due to a control premium. We believe the control premium represents the value a market participant could extract as savings and/or synergies by obtaining control, and thereby eliminating duplicative overhead and operating costs resulting from the consolidation of routes and internalization of waste streams.

As of December 31, 2010, we determined that the indicated fair value of our reporting units exceeded their carrying value by a range of 120% to in excess of 170% and, as such, we noted no indicators of impairment at our reporting units.

We will continuously monitor market trends in our business, the related expected cash flows and our calculation of market capitalization for purposes of identifying possible indicators of impairment. If our book value per share exceeds our market price per share or if we have other indicators of impairment, we will be required to perform an interim step one impairment analysis, which may lead to a step two analysis and possible impairment of our goodwill. Additionally, we would then be required to review our remaining long-lived assets for impairment.

Our operating segments, which also represent our reporting units, are comprised of several vertically integrated businesses. When an individual business within an integrated operating segment is divested, goodwill is allocated to that business based on its fair value relative to the fair value of its operating segment.

Other intangible assets include values assigned to customer relationships, long-term contracts, covenants not to compete and trade names, and are amortized generally on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 2 to 23 years.

Asset Impairments

We continually consider whether events or changes in circumstances have occurred that may warrant revision of the estimated useful lives of our long-lived assets (other than goodwill) or whether the remaining balances of those assets should be evaluated for possible impairment. Long-lived assets include, for example, capitalized landfill costs, other property and equipment, and identifiable intangible assets. Events or changes in circumstances that may indicate that an asset may be impaired include the following:


	•	A significant decrease in the market price of an asset or asset group,
	•	A significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which an asset or asset group is being used or in its physical condition,
	•	A significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset or asset group, including an adverse action or assessment by a regulator,
	•	An accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of a long-lived asset,


	•	A current period operating or cash flow loss combined with a history of operating or cash flow losses or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset or asset group,
	•	A current expectation that, more likely than not, a long-lived asset or asset group will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life, or
	•	An impairment of goodwill at a reporting unit.

There are certain indicators listed above that require significant judgment and understanding of the waste industry when applied to landfill development or expansion. For example, a regulator may initially deny a landfill expansion permit application though the expansion permit is ultimately granted. In addition, management may periodically divert waste from one landfill to another to conserve remaining permitted landfill airspace. Therefore, certain events could occur in the ordinary course of business and not necessarily be considered indicators of impairment due to the unique nature of the waste industry.

If indicators of impairment exist, the asset or asset group is reviewed to determine whether its recoverability is impaired. We assess the recoverability of the asset or asset group by comparing its carrying value to an estimate (or estimates) of its undiscounted future cash flows over its remaining life. If the estimated undiscounted cash flows are not sufficient to recover the carrying value of the asset or asset group, we measure an impairment loss as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value. The loss is recorded in the consolidated statement of income in the period in which such impairment is identified. Estimating future cash flows requires significant judgment, and our projections of future cash flows and remaining useful lives may vary materially from actual results.

Self-Insurance Reserves

Our insurance programs for workers’ compensation, general liability, vehicle liability and employee-related health care benefits are effectively self-insured. Accruals for self-insurance reserves are based on claims filed and estimates of claims incurred but not reported. We consider our past claims experience, including both frequency and settlement amount of claims, in determining these estimates. It is possible that recorded reserves may not be adequate to cover the future payment of claims. Adjustments, if any, to estimates recorded resulting from ultimate claim payments will be reflected in the consolidated statements of income in the periods in which such adjustments are known. In general, our self-insurance reserves are recorded on an undiscounted basis. However, the self-insurance liabilities we acquired in the Allied acquisition have been recorded at estimated fair value, and, therefore, have been discounted to present value based on our estimate of the timing of the related cash flows.

As we are the primary obligor for payment of all claims, we report our insurance claim liabilities on a gross basis in other current and long-term liabilities and any associated recoveries from our insurers are recorded in other assets.

Business Combinations

We acquire businesses in the waste industry, including non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, materials recovery facilities and disposal operations, as part of our growth strategy. Businesses are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. For all acquisitions completed prior to December 31, 2008 (prior to the effective date of the new business combinations pronouncement), the cost of the acquired businesses was allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on estimates of fair values thereof. These estimates were revised during the allocation period as necessary if, and when, information regarding contingencies becomes available to further define and quantify assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The allocation period generally does not exceed one year. To the extent contingencies such as pre-acquisition environmental matters, litigation and related legal fees were resolved or settled during the allocation period or prior to December 31, 2008, such items were included in the revised allocation of the purchase price. After December 31, 2008 or the expiration of the allocation period, whichever was later, the effect of changes in such contingencies is included in results of operations in the periods in which the adjustments are determined.

For all acquisitions completed after December 31, 2008, we recognize, separately from goodwill, the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated acquisition-date fair values. We measure and recognize goodwill as of the acquisition date as the excess of: (i) the aggregate of the fair value of consideration transferred, the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree (if any) and the acquisition-date fair value of our previously held equity interest in the acquiree (if any), over (ii) the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If information about facts and circumstances existing as of the acquisition date is incomplete by the end of the reporting period in which a business combination occurs, we will report provisional amounts for the items for which the accounting is incomplete. The measurement or allocation period ends once we receive the information we were seeking; however, this period will not exceed one year from the acquisition date. Any material adjustments recognized during the measurement period will be reflected retrospectively in the consolidated financial statements of the subsequent period. We will recognize third-party transaction related costs as expense currently in the period in which they are incurred.

Discontinued Operations

We analyze our operations that have been divested or classified as held-for-sale in order to determine if they qualify for discontinued operations accounting. Only operations that qualify as a component of an entity under U.S. GAAP can be included in discontinued operations. In addition, only components where we do not have significant continuing involvement with the divested operations would qualify for discontinued operations accounting. For our purposes, continuing involvement would include continuing to receive waste at our landfill or recycling facility from a divested hauling operation or transfer station or continuing to dispose of waste at a divested landfill or transfer station.

Costs Associated with Exit Activities

We record costs associated with exit activities such as employee termination benefits that represent a one-time benefit when management approves and commits to a plan of termination, and communicates the termination arrangement to the employees, or over the future service period, if any. Other costs associated with exit activities may include contract termination costs, including costs related to leased facilities to be abandoned or subleased, and facility and employee relocation costs.

In addition, we account for costs to exit an activity of an acquired company and involuntary employee termination benefits associated with acquired businesses in the purchase price allocation of the acquired business if a plan to exit an activity of an acquired company exists, and those costs have no future economic benefit to us and will be incurred as a direct result of the exit plan, or the exit costs represent amounts to be incurred by us under a contractual obligation of the acquired entity that existed prior to the acquisition date. We recognize employee termination benefits as liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date when management approves and commits to a plan of termination, and communicates the termination arrangement to the employees, if the future service period for these employees is less than sixty days from their date of notification.

Contingent Liabilities

We are subject to various legal proceedings, claims and regulatory matters, the outcomes of which are subject to significant uncertainty. In general, we determine whether to disclose or accrue for loss contingencies based on an assessment of whether the risk of loss is remote, reasonably possible or probable and whether it can be reasonably estimated. We assess our potential liability relating to litigation and regulatory matters based on information available to us. Management’s assessment is developed based on an analysis of possible outcomes under various strategies. We accrue for loss contingencies when such amounts are probable and reasonably estimable. If a contingent liability is only reasonably possible, we disclose the potential range of the loss, if estimable.

Contingent liabilities recorded in purchase accounting are recorded at their fair values. These fair values may be different from the values we would have otherwise recorded, had the contingent liability not been assumed as part of an acquisition of a business.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated other comprehensive income is a component of stockholders’ equity and includes the effective portion of the net changes in fair value of our cash flow hedges which consist of prices for diesel fuel and other commodities, net of tax, and certain adjustments to liabilities associated with our employee benefit plan liabilities, net of tax.

Revenue Recognition

We generally provide services under contracts with municipalities or individual customers. Municipal and commercial contracts are generally long-term and often have renewal options. Advance billings are recorded as deferred revenue, and revenue is recognized over the period services are provided. No single customer has individually accounted for more than 3% of our consolidated revenue or of our reportable segment revenue in any of the past three years.

We recognize revenue when all four of the following criteria are met:


	•	Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists such as a service agreement with a municipality, a hauling customer or a disposal customer,
	•	Services have been performed such as the collection and hauling of waste or the disposal of waste at a disposal facility owned or operated by us,
	•	The price of the services provided to the customer is fixed or determinable, and
	•	Collectibility is reasonably assured.

Income Taxes

We are subject to income taxes in the United States and Puerto Rico. We record deferred income taxes to reflect the effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases using enacted tax rates that we expect to be in effect when the taxes are actually paid or recovered.

We record net deferred tax assets to the extent we believe these assets will more likely than not be realized. In making these determinations, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, tax planning strategies, projected future taxable income and recent financial operating results. If we determine that we would be able to realize a deferred income tax asset in the future in excess of its net recorded amount, we would make an adjustment to the valuation allowance which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

A tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolutions of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits. Income tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized.

We recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in the provision for income taxes in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. Accrued interest and penalties are included in other accrued liabilities, and deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities, in the consolidated balance sheets.

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

We currently have one qualified defined pension plan, the BFI Retirement Plan (the Plan). The Plan covers certain current and former employees of Allied in the United States, including some employees subject to collective bargaining agreements. The Plan’s benefit formula is based on a percentage of compensation as defined in the Plan document. However, the benefits of approximately 97% of the current plan participants were frozen upon Allied’s acquisition of BFI in 1999.

Our pension contributions are made in accordance with funding standards established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The Plan’s assets have been invested as determined by our Retirement Benefits Committee. We annually review and adjust the Plan’s asset allocation as deemed necessary.

The benefit obligation and associated income or expense related to the Plan are determined using annually established assumptions for discount rates, expected rates of return and average rates for compensation increases. We determine the discount rate based on a model that matches the timing and amount of expected benefit payments to maturities of high quality bonds priced as of the pension plan measurement date. When that timing does not correspond to a published high-quality bond rate, our model uses an expected yield curve to determine an appropriate current discount rate. The yields on the bonds are used to derive a discount rate for the liability. In developing our expected rate of return assumption, we evaluate long-term expected and historical actual returns on the plan assets, giving consideration to our asset mix and the anticipated duration of our plan obligations. The average rate of compensation increase reflects our expectations of average pay increases over the periods benefits are earned. Our assumptions are reviewed annually and adjusted as deemed necessary.

Equity-Based Compensation Plans

We recognize equity-based compensation expense on the estimated fair value of stock options and similar equity instruments issued as compensation to employees over the requisite service periods.

Cash flows resulting from tax benefits related to tax deductions in excess of those recorded for compensation expense, resulting from the exercise of stock options, are classified as cash flows from financing activities. All other tax benefits related to stock options have been presented as a component of cash flows from operating activities.

We recognize compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award, or to the employee’s retirement-eligible date, if earlier.

The fair value of each option on the date of grant is estimated using a lattice binomial option-pricing model based on certain valuation assumptions. Expected volatilities are based on our historical stock prices over the contractual terms of the options and other factors. The risk-free interest rates are based on the published U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant for instruments with a similar life. The dividend yield reflects our dividend yield at the date of grant. The expected life represents the period that the stock options are expected to be outstanding, taking into consideration the contractual terms of the options and our employees’ historical exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior, weighted to reflect the job level demographic profile of the employees receiving the option grants. The estimated forfeiture rate used to record compensation expense is based on historical forfeitures and is adjusted periodically based on actual results.

Leases

We lease property and equipment in the ordinary course of our business. Our most significant lease obligations are for property and equipment specific to our industry, including real property operated as a landfill or transfer station and operating equipment. Our leases have varying terms. Some may include renewal or purchase options, escalation clauses, restrictions, penalties or other obligations that we consider in determining minimum lease payments. The leases are classified as either operating leases or capital leases, as appropriate.

Operating Leases

Many of our leases are operating leases. This classification generally can be attributed to either (i) relatively low fixed minimum lease payments (including, for example, real property lease payments that are not fixed and vary based on the volume of waste we receive or process), or (ii) minimum lease terms that are much shorter than the assets’ economic useful lives. Management expects that, in the normal course of business, our operating leases will be renewed, replaced by other leases, or replaced with fixed asset expenditures.

Capital Leases

Assets acquired under capital leases are capitalized at the inception of each lease and are amortized to depreciation expense over the lesser of the useful life of the asset or the lease term on either a straight-line or a units-of-consumption basis, depending on the asset leased. The present value of the related lease payments is recorded as a debt obligation.

Related Party Transactions

It is our policy that transactions with related parties must be on terms that, on the whole, are no less favorable than those that would be available from unaffiliated parties.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Fair Value Measurements

In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance to amend the disclosure requirements related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance requires new disclosures on the transfers of assets and liabilities between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value measurement hierarchy, including the reasons and timing of the transfers, which we adopted effective January 1, 2010. Additionally, the guidance requires a rollforward of activities related to the purchases, sales, issuance and settlements of assets and liabilities measured using Level 3 fair value measurements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. The adoption of this guidance will increase the level of disclosures in the financial statements related to fair value measurements.

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

In June 2009, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting and disclosure requirements for the consolidation of variable interest entities (VIEs) and requires an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine whether the enterprise’s variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a VIE. Under this new guidance, an enterprise has a controlling financial interest when it has (i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. An enterprise is required to assess whether it has an implicit financial responsibility to ensure that a VIE operates as designed when determining whether it has power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. It also requires ongoing assessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, requires enhanced disclosures and eliminates the scope exclusion for qualifying special-purpose entities. We adopted this new guidance on January 1, 2010 and the adoption did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance to amend the accounting and reporting requirements for decreases in ownership of a subsidiary. This guidance requires that a decrease in the ownership interest of a subsidiary that does not result in a change of control be treated as an equity transaction. The guidance also expands the disclosure requirements about the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. We adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2010 and it did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Goodwill Impairment Test

In December 2010, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which modifies the requirements of Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and we anticipate that it will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges [Abstract]

BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES AND RESTRUCTURING CHARGES


3.	BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES AND RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

Acquisition of Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

Rationale for the Acquisition

We believe that the Allied acquisition results in a combined company that has greater financial strength, operational efficiencies, earning power and growth potential than either we or Allied would have on our own. We believe that there is a substantial strategic fit between the markets serviced by Republic, which are located predominantly in high-growth Sunbelt markets, and those served by Allied, which has a national footprint. Since our collection markets are highly complementary, the combined company is diversified across geographic markets, customer segments and service offerings. This balance will allow our combined company to capitalize on attractive business opportunities, mitigate geographic risk, and results in greater stability and predictability of revenue and free cash flow. We also believe that the acquisition will result in a number of important synergies, primarily from achieving greater operating efficiencies, capturing inherent economies of scale and leveraging corporate resources. Therefore, we believe that the premium we paid to effectuate the acquisition was reasonable.

Purchase Price

The purchase price paid for Allied, which was acquired on December 5, 2008, includes the value of Republic’s common stock issued in exchange for Allied’s outstanding common stock, the conversion of Allied’s outstanding stock options and unvested restricted stock awards into Republic’s equity-based awards, cash paid to retire Allied’s revolving credit facility, the fair value of Allied’s debt less cash assumed at closing and Republic’s transaction costs.

In summary, the purchase price paid for the Allied acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price is as follows:


	December 31,
	2009

Purchase price:
Value of Republic common stock issued in exchange for Allied common stock outstanding	$	6,112.9
Value of Republic stock options issued to replace Allied stock options		61.2
Cash paid to retire Allied’s credit facility		671.8
Debt, fair value		5,356.2
Less: cash acquired		(131.3	)
Transaction costs		58.9

Total purchase price		12,129.7

Allocated as follows:
Current assets		909.9
Landfill development costs		2,600.0
Other property and equipment		2,262.3
Other assets		188.8
Current liabilities		(1,433.3	)
Capping, closure and post-closure liabilities		(885.4	)
Environmental liabilities		(390.0	)
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities		(637.2	)
Other long-term liabilities		(231.8	)

Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed		2,383.3

Excess purchase price to be allocated	$	9,746.4

Allocated as follows:
Goodwill	$	9,199.6
Other intangible assets:
Customer relationships		420.0
Franchise agreements		60.0
Other municipal agreements		30.0
Tradenames		30.0
Favorable lease agreements		5.8
Non-compete agreements		1.0

Total allocated	$	9,746.4

Adjustments in future periods, if any, made to assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be recorded in our consolidated statement of income.

The intangible assets identified that were determined to have value as a result of our analysis of Allied’s projected revenue streams and their related profits include customer relationships, franchise agreements, other municipal agreements, non-compete agreements and trade names. The fair values for these intangible assets are reflected in the previous table. Other intangible assets were identified that are considered to be components of either property and equipment or goodwill under U.S. GAAP, including the value of the permitted and probable airspace at Allied’s landfills (property and equipment), the going concern element of Allied’s business (goodwill) and its assembled workforce (goodwill). The going concern element represents the ability of an established business to earn a higher rate of return on an assembled collection of net assets than would be expected if those assets had to be acquired separately. A substantial portion of this going concern element acquired is represented by Allied’s infrastructure of market-based collection routes and its related integrated waste transfer and disposal channels, whose value has been included in goodwill.

All of the goodwill and other intangible assets resulting from the Allied acquisition are not deductible for income tax purposes.

Pro Forma Information

The consolidated financial statements presented for Republic include the operating results of Allied from December 5, 2008, the date of the acquisition. The following pro forma information is presented assuming the acquisition had been completed as of January 1, 2008. The unaudited pro forma information presented has been prepared for illustrative purposes and is not intended to be indicative of the results of operations that would have actually occurred had the acquisition been consummated at the beginning of the periods presented or of future results of the combined operations. Furthermore, the pro forma results do not give effect to all cost savings or incremental costs that occur as a result of the integration and consolidation of the acquisition (in millions, except share and per share amounts).


	Year Ended
	December 31,
	2008
	(unaudited)

Revenue	$	9,362.2
Net income		285.7
Basic earnings per share		0.76
Diluted earnings per share		0.75

The unaudited pro forma financial information includes adjustments for amortization of identifiable intangible assets, accretion of discounts to fair value associated with debt, environmental, self-insurance and other liabilities, accretion of capping, closure and post-closure obligations and amortization of the related assets, and provision for income taxes.

Restructuring Charges

As a result of the 2008 Allied acquisition, we committed to a restructuring plan related to our corporate overhead and other administrative and operating functions. The plan included closing our corporate office in Florida, consolidating administrative functions to Arizona, the former headquarters of Allied, and reducing staffing levels. The plan also included closing and consolidating certain operating locations and terminating certain leases. During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, we incurred $11.4 million, net of adjustments, and $63.2 million, respectively, of restructuring and integration charges related to our integration of Allied. These charges and adjustments primarily related to severance and other employee termination and relocation benefits and consulting and professional fees. Substantially all the charges are recorded in our corporate segment. We do not expect to incur additional charges to complete our plan. We expect that the remaining charges will be paid during 2011.


	Balance at										Balance at
	December 31,										December 31,
	2009		Additions		Payments			Adjustments			2010

Severance and other termination benefits	$	19.6	$	4.4	$	(17.4	)	$	(3.8	)	$	2.8
Relocation		5.2		-		(1.5	)		(2.6	)		1.1

Total	$	24.8	$	4.4	$	(18.9	)	$	(6.4	)	$	3.9


	Balance at									Balance at
	December 31,									December 31,
	2008		Additions		Payments			Adjustments		2009

Severance and other termination benefits	$	12.5	$	31.4	$	(24.3	)	$	-	$	19.6
Relocation		17.9		2.6		(15.3	)		-		5.2

Total	$	30.4	$	34.0	$	(39.6	)	$	-	$	24.8

Accrued Liabilities Related to Allied

The following tables reflect the activity during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 associated with the liabilities (included in other accrued liabilities) incurred in connection with termination benefits for employees who were employed by Allied at the date of the acquisition and notified that their employment was terminated:


	Balance at								Balance at
	December 31,								December 31,
	2009		Payments			Adjustments			2010

Severance and other termination benefits	$	2.4	$	(1.1	)	$	(1.0	)	$	0.3


	Balance at							Balance at
	December 31,							December 31,
	2008		Additions		Payments			2009

Severance and other termination benefits	$	22.6	$	6.7	$	(26.9	)	$	2.4

The initial legal contingencies recorded as part of the Allied acquisition were estimated using provisional amounts based upon information available at that time. During 2009, we gathered and assessed new information obtained about the facts and circumstances surrounding various Allied legal matters, and as a result increased the legal reserves by $53.9 million. Any further adjustments to our Allied legal matter reserves resulting from changes in estimates or reserve settlements will be reflected in our consolidated statement of income in the periods in which such adjustments become known.

During 2009, we recorded additional liabilities for unfavorable contract and lease exit costs of $22.6 million and $7.7 million, respectively. The underlying lease agreements and contracts have remaining non-cancellable terms ranging from 1 to 21 years. The following table reflects activity during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 associated with unfavorable contracts and lease exit liabilities:


	Balance at								Balance at
	December 31,		Payments /						December 31,
	2009		Amortization			Adjustments			2010

Unfavorable contracts	$	49.0	$	(10.1	)	$	(1.3	)	$	37.6
Lease exit costs		6.4		(1.4	)		-			5.0

Total	$	55.4	$	(11.5	)	$	(1.3	)	$	42.6


	Balance at							Balance at
	December 31,				Payments /			December 31,
	2008		Additions		Amortization			2009

Unfavorable contracts	$	33.3	$	22.6	$	(6.9	)	$	49.0
Lease exit costs		-		7.7		(1.3	)		6.4

Total	$	33.3	$	30.3	$	(8.2	)	$	55.4

Other Acquisitions

In addition to the Allied acquisition, we acquired various other solid waste businesses and development projects during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2008. We did not make any material acquisitions in 2009. The aggregate cash used in acquisitions for these transactions was $58.9 million and $13.4 million, respectively. In summary, the purchase price paid for these acquisitions (excluding Allied) and the allocation of the purchase price as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010			2008

Purchase price:
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$	58.9		$	13.4
Fair value of operations surrendered		44.0			-
Holdbacks		0.6			-

Total	$	103.5		$	13.4

Allocated as follows:
Working capital surplus		5.1			0.4
Property and equipment		40.8			5.7
Other liabilities, net		(6.1	)		(1.3	)

Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed		39.8			4.8

Excess purchase price to be allocated	$	63.7		$	8.6

Allocated as follows:
Goodwill	$	41.8		$	1.7
Other intangible assets		21.9			6.9

Total allocated	$	63.7		$	8.6

Substantially all of the intangible assets recorded for these acquisitions are deductible for tax purposes.

Divestitures

In 2010, we divested of solid waste businesses in our Eastern and Midwestern regions and recognized a net loss of $4.0 million.

In October 2009, we divested a hauling operation in our Southern region and recognized a loss of $10.2 million.

As a condition of the Allied acquisition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) required us to divest of certain assets and related liabilities. During 2009, we completed our required divestitures and recognized a net gain of $153.5 million.

Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Property And Equipment, Net [Abstract]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET


4.	PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

A summary of property and equipment as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010			2009

Other land	$	391.9		$	418.7
Non-depletable landfill land		158.0			142.7
Landfill development costs		4,575.2			4,230.9
Vehicles and equipment		4,142.1			3,792.4
Buildings and improvements		768.5			741.6
Construction-in-progress - landfill		133.2			245.1
Construction-in-progress - other		27.2			23.0

		10,196.1			9,594.4

Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization:
Landfill development costs		(1,504.6	)		(1,275.4	)
Vehicles and equipment		(1,820.6	)		(1,518.2	)
Buildings and improvements		(172.4	)		(143.1	)

		(3,497.6	)		(2,936.7	)

Property and equipment, net	$	6,698.5		$	6,657.7

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET


5.	GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Goodwill, Net

A summary of the activity and balances in our goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment is as follows:


	Balance at							Adjustments			Balance at
	December 31,							to			December 31,
	2009		Acquisitions		Divestitures			Acquisitions			2010

Eastern	$	2,818.5	$	0.1	$	(24.0	)	$	(2.7	)	$	2,791.9
Midwestern		2,118.2		32.3		(18.9	)		(2.0	)		2,129.6
Southern		2,724.7		-		-			(2.9	)		2,721.8
Western		3,005.7		9.4		-			(3.1	)		3,012.0

Total	$	10,667.1	$	41.8	$	(42.9	)	$	(10.7	)	$	10,655.3


	Balance at					Adjustments		Adjustments			Balance at
	December 31,					to		to Assets			December 31,
	2008		Divestitures			Acquisitions		Held for Sale			2009

Eastern	$	2,772.5	$	(11.2	)	$	45.0	$	12.2		$	2,818.5
Midwestern		2,083.8		-			34.7		(0.3	)		2,118.2
Southern		2,715.6		(61.8	)		48.6		22.3			2,724.7
Western		2,949.6		-			56.1		-			3,005.7

Total	$	10,521.5	$	(73.0	)	$	184.4	$	34.2		$	10,667.1

Adjustments to acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily related to deferred tax asset adjustments resulting from the exercise of legacy Allied stock options, which were recorded to goodwill in purchase accounting.

Adjustments to acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2009 includes a $9.7 million adjustment for deferred taxes pertaining to prior years’ acquisitions.

Other Intangible Assets, Net

Other intangible assets, net, include values assigned to customer relationships, franchise agreements, other municipal agreements, non-compete agreements and trade names, and are amortized over periods ranging from 2 to 23 years. A summary of the activity and balances in other intangible assets accounts by intangible asset type is as follows:


	Gross Intangible Assets									Accumulated Amortization											Net
	Balance at				Adjustments			Balance at		Balance at			Additions			Adjustments		Balance at			Intangibles at
	December 31,				to			December 31,		December 31,			Charged			to		December 31,			December 31,
	2009		Acquisitions		Acquisitions			2010		2009			to Expense			Acquisitions		2010			2010

Customer relationships, franchise and other municipal agreements	$	521.1	$	16.0	$	-		$	537.1	$	(70.5	)	$	(60.2	)	$	-	$	(130.7	)	$	406.4
Trade names		30.0		-		-			30.0		(6.5	)		(6.0	)		-		(12.5	)		17.5
Non-compete agreements		7.4		5.9		(0.4	)		12.9		(6.5	)		(1.0	)		0.3		(7.2	)		5.7
Other intangible assets		62.9		-		-			62.9		(37.9	)		(3.3	)		-		(41.2	)		21.7

Total	$	621.4	$	21.9	$	(0.4	)	$	642.9	$	(121.4	)	$	(70.5	)	$	0.3	$	(191.6	)	$	451.3


	Gross Intangible Assets								Accumulated Amortization											Net
	Balance at				Adjustments		Balance at		Balance at			Additions			Adjustments		Balance at			Intangibles at
	December 31,				to		December 31,		December 31,			Charged			to		December 31,			December 31,
	2008		Additions		Acquisitions		2009		2008			to Expense			Acquisitions		2009			2009

Customer relationships, franchise and other municipal agreements	$	520.8	$	0.2	$	0.1	$	521.1	$	(10.9	)	$	(59.6	)	$	-	$	(70.5	)	$	450.6
Trade names		30.0		-		-		30.0		(0.5	)		(6.0	)		-		(6.5	)		23.5
Non-compete agreements		7.4		-		-		7.4		(5.6	)		(0.9	)		-		(6.5	)		0.9
Other intangibles assets		57.2		-		5.7		62.9		(34.3	)		(3.6	)		-		(37.9	)		25.0

Total	$	615.4	$	0.2	$	5.8	$	621.4	$	(51.3	)	$	(70.1	)	$	-	$	(121.4	)	$	500.0

Based on the amortizable assets recorded in the balance sheet at December 31, 2010, amortization expense for each of the next five years is estimated to be as follows:


2011	$	71.4
2012		61.9
2013		61.0
2014		54.5
2015		54.3

Other Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Other Assets [Abstract]

OTHER ASSETS


6.	OTHER ASSETS

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

A summary of prepaid expenses and other current assets as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Inventories	$	31.3	$	33.7
Prepaid expenses		55.9		59.3
Other non-trade receivables		45.4		57.1
Income tax receivables		69.8		-
Other current assets		5.0		6.4

Total	$	207.4	$	156.5

Other current assets include the fair value of fuel and commodity hedges of $3.5 million and $5.0 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Other non-trade receivables include the fair value of interest rate swaps of $5.2 million at December 31, 2010. Our interest rate swaps expire in August 2010, and, as result, we reclassified their fair value from other assets to other non-trade receivables.

Other Assets

A summary of other assets as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Deferred financing costs	$	41.1	$	32.4
Deferred compensation plan		27.4		15.2
Notes and other receivables		34.0		45.1
Other		135.4		117.4

Total	$	237.9	$	210.1

Notes and other receivables include the fair value of interest rate swaps of $9.9 million at December 31, 2009.

Other Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Other Liabilities [Abstract]

OTHER LIABILITIES


7.	OTHER LIABILITIES

Other Accrued Liabilities

A summary of other accrued liabilities as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Accrued payroll and benefits	$	158.4	$	169.6
Accrued fees and taxes		111.8		114.4
Self-insurance reserves, current portion		112.7		110.9
Accrued dividends		76.7		72.4
Income taxes payable		-		70.0
Restructuring liabilities		3.9		24.8
Accrued professional fees and legal settlement reserves		53.1		59.0
Other		104.7		119.1

Total	$	621.3	$	740.2

Other accrued liabilities includes the fair value of fuel and commodity hedges of $8.4 million and $5.7 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Other Long-Term Liabilities

A summary of other long-term liabilities as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Deferred compensation liability	$	27.7	$	15.7
Pension and other postretirement liabilities		14.4		38.1
Contingent legal liabilities		105.8		112.0
Ceded insurance reserves		54.5		48.9
Other		103.1		64.5

Total	$	305.5	$	279.2

Self-Insurance Reserves

In general, our self-insurance reserves are recorded on an undiscounted basis. However, our estimate of the self-insurance liabilities assumed in the Allied acquisition have been recorded at fair value, and, therefore, have been discounted to present value using a rate of 9.75%. Discounted reserves are accreted to interest expense through the period that they are paid.

Our liabilities for unpaid and incurred but not reported claims at December 31, 2010 (which includes claims for workers’ compensation, general liability, vehicle liability and employee health care benefits) were $417.2 million under our current risk management program and are included in other accrued liabilities and self-insurance reserves, net of current portion in our consolidated balance sheets. While the ultimate amount of claims incurred is dependent on future developments, we believe recorded reserves are adequate to cover the future payment of claims. However, it is possible that recorded reserves may not be adequate to cover the future payment of claims. Adjustments, if any, to estimates recorded resulting from ultimate claim payments will be reflected in our consolidated statements of income in the periods in which such adjustments are known. The following table summarizes the activity in our self-insurance reserves for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Balance at beginning of year	$	412.9		$	408.1		$	178.0
Additions charged to expense		364.9			481.3			203.0
Payments		(368.9	)		(489.7	)		(180.9	)
Allied acquisition		-			-			206.8
Accretion expense		8.3			13.2			1.2

Balance at end of year		417.2			412.9			408.1
Less: Current portion		(112.7	)		(110.9	)		(173.6	)

Long-term portion	$	304.5		$	302.0		$	234.5

Landfill and Environmental Costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Landfill and Environmental Costs [Abstract]

LANDFILL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS


8.	LANDFILL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS

As of December 31, 2010, we owned or operated 193 active solid waste landfills with total available disposal capacity of approximately 4.7 billion in-place cubic yards. Additionally, we currently have post-closure responsibility for 129 closed landfills.

Accrued Landfill and Environmental Costs

A summary of our landfill and environmental liabilities as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010			2009

Landfill final capping, closure and post-closure liabilities	$	1,046.5		$	1,074.5
Remediation		552.1			554.1

		1,598.6			1,628.6
Less: Current portion		(182.0	)		(245.4	)

Long-term portion	$	1,416.6		$	1,383.2

Final Capping, Closure and Post-Closure Costs

The following table summarizes the activity in our asset retirement obligation liabilities, which include liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure, for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Asset retirement obligation liabilities, beginning of year	$	1,074.5		$	1,040.6		$	277.7
Non-cash additions		31.4			32.5			20.5
Acquisitions and divestitures, net		(3.0	)		72.3			813.1
Asset retirement obligation adjustments		(27.9	)		(57.4	)		(32.6	)
Payments		(111.3	)		(100.9	)		(27.9	)
Accretion expense		80.5			88.8			23.9
Other adjustments		2.3			(1.4	)		(34.1	)

Asset retirement obligation liabilities, end of period		1,046.5			1,074.5			1,040.6
Less: Current portion		(93.9	)		(137.5	)		(130.6	)

Long-term portion	$	952.6		$	937.0		$	910.0

The initial liabilities recorded as part of the Allied acquisition were developed using provisional amounts based upon information available at that time. During 2009, we gathered and assessed new information about the facts and circumstances surrounding our sites, and, as a result, increased the fair value of our closure and post-closure reserves by $72.3 million. The amounts we have recorded for these obligations are not comparable to the amounts Allied recorded. As part of the initial application of purchase accounting, we have recorded these obligations at their estimated fair values, inflated them to the expected payment date and then discounted the obligations using our credit-adjusted, risk-free rate at the time of the acquisition of 9.75%. Any further adjustments to our final capping, closure and post-closure liabilities will be reflected prospectively in our consolidated statement of income in the periods in which such adjustments become known.

We review our landfill asset retirement obligations annually. As a result, we recorded a net decrease in amortization expense of $10.2 million and $5.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and a net increase in amortization expense of $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, primarily related to changes in estimates and assumptions concerning the cost and timing of future final capping, closure and post-closure activities.

The fair value of assets that are legally restricted for purposes of settling final capping, closure and post-closure obligations was approximately $59.1 million at December 31, 2010 and is included in restricted cash in our consolidated balance sheet.

The expected future payments for final capping, closure and post-closure as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	93.9
2012		105.8
2013		98.9
2014		95.6
2015		95.4
Thereafter		4,559.9

	$	5,049.5

The estimated remaining final capping, closure and post-closure expenditures presented above are not inflated and not discounted and reflect the estimated future payments for liabilities incurred and recorded as of December 31, 2010.

Environmental Remediation Liabilities

We accrue for remediation costs when they become probable and can be reasonably estimated. We believe that the amounts accrued for remediation costs are adequate. There can sometimes be a range of reasonable estimates of the costs associated with remediation of a site. In these cases, we use the amount within the range that constitutes our best estimate. If no amount within the range appears to be a better estimate than any other, we use the amount that is at the low end of such range. It is reasonably possible that we will need to adjust the liabilities recorded for remediation to reflect the effects of new or additional information, to the extent such information impacts the costs, timing or duration of the required actions. If we used the reasonably possible high ends of our ranges, our aggregate potential remediation liability at December 31, 2010 would be approximately $155 million higher than the amounts recorded. Future changes in our estimates of the cost, timing or duration of the required actions could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The following table summarizes the activity in our environmental remediation liabilities for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Remediation liabilities, beginning of year	$	554.1		$	389.9		$	67.5
Other adjustments		1.5			181.9			208.1
Additions charged to expense		17.9			4.9			155.9
Payments		(50.5	)		(56.2	)		(43.3	)
Accretion expense		29.1			33.6			1.7

Remediation liabilities, end of period		552.1			554.1			389.9
Less: Current portion		(88.1	)		(107.9	)		(102.8	)

Long-term portion	$	464.0		$	446.2		$	287.1

The expected undiscounted future payments for remediation costs as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	88.1
2012		76.1
2013		61.9
2014		42.1
2015		29.5
Thereafter		430.9

	$	728.6

The following is a discussion of certain of our significant remediation matters:

Countywide Landfill. In September 2009, Republic Services of Ohio II, LLC entered into Final Findings and Orders with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that require us to implement a comprehensive operation and maintenance program to manage the remediation area at the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility (Countywide). The remediation liability for Countywide recorded as of December 31, 2010 is $68.4 million, of which $7.1 million is expected to be paid during 2011. We believe the reasonably possible range of loss for remediation costs is $59 million to $81 million.

West Contra Costa County Landfill. In 2006, we were issued an Enforcement Order by the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) for the Class 1 Hazardous waste cell at the West Contra Costa County Landfill (West County). Subsequently, we entered into a Consent Agreement with DTSC in 2007 at which time we agreed to undertake certain remedial actions. The remediation liability for West County recorded as of December 31, 2010 is $46.5 million, of which $2.5 million is expected to be paid during 2011. We believe the reasonably possible range of loss for remediation costs is $36 million to $63 million.

Sunrise Landfill. In August 2008, Republic Services of Southern Nevada (RSSN), signed a Consent Decree with the EPA, the Bureau of Land Management and Clark County, Nevada related to the Sunrise Landfill. Under the Consent Decree, RSSN has agreed to perform certain remedial actions at the Sunrise Landfill for which RSSN and Clark County were otherwise jointly and severally liable. We also paid $1.0 million in sanctions related to the Consent Decree. RSSN is currently working with the Clark County Staff and Board of Commissioners to develop a mechanism to fund the costs to comply with the Consent Decree. However, we have not recorded any potential recoveries. The remediation liability for Sunrise recorded as of December 31, 2010 is $37.5 million, of which $23.0 million is expected to be paid during 2011. We believe the reasonably possible range of loss for remediation costs is $29 million to $44 million.

Congress Landfill. In August 2010, Congress Development Company agreed with the State of Illinois to have a Final Consent Order (Final Order) entered by the Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County. Pursuant to the Final Order, we have agreed to continue to implement certain remedial activities at the Congress Landfill. The remediation liability recorded as of December 31, 2010 is $82.6 million, of which $8.4 million is expected to be paid during 2011. We believe the reasonably possible range of loss for remediation costs is $46 million to $146 million.

It is reasonably possible that we will need to adjust the liabilities noted above to reflect the effects of new or additional information, to the extent that such information impacts the costs, timing or duration of the required actions. Future changes in our estimates of the costs, timing or duration of the required actions could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Debt [Abstract]

DEBT


9.	DEBT

Our notes payable, capital leases and long-term debt at December 31, 2010 and 2009 are listed in the following table, and are presented net of unamortized discounts and premiums, adjustments to fair value related to hedging transactions and the unamortized portion of adjustments to fair value recorded in purchase accounting. The debt we acquired as part of the Allied acquisition was recorded at fair value as of the acquisition date.


	2010			2009

$1.0 billion Revolver due 2012, Eurodollar and Base Rate borrowings	$	50.0		$	-
$1.75 billion Revolver due 2013, Eurodollar and Base Rate borrowings		25.0			315.4
Receivables secured loans		-			300.0
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.500%, due November 2010		-			216.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%, due February 2011		261.7			252.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.375%, due April 2011		215.1			209.1
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.750%, due August 2011		392.0			396.4
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.125%, due February 2014		-			379.3
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.250%, due March 2015		-			540.2
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.125%, due May 2016		535.5			526.7
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.875%, due June 2017		663.9			654.4
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.500%, due September 2019		645.8			645.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.000%, due March 2020		849.9			-
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.250%, due November 2021		600.0			600.0
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 9.250%, due May 2021		93.4			93.1
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.086%, due March 2035		249.8			249.4
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 7.400%, due September 2035		267.6			266.8
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.200%, due March 2040		649.5			-
Tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt financings; fixed and floating interest rates ranging from 0.28% to 8.25%; maturities ranging from 2012 to 2035		1,151.8			1,223.7
Other debt unsecured and secured by real property, equipment and other assets; interest rates ranging from 5.00% to 11.90% maturing through 2042		92.6			93.6

Total debt		6,743.6			6,962.6
Less: Current portion		(878.5	)		(543.0	)

Long-term portion	$	5,865.1		$	6,419.6

Credit Facilities

The $1.0 billion revolving credit facility due April 2012 and the $1.75 billion revolving credit facility due September 2013 (collectively, Credit Facilities) bear interest at a Base Rate, or a Eurodollar Rate, plus an applicable margin based on our Debt Ratings (all as defined in the agreements). As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the interest rate for our borrowings under our Credit Facilities was 1.56% and 1.62%, respectively. Our Credit Facilities are also subject to facility fees based on applicable rates defined in the agreements and the aggregate commitments, regardless of usage. Availability under our Credit Facilities can be used for working capital, capital expenditures, letters of credit and other general corporate purposes. The agreements governing our Credit Facilities require us to maintain certain financial and other covenants. We may pay dividends and repurchase common stock provided that we are in compliance with these covenants. We had $75.0 million and $300.0 million of Eurodollar Rate borrowings and nil and $15.4 million of Base Rate borrowings as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. We had $1,037.5 million and $1,634.0 million of letters of credit utilizing availability under our Credit Facilities, leaving $1,637.5 million and $800.6 million of availability under our Credit Facilities at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. We were in compliance with the covenants under our Credit Facilities at December 31, 2010.

Receivables Secured Loans

In March 2010, we repaid all borrowings and terminated our accounts receivable securitization program with two financial institutions that allowed us to borrow up to $300.0 million on a revolving basis under loan agreements secured by receivables. During the first quarter of 2010, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million to write-off unamortized deferred issuance costs associated with this program.

Senior Notes and Debentures

In November 2010, our 6.50% senior notes matured. We used cash on hand and incremental borrowings under our Credit Facilities to repay $221.6 million of principal due on these notes.

In March 2010, we issued $850.0 million of 5.00% senior notes due 2020 (the 2020 Notes), with an unamortized discount of $0.1 million at December 31, 2010, and $650.0 million of 6.20% senior notes due 2040 (the 2040 Notes, and, together with the 2020 Notes, the Notes), with an unamortized discount of $0.5 million at December 31, 2010. The Notes are general senior unsecured obligations and mature on March 1, 2020 (in the case of the 2020 Notes) and March 1, 2040 (in the case of the 2040 Notes). Interest is payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1. The Notes are guaranteed by each of our subsidiaries that also guarantees our Credit Facilities. These guarantees are general senior unsecured obligations of our subsidiary guarantors.

We used the net proceeds from the Notes as follows: (i) $433.7 million to redeem the 6.125% senior notes due 2014 at a premium of 102.042% ($425.0 million principal outstanding); (ii) $621.8 million to redeem the 7.250% senior notes due 2015 at a premium of 103.625% ($600.0 million principal outstanding); and (iii) the remainder to reduce amounts outstanding under our Credit Facilities and for general corporate purposes. During the first quarter of 2010, we incurred a loss of $132.1 million for premiums paid to repurchase debt, to write-off unamortized debt discounts and for professional fees paid to effectuate the repurchase of the senior notes.

In December 2009 we used cash on hand and incremental borrowings under our Credit Facilities to redeem $400.0 million of our 7.375% senior notes due 2014. The senior notes were redeemed at a price equal to 103.688% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We incurred a loss of $46.0 million for premiums paid to repurchase debt, to write-off unamortized debt discounts and for professional fees paid to effectuate the repurchase of the senior notes.

In November 2009, we issued $600.0 million of 5.250% senior notes due 2021. The notes are general senior unsecured obligations and mature on November 15, 2021. Interest is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15, beginning May 15, 2010. These senior notes are guaranteed by each of our subsidiaries that also guarantees our Credit Facilities. These guarantees are general senior unsecured obligations of the subsidiary guarantors. We used the net proceeds from the notes, cash on hand or incremental borrowings under our Credit Facilities as follows: (i) to redeem $450.0 million of our 7.875% Senior Notes due 2013 at 102.625%, and (ii) to redeem $230.0 million of our 4.250% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2034 at par. We incurred a loss of $51.9 million for premiums paid to repurchase debt, to write-off unamortized debt discounts and for professional fees paid to effectuate the repurchase of the senior notes.

In September 2009, we issued $650.0 million of 5.500% senior notes due 2019 with an unamortized discount of $4.2 million and $4.5 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The notes are general senior unsecured obligations and mature on September 15, 2019. Interest is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15, beginning March 15, 2010. The notes are guaranteed by each of our subsidiaries that also guarantee our Credit Facilities. These guarantees are general senior unsecured obligations of subsidiary guarantors. We used the net proceeds from the notes, cash on hand or incremental borrowings under our Credit Facilities as follows: (i) to tender for $325.5 million of certain outstanding senior notes maturing in 2010 and 2011 that were issued by us or one of our subsidiaries; (ii) approximately $250 million to reduce amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility, and (iii) approximately $105 million to remit estimated tax payments related to our divestiture of assets in connection with the Allied acquisition. We incurred a loss of $31.8 million for premiums paid to repurchase debt, to write-off unamortized debt discounts and for professional fees paid to effectuate the repurchase of the senior notes.

During 2009 we repurchased a portion of our senior notes maturing in 2010 and 2011 in the secondary market. As a result, we incurred additional losses on extinguishment of debt of $4.4 million related to premiums paid to repurchase debt, charges for unamortized debt discounts and professional fees paid to effectuate the repurchase. Also during 2009, we completed the required divestitures under the consent decree with the DOJ. Proceeds from the sales of the divested assets were primarily used to reduce amounts outstanding under our Credit Facilities. Additionally, our senior unsecured notes bearing interest at a fixed rate of 7.125% matured during 2009. We repaid the remaining principal balance of $99.3 million in May 2009.

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the following are our other senior notes and debentures:


	•	Senior notes totaling $261.7 million and $252.5 million, respectively, net of unamortized adjustment to fair value of $1.2 million and $10.3 million, respectively. These notes mature in 2011 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.750% which is payable semi-annually in February and August. These senior notes have a make-whole call provision that is exercisable at any time at a stated redemption price.

	•	Senior notes totaling $215.1 million and $209.1 million, respectively, net of unamortized adjustment to fair value of $1.8 million and $7.9 million, respectively, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes. These notes mature in 2011 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.375% which is payable semi-annually in April and October. These senior notes have a make-whole call provision that is exercisable at any time at a stated redemption price.

	•	Senior notes totaling $392.0 million and $396.4 million, respectively, net of unamortized discount of $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes and the fair value of our interest rate swaps of $5.2 million and $9.9 million, respectively. These notes mature in 2011 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.750% which is payable semi-annually in February and August.

	•	Senior notes totaling $535.5 million and $526.7 million, respectively, net of unamortized adjustment to fair value of $64.5 million and $73.3 million, respectively, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes. These notes mature in 2016 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 7.125% which is payable semi-annually in May and November. These senior notes have a make-whole call provision that is exercisable at any time prior to May 15, 2011 at the stated redemption price. These notes may also be redeemed on or after May 15, 2011 at the stated redemption price.


	•	Senior notes totaling $663.9 million and $654.4 million, respectively, net of unamortized adjustment to fair value of $86.1 million and $95.6 million, respectively, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes. These notes mature in 2017 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.875% which is payable semi-annually in June and December. These senior notes have a make-whole call provision that is exercisable at any time prior to June 1, 2012 at a stated redemption price. These notes may also be redeemed on or after June 1, 2012 at the stated redemption price.

	•	Debentures totaling $93.4 million and $93.1 million, respectively, net of unamortized adjustment to fair value of $6.1 million and $6.4 million, respectively, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes. These notes mature in 2021 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 9.250% which is payable semi-annually in May and November. These debentures are not redeemable prior to maturity and are not subject to any sinking fund requirements.

	•	Senior notes totaling $249.8 million and $249.4 million, respectively, net of unamortized discount of $25.8 million and $26.3 million, respectively. During March 2005, we exchanged $275.7 million of our outstanding 7.125% notes due in 2009 for these 6.086% senior notes due in 2035. We paid $27.6 million in connection with the exchange, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes.

	•	Debentures totaling $267.6 million and $266.8 million, respectively, net of unamortized adjustment to fair value of $92.4 million and $93.2 million, respectively, which is being amortized over the remaining term of the notes. These notes mature in 2035 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 7.400% which is payable semi-annually in March and September. These debentures are not subject to any sinking fund requirements and may be redeemed in whole or in part, at our option at any time. The redemption price is equal to the greater of the principal amount of the debentures and the present value of the future principal and interest payments discounted at a rate specified under the terms of the indenture.

Tax-Exempt Financings

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, we had $1,151.8 million and $1,223.7 million, respectively, of fixed and variable rate tax-exempt financings outstanding with maturities ranging from 2012 to 2035. At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the total of the unamortized adjustment to fair value recorded in purchase accounting for the assumed tax-exempt financings from the Allied acquisition was $21.9 million and $49.0 million, respectively, which is being amortized to interest expense over the remaining terms of the debt.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, we refinanced $677.4 million and repaid $97.8 million of our tax-exempt financings resulting in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $28.5 million to write-off unamortized debt discounts and for professional fees paid to effectuate these transactions.

Approximately two-thirds of our tax-exempt financings are remarketed quarterly, weekly or daily by a remarketing agent to effectively maintain a variable yield. Certain of these variable rate tax-exempt financings are credit enhanced with letters of credit having terms in excess of one year issued by banks with credit ratings of AA or better. The holders of the bonds can put them back to the remarketing agent at the end of each interest period. To date, the remarketing agents have been able to remarket our variable rate unsecured tax-exempt bonds. These bonds have been classified as long term because of our ability and intent to refinance these bonds using availability under our revolving Credit Facilities, if necessary.

As of December 31, 2010, we had $170.0 million of restricted cash, of which $39.8 million represented proceeds from the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt financings and will be used to fund capital expenditures under the terms of the agreements. Restricted cash also includes amounts held in trust as a financial guarantee of our performance.

Other Debt

Other debt primarily includes capital lease liabilities of $91.8 million and $91.9 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, with maturities ranging from 2011 to 2042.

Future Maturities of Debt

Aggregate maturities of notes payable, capital leases and other long-term debt as of December 31, 2010, excluding non-cash discounts, premiums, adjustments to fair value related to hedging transactions and adjustments to fair value recorded in purchase accounting totaling $299.5 million, are as follows:


2011	$	872.0
2012		80.2
2013		40.6
2014		16.0
2015		25.7
Thereafter		6,008.6

	$	7,043.1

Fair Value of Debt

The fair value of our fixed rate senior notes using quoted market rates is $6.0 billion and $5.7 billion at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The carrying value of these fixed rate unsecured notes is $5.4 billion and $5.0 billion at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The carrying amounts of our remaining notes payable and tax-exempt financing approximate fair value because interest rates are variable and, accordingly, approximate current market rates for instruments with similar risk and maturities. The fair value of our debt is determined as of the balance sheet date and is subject to change.

Guarantees

Substantially all of our subsidiaries have guaranteed our obligations under the Credit Facilities.

Substantially all of our subsidiaries guarantee each series of senior notes issued by our parent company, Republic Services, Inc. Our parent company and substantially all of our subsidiaries guarantee each series of senior notes issued by our subsidiary Allied Waste North America, Inc. (AWNA notes) and each series of senior notes issued by our subsidiary Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC (successor to Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.) (BFI notes). All of these guarantees would be automatically released upon the release of our subsidiaries from their guarantee obligations under the Credit Facilities, except the guarantee of Allied in the case of the AWNA notes, and the guarantees of Allied and Allied Waste North America, Inc. in the case of the BFI notes.

We have guaranteed some of the tax-exempt bonds of our subsidiaries. If a subsidiary fails to meet its obligations associated with tax-exempt bonds as they come due, we will be required to perform under the related guarantee agreement. No additional liability has been recorded for these guarantees because the underlying obligations are reflected in our consolidated balance sheets.

Interest Paid

Interest paid was $417.8 million, $471.6 million and $93.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The components of interest expense are as follows:


	2010			2009			2008

Interest expense on debt and capital lease obligations	$	413.2		$	453.5		$	123.9
Accretion of debt discounts		52.4			92.1			10.1
Accretion of remediation and risk reserves		48.1			58.1			0.5
Less: capitalized interest		(6.3	)		(7.8	)		(2.6	)

Total interest expense	$	507.4		$	595.9		$	131.9

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

Our ability to obtain financing through the capital markets is a key component of our financial strategy. Historically, we have managed risk associated with executing this strategy, particularly as it relates to fluctuations in interest rates, by using a combination of fixed and floating rate debt. We also entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage risk associated with fluctuations in interest rates. The swap agreements have a total notional value of $210.0 million and mature in August 2011. This maturity is identical to our unsecured notes that also mature in 2011. Under the swap agreements, we pay interest at floating rates based on changes in LIBOR and receive interest at fixed rates of 6.75%. We have designated these agreements as hedges of changes in the fair value of our fixed-rate debt. We have determined that these agreements qualify for the short-cut method and, therefore, changes in the fair value of the agreements are assumed to be perfectly effective in hedging changes in the fair value of our fixed rate debt due to changes in interest rates.

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, interest rate swap agreements are reflected at their fair value of $5.2 million and $9.9 million, respectively, and are included in other assets and as an adjustment to long-term debt in our consolidated balance sheets. During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, we recorded net interest income of $8.5 million, $8.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively, related to our interest rate swap agreements, which is included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of income.

The following table summarizes the impact of changes in the fair value of our derivatives and the underlying hedged items on our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:


	Reduction to Interest Expense
	Due to Periodic Settlements
	of Active Swap Agreements
	Year Ended December 31,
Consolidated Statement of Income Classification	2010		2009		2008

Interest expense	$	8.5	$	8.7	$	3.8

From time to time, we enter into treasury and interest rate locks for the purpose of managing exposure to fluctuations in interest rates in anticipation of future debt issuances. During the first quarter of 2010, we entered into interest rate lock agreements having an aggregate notional amount of $500.0 million to hedge interest rates in connection with the issuance of our $850.0 million 5.00% senior notes and our $650.0 million 6.20% senior notes. Upon issuance of the notes, we terminated the interest rate locks and paid $7.0 million to the counterparties. The effective portion of the interest rate locks, recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, was $2.0 million, net of $1.5 million of tax (related to the 2020 Notes), and $1.7 million, net of tax of $1.2 million (related to the 2040 Notes). The effective portion of the interest rate locks will be amortized as an increase to interest expense over the life of the issued debt, of which $0.3 million is scheduled to be amortized over the next twelve months as a yield adjustment to the 2020 and 2040 Notes. This transaction was accounted for as a cash flow hedge.

In September 2009, we entered into treasury lock agreements having an aggregate notional amount of $500.0 million to hedge interest rates on 10 year U.S. Treasury Notes in connection with the issuance of our $650.0 million 5.500% Senior Notes. Upon issuance of the notes we terminated the treasury locks and paid approximately $2.5 million to the counterparties. This amount, net of tax, was recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and is being amortized as an increase to interest expense over the life of the issued debt. This transaction was recorded as a cash flow hedge.

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, there were no treasury lock cash flow hedges outstanding.

Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Income Taxes [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES


10.	INCOME TAXES

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, are as follows:


	2010		2009			2008

Current:
Federal	$	253.9	$	337.3		$	98.1
State		50.2		49.1			11.1
Federal and state deferred provision (benefit)		61.4		(24.6	)		(30.4	)
Non-current tax provision		4.0		6.7			6.6

Provision for income taxes	$	369.5	$	368.5		$	85.4

The reconciliations of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, are as follows:


	2010			2009			2008

Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		5.4			3.4			3.5
Non-deductible expenses		2.1			2.6			3.9
Non-deductible merger related compensation		-			-			7.7
Uncertain tax position taxes and interest		0.3			0.8			4.2
Other, net		(0.7	)		0.8			(0.7	)

Effective income tax rate		42.1	%		42.6	%		53.6	%

Our effective income tax rate is adversely impacted by expenses incurred which are non-deductible for tax purposes, disposition of assets that have little or no basis for tax, and accruals for penalties and interest on uncertain tax positions. During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, we incurred charges of $13.1 million and $13.5 million, respectively, for dispositions of goodwill that had no corresponding tax basis. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we incurred expenses that were not tax deductible as a result of the Allied acquisition, including a tax charge of $12.3 million related to non-deductible compensation payouts. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2008, lower pre-tax earnings contributed to the increase in our effective tax rate.

The components of the net deferred income tax asset and liability at December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:


	2010			2009

Deferred tax liabilities relating to:
Differences between book and tax basis of property	$	(721.7	)	$	(616.6	)
Difference between book and tax basis of intangible assets		(702.0	)		(704.3	)

Total liabilities	$	(1,423.7	)	$	(1,320.9	)

Deferred tax assets relating to:
Difference between book and tax basis of other assets	$	68.1		$	68.5
Accruals not currently deductible		312.8			309.9
Environmental reserves		346.3			298.4
Deferred taxes on uncertain tax positions		76.1			83.2
Net operating loss carryforwards, state taxes		127.5			135.3
Other		2.3			21.8

Total assets		933.1			917.1
Valuation allowance		(120.1	)		(126.5	)

Net deferred tax asset		813.0			790.6

Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(610.7	)	$	(530.3	)

Changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:


	2010			2009			2008

Valuation allowance, beginning of year	$	126.5		$	156.4		$	27.5
Additions charged to income		8.3			5.2			0.7
Acquisitions		-			(2.5	)		139.7
Usage		(10.4	)		(9.3	)		(11.5	)
Expirations of state net operating losses		(0.3	)		(17.8	)		-
Other, net		(4.0	)		(5.5	)		-

Valuation allowance, end of year	$	120.1		$	126.5		$	156.4

We have state net operating loss carryforwards with an estimated tax effect of $127.5 million available at December 31, 2010. These state net operating loss carryforwards expire at various times between 2011 and 2023. We believe that it is more likely than not that the benefit from certain state net operating loss carryforwards will not be realized. In recognition of this risk, at December 31, 2010, we have provided a valuation allowance of $110.1 million for certain state net operating loss carryforwards. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized after the initial recognition of the deferred tax asset. We also provide valuation allowances, as needed, to offset portions of deferred tax assets due to uncertainty surrounding the future realization of such deferred tax assets. We adjust the valuation allowance in the period management determines it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets will or will not be realized. At December 31, 2010, we have provided a valuation allowance of $10.0 million for certain deferred tax assets.

We made income tax payments (net of refunds received) of approximately $418 million, $444 million, and $128 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. During 2008, approximately $32 million of federal tax payments were deferred and paid in 2009 as a result of the Allied acquisition.

The following table summarizes the activity in our gross unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Balance at beginning of year	$	242.2		$	611.9		$	23.2
Additions due to the Allied acquisition		-			13.3			582.9
Additions based on tax positions related to current year		2.8			3.9			10.6
Reductions for tax positions related to the current year		-			-			(5.1	)
Additions for tax positions of prior years		7.5			5.6			2.0
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(7.4	)		(24.1	)		(1.3	)
Reductions for tax positions resulting from lapse of statute of limitations		(10.4	)		(0.5	)		(0.4	)
Settlements		(11.9	)		(367.9	)		-

Balance at end of year	$	222.8		$	242.2		$	611.9

New accounting guidance for business combinations became effective for our 2009 financial statements. This new guidance changed the treatment of acquired uncertain tax liabilities. Under previous guidance, changes in acquired uncertain tax liabilities were recognized through goodwill. Under the new guidance, subsequent changes in acquired unrecognized tax liabilities are recognized through the income tax provision. As of December 31, 2010, $206.5 million of the $222.8 million of unrecognized tax benefits related to tax positions taken by Allied prior to the 2008 acquisition.

Included in the balance at December 31, 2010 and 2009 are approximately $209.1 million and $217.6 million of unrecognized tax benefits (net of the federal benefit on state issues) that, if recognized, would affect the effective income tax rate in future periods.

During 2010, the IRS concluded its examination of our 2005 and 2007 tax years. The conclusion of this examination reduced our gross unrecognized tax benefits by approximately $1.9 million. We also resolved various state matters during 2010 that, in the aggregate, reduced our gross unrecognized tax benefits by approximately $10.0 million.

During 2009, we settled our outstanding tax dispute related to Allied’s risk management companies (see – Risk Management Companies) with both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This settlement reduced our gross unrecognized tax benefits by approximately $299.6 million. During 2009, we also settled with the IRS, through an accounting method change, our outstanding tax dispute related to intercompany insurance premiums paid to Allied’s captive insurance company. This settlement reduced our gross unrecognized tax benefits by approximately $62.6 million. In addition to these federal matters, we also resolved various state matters that, in the aggregate, reduced our gross unrecognized tax benefits during 2009 by approximately $5.8 million.

We recognize interest and penalties as incurred within the provision for income taxes in our consolidated statements of income. Related to the unrecognized tax benefits previously noted, we accrued interest of $19.2 million during 2010 and, in total as of December 31, 2010, have recognized a liability for penalties of $1.2 million and interest of $99.9 million. During 2009, we accrued interest of $24.5 million and, in total at December 31, 2009, had recognized a liability for penalties of $1.5 million and interest of $92.3 million. During 2008, we accrued penalties of $0.2 million and interest of $5.2 million and, in total at December 31, 2008, had recognized a liability for penalties of $88.1 million and interest of $180.0 million.

The increase in accrued interest during the year ended December 31, 2010 was due to the additional accrual of interest on existing uncertain tax positions. The decrease in accrued interest and penalties between 2009 and 2008 was driven mainly by the settlements discussed previously.

Gross unrecognized tax benefits that we expect to settle in the following twelve months cannot be reasonably estimated. It is likely, however, that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will increase or decrease in the next twelve months.

We and our subsidiaries are subject to income tax in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, as well as income tax in multiple state jurisdictions. We also have acquired Allied’s open tax periods as a result of the December 2008 acquisition. Allied is currently under examination or administrative review by various state and federal taxing authorities for certain tax years, including federal income tax audits for calendar years 2000 through 2007.

Prior to the 2008 acquisition, the IRS had commenced an examination of our 2005 through 2007 tax years. During 2010, this examination was completed. Currently, the IRS is examining our 2008 tax year. We are also under state examination in various jurisdictions for various tax years. These state audits are ongoing.

We are subject to numerous federal, foreign, state and local tax rules and regulations. Our compliance with such rules and regulations is periodically audited by tax authorities. These authorities may challenge the positions taken in our tax filings. As such, to provide for certain potential tax exposures, we maintain liabilities for uncertain tax positions for our estimate of the final outcome of the examinations.

We believe that the liabilities for uncertain tax positions recorded are adequate. However, a significant assessment against us in excess of the liabilities recorded could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Risk Management Companies

Prior to Allied’s acquisition of Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) in July 1999, certain BFI operating companies, as part of a risk management initiative to manage and reduce costs associated with certain liabilities, contributed assets and existing environmental and self-insurance liabilities to six fully consolidated BFI risk management companies (RMCs) in exchange for stock representing a minority ownership interest in the RMCs. Subsequently, the BFI operating companies sold that stock in the RMCs to third parties at fair market value which resulted in a capital loss for tax purposes.

In 2001, the IRS designated this type of transaction and other similar transactions as a “potentially abusive tax shelter” under IRS regulations. During 2002, the IRS disallowed all of the previously claimed capital loss. Subsequent to the IRS disallowance, we challenged the issue at both IRS appeals and in federal court. In December 2009, we reached a settlement with both the DOJ and the IRS for all tax years impacted by the issue. Under the settlement, the company resolved all remaining liability (including federal and state tax, penalty and interest) for approximately $125 million. During 2010, we paid approximately $111 million related to this settlement and expect to pay the remaining amounts in 2011 and 2012. While the final settlement amount was less than the amount previously accrued for this matter, the accrual and the adjustment thereto were reflected in our allocation of purchase price associated with the Allied acquisition and had no impact on our consolidated statement of income.

Exchange of Partnership Interests

In April 2002, Allied exchanged minority partnership interests in four waste-to-energy facilities for majority partnership interests in equipment purchasing businesses, which are now wholly owned subsidiaries. In November 2008, the IRS issued a formal disallowance to Allied contending that the exchange was instead a sale on which a corresponding gain should have been recognized. We believe our position is supported by relevant technical authorities and strong business purpose and we intend to vigorously defend our position on this matter. Although we intend to vigorously defend our position on this matter, if the exchange is treated as a sale, we estimate it could have a potential federal and state cash tax impact of approximately $156 million plus accrued interest through December 31, 2010 of approximately $71 million. In addition, the IRS has asserted a penalty of 20% of the additional income tax due. At December 31, 2010, the amount of the asserted penalty and penalty-related interest was approximately $49 million. The potential tax and interest (but not penalty or penalty-related interest) of a full adjustment for this matter have been fully reserved in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2010. The successful assertion by the IRS of penalty and penalty-related interest in connection with this matter could have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations and cash flows.

Methane Gas

As part of its examination of Allied’s 2000 through 2008 federal income tax returns, the IRS reviewed Allied’s treatment of costs associated with its landfill operations. As a result of this review, the IRS has proposed that certain landfill costs be allocated to the collection and control of methane gas that is naturally produced within the landfill. The IRS’ position is that the methane gas produced by a landfill is a joint product resulting from operation of the landfill and, therefore, these costs should not be expensed until the methane gas is sold or otherwise disposed.

We have protested this matter to the Appeals Office of the IRS. We believe we have several meritorious defenses, including the fact that methane gas is not actively produced for sale by us but rather arises naturally in the context of providing disposal services. Therefore, we believe that the subsequent resolution of this issue will not have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS


11.	EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Stock-Based Compensation

In July 1998, we adopted the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (1998 Plan) to provide for grants of options to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock and other equity-based compensation to our employees and non-employee directors who are eligible to participate in the 1998 Plan. The 1998 Plan expired on June 30, 2008. In February 2007, our board of directors approved the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (2007 Plan) to replace the 1998 Plan when it expired. The 2007 Plan was approved by our stockholders in May 2007. We believe that such awards better align the interests of our employees with those of our stockholders. There were 3.9 million shares reserved for future grants under the 2007 Plan as of December 31, 2010.

Options granted under the 1998 Plan and the 2007 Plan are non-qualified and are granted at a price equal to the fair market value of our common stock at the date of grant. Generally, options granted have a term of seven to ten years from the date of grant, and vest in increments of 25% per year over a four year period beginning on the first anniversary date of the grant. Options granted to non-employee directors have a term of ten years and are fully vested at the grant date.

In December 2008, the Board of Directors amended and restated the Republic Services, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (formerly known as the Allied Waste Industries, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (the 2006 Plan)). Allied’s stockholders approved the 2006 Plan in May 2006. The 2006 Plan was amended and restated in December 2008 to reflect that Republic Services, Inc. is the new sponsor of the Plan, that any references to shares of common stock is to shares of common stock of Republic Services, Inc., and to adjust outstanding awards and the number of shares available under the Plan to reflect the acquisition. The 2006 Plan, as amended and restated, provides for the grant of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, shares of restricted stock, shares of phantom stock, stock bonuses, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, dividend equivalents, cash awards, or other stock-based awards. Awards granted under the 2006 Plan prior to December 5, 2008 became fully vested and nonforfeitable upon the closing of the acquisition. Awards may be granted under the 2006 Plan, as amended and restated, after December 5, 2008 only to employees and consultants of Allied Waste Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries who were not employed by Republic Services, Inc. prior to such date. At December 31, 2010, there were approximately 15.3 million shares of common stock reserved for future grants under the 2006 Plan.

Stock Options

We use a binomial option-pricing model to value our stock option grants. We recognize compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award, or to the employee’s retirement eligible date, if earlier. Expected volatility is based on the weighted average of the most recent one-year volatility and a historical rolling average volatility of our stock over the expected life of the option. The risk-free interest rate is based on Federal Reserve rates in effect for bonds with maturity dates equal to the expected term of the option. We use historical data to estimate future option exercises, forfeitures and expected life of the options. When appropriate, separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. The weighted-average estimated fair values of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 were $5.28, $3.79 and $4.36 per option, respectively, which were calculated using the following weighted-average assumptions:


	2010	2009	2008

Expected volatility	28.6%	28.7%	27.3%
Risk-free interest rate	2.4%	1.4%	1.7%
Dividend yield	2.9%	3.1%	2.9%
Expected life (in years)	4.3	4.2	4.2
Contractual life (in years)	7	7	7
Expected forfeiture rate	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010:


						Weighted Average
				Weighted Average		Remaining		Aggregate
	Number			Exercise		Contractual Term		Intrinsic
	of Shares			Price per Share		(Years)		Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2007		7.7		$	19.84
Granted:
Granted as replacement options for Allied’s outstanding stock options		7.6			25.77
Granted other		5.2			25.46
Exercised		(1.4	)		15.93			$	19.9

Forfeited or expired		(0.4	)		42.07

Outstanding at December 31, 2008		18.7			23.57
Granted		0.3			21.03
Exercised		(2.1	)		18.12			$	17.8

Forfeited or expired		(1.8	)		28.59

Outstanding at December 31, 2009		15.1			23.69
Granted		3.1			27.48
Exercised		(3.9	)		21.73			$	34.3

Forfeited or expired		(0.7	)		27.38

Outstanding at December 31, 2010		13.6		$	24.97		4.5	$	68.4

Exercisable at December 31, 2010		8.7		$	24.44		3.9	$	48.8

Stock options granted in 2008 primarily include stock options granted as part of our annual grant to employees in February 2008, as part of our new annual grant program in December 2008 and as grants of replacement options for Allied’s outstanding stock options as of the effective date of the acquisition, in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement. In December 2008, we replaced Allied’s outstanding, vested and unvested stock options with Republic stock options with similar terms and conditions, and recorded a credit to additional-paid-in-capital of $61.2 million as part of the purchase price paid for the acquisition.

Additionally, as of the effective date of the Allied acquisition, all of Republic’s unvested stock options outstanding were vested in accordance with the change in control provisions of the 1998 and 2007 Plans. We recorded compensation expense of $6.5 million in December 2008 to recognize the immediate vesting of the stock options.

During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, compensation expense for stock options was $12.8 million, $7.8 million and $14.0 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2010, total unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding stock options was $10.1 million, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years. The total fair value of stock options that vested in 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $4.0 million, $3.9 million and $21.5 million, respectively.

We classified excess tax benefits of $3.5 million, $2.5 million and $4.5 million as cash flows from financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. All other tax benefits related to stock options have been presented as a component of cash flows from operating activities.

Other Stock Awards

The following table summarizes the restricted stock unit and restricted stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010


	Number of Restricted
	Stock Units and			Weighted-Average		Weighted-Average
	Shares of			Grant Date		Remaining		Aggregate
	Restricted Stock			Fair Value per		Contractual		Intrinsic
	(In Thousands)			Share		Term (Years)		Value

Unissued at December 31, 2007		399.2		$	26.84
Granted		467.1			27.21
Vested and issued		(443.8	)		29.67
Forfeited		(186.3	)		25.27

Unissued at December 31, 2008		236.2			23.50
Granted		516.0			23.92
Vested and issued		(67.0	)		23.28
Forfeited		(32.0	)		23.50

Unissued at December 31, 2009		653.2			23.85
Granted		367.9			29.14
Vested and issued		(171.8	)		22.63
Forfeited		-			-

Unissued at December 31, 2010		849.3		$	26.39		0.6	$	25.4

Vested and unissued at December 31, 2010		248.0		$	26.23

During the year ended December 31, 2010, we awarded 92,894 restricted stock units to our non-employee directors under our 2007 Plan, of which 88,732 vested immediately. The remaining restricted stock units awarded during the year ended December 31, 2010 vest in three equal annual installments beginning on the anniversary date of the original grant. The directors receive the underlying shares only after their board service ends or a change in control occurs. During the year ended December 31, 2010, we awarded 210,437 restricted stock units to executives and other officers that vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the anniversary date of the original grant. The restricted stock units do not carry any voting or dividend rights, except the right to receive additional restricted stock units in lieu of dividends.

Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2010, we awarded 64,579 shares of restricted stock to an executive that vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the anniversary date of the original grant. During the vesting period, the participant has voting rights and receives dividends declared and paid on the restricted stock, but the restricted stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered. Granted but unvested restricted stock awards are forfeited if the participant resigns employment with us for other than good reason.

During the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 we awarded 320,354 and 36,000 restricted stock units, respectively, to our non-employee directors under our 1998 Plan. These restricted stock units vest immediately, but the directors receive the underlying shares only after their board service ends or a change in control occurs, as defined by the 1998 Plan. The restricted stock units do not carry any voting or dividend rights, except the right to receive additional stock units in lieu of dividends.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, we awarded 195,611 shares of restricted stock to executives and other officers and directors, of which 110,669 of the shares vested May 14, 2010 and 38,670 of the shares awarded vest effective January 31, 2012. Additionally, 26,914 shares awarded vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the anniversary date of the original grant. The remaining 15,904 shares awarded vested during 2009 and 3,454 shares vested during 2010. During the vesting period, the participants have voting rights and receive dividends declared and paid on the shares, but the shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered. Granted but unvested shares are forfeited if the participant resigns employment with us for other than good reason.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, we awarded 426,670 shares of restricted stock to our executive officers, of which 236,170 were granted as part of our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. As of the effective date of the Allied acquisition, all of Republic’s remaining unvested restricted stock outstanding was vested in accordance with the change in control provisions of the 1998 Plan.

The fair value of restricted stock and restricted stock units is based on the closing market price on the date of the grant. The compensation expense related to restricted stock units and restricted stock is amortized ratably over the vesting period.

As of the effective date of the Allied acquisition, all of Republic’s outstanding and unvested restricted stock was vested in accordance with the change in control provisions of the 1998 and 2007 Plans. We recorded compensation expense of $5.3 million in December 2008 to recognize the immediate vesting of the restricted stock. In addition, the restricted stock units were vested and a cash payment was made totaling $4.0 million based on the fair value of the restricted stock units as of the date of vesting.

During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, compensation expense related to restricted stock units and restricted shares totaled $11.7 million, $7.2 million and $10.0 million, respectively.

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

We currently have one qualified defined benefit pension plan, the BFI Retirement Plan (the Plan). The Plan covers certain employees in the United States, including some employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.

The Plan benefits are frozen. Interest credits continue to be earned by participants in the Plan, and participants whose collective bargaining agreements provide for additional benefit accruals under the Plan continue to receive those credits in accordance with the terms of their bargaining agreements. The Plan was converted from a traditional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan in 1993.

Prior to the conversion of the cash balance design, benefits payable as a single life annuity under the Plan were based on the participant’s highest five years of earnings out of the last ten years of service. Upon conversion to the cash balance plan, the existing accrued benefits were converted to a lump-sum value using the actuarial assumptions in effect at the time. Participants’ cash balance accounts are increased until retirement by certain benefit and interest credits under the terms of their bargaining agreements. Participants may elect early retirement with the attainment of age 55 and completion of 10 years of credited service at reduced benefits. Participants with 35 years of service may retire at age 62 without any reduction in benefits.

BFI Post Retirement Healthcare Plan

The BFI Post Retirement Healthcare Plan provides continued medical coverage for certain current and former employees following their retirement, including some employees subject to collective bargaining agreements. Eligibility for this plan is limited to certain employees who had ten or more years of service and were age 55 or older as of December 31, 1998, and certain employees in California who were hired on or before December 31, 2005 and who retire on or after age 55 with at least thirty years of service.

Multi-Employer Pension Plans

We contribute to 28 multi-employer pension plans under collective bargaining agreements covering union-represented employees. Approximately 22% of our total current employees are participants in such multi-employer plans. These plans generally provide retirement benefits to participants based on their service to contributing employers. We do not administer these multi-employer plans. In general, these plans are managed by a board of trustees with the unions appointing certain trustees and other contributing employers of the plan appointing certain members. We generally are not represented on the board of trustees.

Based on the information available to us, we believe that some of the multi-employer plans to which we contribute are either “critical” or “endangered” as those terms are defined in the Pension Protection Act enacted in 2006 (the PPA). The PPA requires underfunded pension plans to improve their funding ratios within prescribed intervals based on the level of their underfunding. Until the plan trustees develop the funding improvement plans or rehabilitation plans as required by the PPA, we are unable to determine the amount of assessments we may be subject to, if any. Accordingly, we cannot determine at this time the impact that the PPA may have on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Furthermore, under current law regarding multi-employer benefit plans, a plan’s termination, our voluntary withdrawal (which we consider from time to time), or the mass withdrawal of all contributing employers from any under-funded, multi-employer pension plan would require us to make payments to the plan for our proportionate share of the multi-employer plan’s unfunded vested liabilities. It is possible that there may be a mass withdrawal of employers contributing to these plans or plans may terminate in the near future. We could have adjustments to our estimates for these matters in the near term that could have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Our pension expense for multi-employer plans was $46.9 million, $43.0 million and $21.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

Our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) provides retirement benefits to certain of Allied’s employees and former employees. SERP participants whose employment with us has been severed as a result of the acquisition received cash settlements six months following their respective separation dates. Benefits for SERP participants who remain with Republic were frozen as of the effective date of the acquisition. However, these active participants will continue to accrue interest credits at the annual rate of 6.0% until they are eligible for retirement. SERP participants who retired prior to the acquisition will continue to receive their benefits in accordance with the original plan provisions which allow for a maximum of ten years of retirement benefits equal to 60% of each participant’s respective average base salary during the three consecutive full calendar years of employment immediately preceding their date of retirement. At December 31, 2010, there were one retired and two active participants in the plan. As the SERP is frozen, no assumptions are made about future compensation levels, and as such, there is no difference between the projected benefit and the accumulated benefit obligation.

We also assumed post-retirement medical obligations associated with the SERP totaling $1.8 million as of the acquisition date. Medical liabilities were $1.4 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009 and are included in the post retirement healthcare amounts in the table below.

We are required to separately recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of our pension and other post retirement employee benefit plans as an asset or liability. The funded status represents the difference between the projected benefit obligation (PBO) and the fair value of the plan assets. The PBO is the present value of benefits earned to date by plan participants, including the effect of assumed future salary increases, if any. The PBO is equal to the accumulated benefit obligation as the present value of these liabilities is not affected by assumed future salary increases. We use a measurement date that coincides with our year end of December 31.

The following table presents the accumulated benefit obligation and reconciliations of the changes in the projected benefit obligations, the plan assets and the accounting funded status of our defined benefit pension plan, SERP and post retirement healthcare plans for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.


	Defined Benefit						Postretirement
	Pension Plan						Healthcare Plans						SERP
	2010			2009			2010			2009			2010			2009

Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$	371.6		$	364.7		$	-		$	-		$	4.7		$	4.7


Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	364.7		$	361.2		$	2.4		$	3.2		$	4.7		$	12.7
Service cost		0.2			0.2			-			-			-			-
Interest cost		20.5			20.2			0.1			0.2			0.3			0.5
Amendments		1.2			-			-			-			-			-
Actuarial loss (gain)		2.2			(1.8	)		0.1			(0.5	)		0.1			0.1
Benefits paid		(17.2	)		(15.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)		(10.6	)
Curtailment loss (gain)		-			-			-			(0.2	)		-			2.0

Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	371.6		$	364.7		$	2.4		$	2.4		$	4.8		$	4.7

Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	333.3		$	293.9		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Actual return on plan assets		37.8			54.5			-			-			-			-
Employer contributions		10.0			-			0.2			0.3			0.3			10.6
Benefits paid		(17.2	)		(15.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)		(10.6	)

Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	363.9		$	333.3		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-

Unfunded status	$	7.7		$	31.4		$	2.4		$	2.4		$	4.8		$	4.7

Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position consist of:
Current liabilities	$	-		$	-		$	0.2		$	0.2		$	0.3		$	0.2
Noncurrent liabilities		7.7			31.4			2.2			2.2			4.5			4.5

Net amount recognized	$	7.7		$	31.4		$	2.4		$	2.4		$	4.8		$	4.7

Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:
Discount rate		5.25	%		5.75	%		5.25	%		5.75	%		5.25	%		5.75	%
Rate of compensation increase		N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A

The amounts included in accumulated other comprehensive income on the consolidated statement of financial position that have not yet been recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost at December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:


							Postretirement
	Pension						Healthcare
	Benefits						Plan						SERP
	2010			2009			2010			2009			2010		2009

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)
Net actuarial (gain) loss	$	(40.2	)	$	(29.4	)	$	(0.2	)	$	(0.4	)	$	0.1	$	0.1

The components of the net periodic benefit cost are summarized below:


	Defined Benefit									Postretirement
	Pension Plan									Healthcare Plans									SERP
	2010			2009			2008			2010			2009			2008			2010			2009			2008

Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	0.2		$	0.2		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Interest cost		20.5			20.2			1.8			0.1			0.2			-			0.3			0.5			0.1
Expected return on plan assets		(23.6	)		(21.4	)		(1.7	)		-			-			-			-			-			-
Curtailment recognition		-			-			-			-			(0.2	)		-			-			2.0			0.1

Net periodic benefit cost	$	(2.9	)	$	(1.0	)	$	0.1		$	0.1		$	-		$	-		$	0.3		$	2.5		$	0.2

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost:

Discount rate		5.75	%		5.75	%		6.50	%		5.75	%		5.75	%		6.50	%		5.75	%		5.75	%		6.50	%
Expected return on plan assets		7.25	%		7.25	%		7.50	%		N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A
Rate of compensation increase		4.00	%		4.00	%		4.00	%		N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A

We determine the discount rate used in the measurement of our obligations based on a model that matches the timing and amount of expected benefit payments to maturities of high quality bonds priced as of the pension plan measurement date. Where that timing does not correspond to a published high-quality bond rate, our model uses an expected yield curve to determine an appropriate current discount rate. The yields on the bonds are used to derive a discount rate for the liability. The term of our obligation, based on the expected retirement dates of our workforce, is approximately ten years.

In developing our expected rate of return assumption, we have evaluated the actual historical performance and long-term return projections of the Plan assets, which give consideration to the asset mix and the anticipated timing of the pension plan outflows. We employ a total return investment approach whereby a mix of equity and fixed income investments are used to maximize the long-term return of plan assets for what we consider a prudent level of risk. The intent of this strategy is to minimize plan expenses by outperforming plan liabilities over the long run. Risk tolerance is established through careful consideration of plan liabilities, plan funded status and our financial condition. The investment portfolio contains a diversified blend of equity and fixed income investments. Furthermore, equity investments are diversified across U.S. and non-U.S. stocks as well as growth, value, and small and large capitalizations. Derivatives may be used to gain market exposure in an efficient and timely manner. However, derivatives may not be used to leverage the portfolio beyond the market value of the underlying investments. Investment risk is measured and monitored on an ongoing basis through annual liability measurements, periodic asset and liability studies, and quarterly investment portfolio reviews.

A one percentage point increase in the assumed health care cost trend rate would not have a material impact on the service and interest costs and would increase our postretirement benefit obligation by $0.1 million at December 31, 2010. A one percentage point decrease in the assumed health care cost trend rate would decrease the service and interest costs by less than $0.1 million and would decrease our postretirement benefit obligation by $0.1 million at December 31, 2010.

Our pension contributions are made in accordance with funding standards established by Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the PPA. We made a $10.0 million voluntary contribution to the Plan in 2010. No contributions were made in either 2009 or 2008, and we do not anticipate making any contributions during 2011.

Estimated future benefit payments for the next ten years under the Plan, the postretirement healthcare plan and the SERP are as follows:


	Defined Benefit		Postretirement
	Pension Plan		Healthcare Plans		SERP

2011	$	40.0	$	0.2	$	0.3
2012		20.0		0.2		0.3
2013		21.3		0.2		0.3
2014		22.3		0.2		0.3
2015		23.0		0.2		0.3
2016 through 2020		125.2		1.3		5.2

The following table summarizes our target asset allocation for 2011 and actual asset allocation at December 31, 2010 and 2009 for our defined benefit pension plan:


				2010			2009
	Target			Actual			Actual
	Asset			Asset			Asset
	Allocation			Allocation			Allocation

Debt securities		60	%		57	%		48	%
Equity securities		40			42			51
Cash		-			1			1

Total		100	%		100	%		100	%

The investment strategy for pension plan assets is to maintain a broadly diversified portfolio designed to achieve our target of an average long-term rate of return of 7.25%. While we believe we can achieve a long-term average return of 7.25%, we cannot be certain that the portfolio will perform to our expectations. Assets are strategically allocated among debt and equity portfolios in order to achieve a diversification level that dampens fluctuations in investment returns. Asset allocation target ranges and strategies are reviewed periodically with the assistance of an independent external consulting firm.

The pension assets are valued at fair value. The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for the investments measured at fair value, including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.


	•	Money market accounts are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. These investments are classified as Level 2 investments.

	•	Registered Investment Companies are mutual funds and other commingled funds registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mutual funds are traded actively on public exchanges. The share prices for mutual funds are published at the close of each business day. Holdings of mutual funds are classified as Level 1 investments. Other registered commingled funds are not publicly traded, but underlying assets (stocks and bonds) held in these funds are traded on active markets and the prices for these assets are readily observable. Holdings in other registered commingled funds are classified as Level 2 investments.


	•	Limited partnerships invest in privately-held companies or privately held real estate assets. Due to the private nature of the partnership investments, pricing inputs are not readily observable. Asset valuations are developed by the general partners that manage the partnerships. These valuations are based on property appraisals, application of public market multiples to private company cash flows, utilization of market transactions that provide valuation information for comparable companies and other methods. Holdings of limited partnership interests are classified as Level 3 investments.

The following table summarizes, by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the investments of the Plan at fair value as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
	Total as of		Active		Observable		Unobservable
	December 31,		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	2010		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Money market account	$	4.6	$	-	$	4.6	$	-
Registered Investment Companies		358.8		151.9		206.9		-
Limited partnerships		0.5		-		-		0.5

Total assets	$	363.9	$	151.9	$	211.5	$	0.5


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
	Total as of		Active		Observable		Unobservable
	December 31,		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	2009		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Money market account	$	1.8	$	-	$	1.8	$	-
Registered Investment Companies		330.9		215.8		115.1		-
Limited partnerships		0.6		-		-		0.6

Total assets	$	333.3	$	215.8	$	116.9	$	0.6

The following table summarizes the changes in the fair value of the Plan’s investment in Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2010:


	Limited
	Partnerships
	(Level 3)

Balance, beginning of the year	$	0.6
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, (net)		(0.1	)

Balance, end of the year	$	0.5

Defined Contribution Plans

We maintain the Republic Services 401(k) Plan (401(k) Plan), which is a defined contribution plan covering all eligible employees. Under the provisions of the 401(k) Plan, participants may direct us to defer a portion of their compensation to the 401(k) Plan, subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. We provide for an employer matching contribution equal to 100% of the first 3% of eligible compensation and 50% of the next 2% of eligible compensation contributed by each employee, which is funded in cash. All contributions vest immediately.

In conjunction with the Allied acquisition, we acquired the Allied 401(k) Plan. Participants in the Allied 401(k) Plan are eligible for the same employer matching contribution as those under the 401(k) Plan effective January 1, 2009. Effective July 1, 2009, the 401(k) Plan and the Allied 401(k) Plan were merged to form the Republic Services, Inc. 401(k) Plan.

Total expense recorded for matching 401(k) contributions in 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $32.8 million, $30.5 million and $16.8 million, respectively.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employees of Republic are eligible to participate in an employee stock purchase plan. The plan allows participants to purchase the Company’s common stock for 95% of its quoted market price on the last day of each calendar quarter. For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, issuances under this plan totaled 123,523 shares, 49,918 shares and 84,918 shares, respectively. At December 31, 2010, shares reserved for issuance to employees under this plan totaled 1.3 million and Republic held employee contributions of approximately $0.9 million for the purchase of common stock.

Incentive Compensation Plans

Our compensation program includes a management incentive plan, which uses certain performance metrics such as free cash flow, earnings per share and return on invested capital to measure performance. In addition, in connection with the Allied acquisition, our board of directors has approved a synergy incentive plan that provides compensation that depends on our achieving targeted synergies of approximately $150 million by the end of 2010. Incentive awards are payable in cash.

Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY


12.	STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

From 2000 through 2008, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $2.6 billion of our common stock. As of December 31, 2008, we had paid $2.3 billion to repurchase 82.6 million shares of our common stock, of which 4.6 million shares were acquired during the year ended December 31, 2008 for $138.4 million. During the second quarter of 2008, we suspended our share repurchase program as a result of the pending Allied acquisition.

In November 2010, our board of directors approved a share repurchase program pursuant to which we may repurchase up to $400.0 million of our outstanding shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2010, we used $41.1 million under the program to repurchase 1.4 million shares at an average cost per share of $28.46. We expect to use the remaining funds in this program to repurchase shares during 2011.

We initiated a quarterly cash dividend in July 2003. The dividend has been increased from time to time thereafter. In July 2010, the board of directors approved an increase in the quarterly dividend to $0.20 per share. Cash dividends declared were $298.8 million, $288.7 million and $168.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As of December 31, 2010, we recorded a quarterly dividend payable of $76.7 million to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 3, 2011.

Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER SHARE


13.	EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares (including restricted stock and vested but unissued restricted stock units) outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is based on the combined weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding which include, where appropriate, the assumed exercise of employee stock options, unvested restricted stock awards and unvested restricted stock units. In computing diluted earnings per share, we utilize the treasury stock method.

Earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are calculated as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	2010		2009		2008

Basic earnings per share:
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	506,500	$	495,000	$	73,800

Weighted average common shares outstanding		382,985		379,749		196,703

Basic earnings per share	$	1.32	$	1.30	$	0.38

Diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	506,500	$	495,000	$	73,800

Weighted average common shares outstanding		382,985		379,749		196,703
Effect of dilutive securities:
Options to purchase common stock		1,895		1,172		1,646
Unvested restricted stock awards and restricted stock units		231		40		2

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding		385,111		380,961		198,351

Diluted earnings per share	$	1.32	$	1.30	$	0.37

Antidilutive securities not included in the diluted earnings per share calculations:
Options to purchase common stock		2,825		9,836		2,179

Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING


14.	SEGMENT REPORTING

Our operations are managed and evaluated through four regions: Eastern, Midwestern, Southern and Western. These four regions are presented below as our reportable segments. These reportable segments provide integrated waste management services consisting of collection, transfer and disposal of domestic non-hazardous solid waste. Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments for the respective years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 is shown in the following table:


								Depreciation,
								Amortization,		Operating
	Gross		Intercompany			Net		Depletion and		Income			Capital
	Revenue		Revenue			Revenue		Accretion		(Loss)			Expenditures			Total Assets

2010:
Eastern	$	2,429.3	$	(353.8	)	$	2,075.5	$	205.5	$	488.4		$	175.3		$	4,437.1
Midwestern		2,167.4		(400.5	)		1,766.9		203.6		402.0			210.7			3,718.0
Southern		2,289.0		(311.7	)		1,977.3		221.5		482.8			190.4			4,869.7
Western		2,684.6		(496.0	)		2,188.6		218.2		521.2			222.3			5,518.5
Corporate entities		115.7		(17.4	)		98.3		65.4		(355.3	)		(4.0	)		918.6

Total	$	9,686.0	$	(1,579.4	)	$	8,106.6	$	914.2	$	1,539.1		$	794.7		$	19,461.9

2009:
Eastern	$	2,485.9	$	(370.9	)	$	2,115.0	$	214.3	$	483.0		$	199.1		$	4,495.1
Midwestern		2,185.4		(408.4	)		1,777.0		225.9		367.3			208.7			3,605.9
Southern		2,371.7		(325.5	)		2,046.2		233.1		522.9			168.5			4,867.6
Western		2,652.4		(482.4	)		2,170.0		234.9		582.0			180.5			5,461.2
Corporate entities		123.6		(32.7	)		90.9		50.3		(365.4	)		69.5			1,110.5

Total	$	9,819.0	$	(1,619.9	)	$	8,199.1	$	958.5	$	1,589.8		$	826.3		$	19,540.3

2008:
Eastern	$	1,144.4	$	(154.5	)	$	989.9	$	95.1	$	(2.0	)	$	95.7		$	4,608.5
Midwestern		965.0		(193.3	)		771.7		96.8		127.6			86.7			4,222.8
Southern		1,095.7		(125.5	)		970.2		94.8		184.8			120.2			4,951.4
Western		1,161.1		(218.5	)		942.6		79.7		155.1			75.6			5,705.4
Corporate entities		13.8		(3.1	)		10.7		11.6		(182.3	)		8.7			433.3

Total	$	4,380.0	$	(694.9	)	$	3,685.1	$	378.0	$	283.2		$	386.9		$	19,921.4

Intercompany revenue reflects transactions within and between segments that are generally made on a basis intended to reflect the market value of such services.

Depreciation, amortization, depletion and accretion includes net decreases in amortization expense of $10.2 and $5.1 million recorded during 2010 and 2009, respectively, and a net increase of $0.6 million in 2008, related to changes in estimates and assumptions concerning the cost and timing of future final capping, closure and post-closure activities.

The following items are included in the above segment information:


	•	Eastern Region. For the year ended December 31, 2010, operating income includes a $15.0 million loss from the disposition of assets. For the year ended December 31, 2009, operating income includes a $4.0 million net gain from the disposition of assets and $12.0 million of insurance proceeds related to remediation costs at the Countywide facility. For the year ended December 31, 2008, operating loss includes a $99.9 million charge for environmental conditions and a $75.9 million charge related to the anticipated loss of permitted airspace at the Countywide facility.


	•	Midwestern Region. For the year ended December 31, 2010, operating income includes a $9.3 million net gain from the disposition of assets. For the year ended December 31, 2009, operating income includes a $27.1 million net gain from the disposition of assets.

	•	Southern Region. For the year ended December 31, 2009, operating income includes a $29.8 million net gain from the disposition of assets.

	•	Western Region. For the year ended December 31, 2009, operating income includes an $88.1 million net gain from the disposition of assets and remediation charges totaling $5.2 million related to environmental conditions at our closed disposal facility in California. For the year ended December 31, 2008, operating income includes charges totaling $55.9 million, consisting of $34.0 million at the Sunrise landfill and $21.9 million at our closed disposal facility in California for environmental conditions at each of these locations.

	•	Corporate Entities. Corporate functions include legal, tax, treasury, information technology, risk management, human resources, corporate accounts and other typical administrative functions. For the year ended December 31, 2010, operating income includes an impairment loss of $14.4 million related to certain long-lived assets that are held and used. Included in our gain (loss) on disposition of assets and impairments, net for the year ended December 31, 2009 are transaction related expenses of $8.2 million from the disposition of assets in the other segments and a $3.7 million charge for the asset impairment associated with our former corporate office in Florida. Capital expenditures for corporate entities primarily include vehicle inventory acquired but not yet assigned to operating locations and facilities.

The following table shows our total reported revenue by service line for the respective years ended December 31. Intercompany revenue has been eliminated.


	2010					2009					2008

Collection:
Residential	$	2,173.9		26.8	%	$	2,187.0		26.7	%	$	966.0		26.2	%
Commercial		2,486.8		30.7			2,553.4		31.1			1,161.4		31.5
Industrial		1,482.9		18.3			1,541.4		18.8			711.4		19.3
Other		29.6		0.4			26.9		0.3			23.2		0.7

Total collection		6,173.2		76.2			6,308.7		76.9			2,862.0		77.7
Transfer and disposal		2,998.9					3,113.5					1,343.4
Less: Intercompany		(1,521.6	)				(1,564.1	)				(683.5	)

Transfer and disposal, net		1,477.3		18.2			1,549.4		18.9			659.9		17.9
Sale of materials		307.1		3.8			181.2		2.2			121.1		3.3
Other non-core		149.0		1.8			159.8		2.0			42.1		1.1

Other		456.1		5.6			341.0		4.2			163.2		4.4

Total revenue	$	8,106.6		100.0	%	$	8,199.1		100.0	%	$	3,685.1		100.0	%

Other revenue consists primarily of sales of recycled materials and revenue from National Accounts acquired from Allied. National Accounts revenue included in other revenue represents the portion of revenue generated from nationwide contracts in markets outside our operating areas, and, as such, the associated waste handling services are subcontracted to local operators. Consequently, substantially all of this revenue is offset with related subcontract costs which are recorded in cost of operations.

Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Financial Instruments [Abstract]

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS


15.	FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fuel Hedges

We have entered into multiple swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges to mitigate some of our exposure related to changes in diesel fuel prices. The swaps qualified for, and were designated as, effective hedges of changes in the prices of forecasted diesel fuel purchases (fuel hedges).

The following fuel hedges were outstanding during 2010 and 2009:


			Notional Amount
			(in Gallons	Contract Price
Inception Date	Commencement Date	Termination Date	per Month)	per Gallon

January 26, 2007	January 5, 2009	December 28, 2009	500,000	$	2.83
January 26, 2007	January 4, 2010	December 27, 2010	500,000		2.81
November 5, 2007	January 5, 2009	December 30, 2013	60,000		3.28
March 17, 2008	January 5, 2009	December 31, 2012	50,000		3.72
March 17, 2008	January 5, 2009	December 31, 2012	50,000		3.74
September 22, 2008	January 1, 2009	December 31, 2011	150,000		4.16 - 4.17
July 10, 2009	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2010	100,000		2.84
July 10, 2009	January 1, 2011	December 31, 2011	100,000		3.05
July 10, 2009	January 1, 2012	December 31, 2012	100,000		3.20

If the national U.S. on-highway average price for a gallon of diesel fuel (average price) as published by the Department of Energy exceeds the contract price per gallon, we receive the difference between the average price and the contract price (multiplied by the notional gallons) from the counter-party. If the national U.S. on-highway average price for a gallon of diesel fuel is less than the contract price per gallon, we pay the difference to the counter-party.

The fair values of our fuel hedges are obtained from third-party counter-parties and are determined using standard option valuation models with assumptions about commodity prices being based on those observed in underlying markets (Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy). The aggregated fair values of our outstanding fuel hedges at December 31, 2010 and 2009 were current assets of $1.6 million and $3.2 million, respectively, and current liabilities of $1.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, and have been recorded in other current assets and other accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets, respectively.

The effective portions of the changes in fair values as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, net of tax, of $0.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively, have been recorded in stockholders’ equity as components of accumulated other comprehensive income. The ineffective portions of the changes in fair values as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 were immaterial and have been recorded in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statements of income. Realized (losses) gains of $(2.0) million, $(7.3) million and $5.9 million related to these fuel hedges are included in cost of operations in our consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The following table summarizes the impact of our fuel hedges on our results of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:

Amount of Gain

or (Loss)

Recognized in

Income on

Amount of

Derivative

Gain

(Ineffective

or (Loss)

Location of Gain

Portion

Recognized in

(Loss) Recognized

and

OCI on

Amount of

in Income on

Amount Excluded

Derivatives

Realized Gain

Derivative

from

(Effective

(Ineffective Portion

Effectiveness

Derivatives in

Portion)

(Loss)

and Amount

Testing)

Cash Flow

Year Ended

Statement of

Year Ended

Excluded from

Year Ended

Hedging

December 31,

Income

December 31,

Effectiveness

December 31,

Relationships

2010

2009

2008

Classification

2010

2009

2008

Testing)

2010

2009

2008

Fuel hedges

0.8

6.1

(13.9

)

Cost of operations

(2.0

)

(7.3

)

5.9

Other income, net

0.2

(0.5

)

Recycling Commodity Hedges

Our revenue from sale of recycling commodities is primarily from sales of old corrugated cardboard (OCC) and old newspaper (ONP). We use derivative instruments such as swaps and costless collars designated as cash flow hedges to manage our exposure to changes in prices of these commodities. We have entered into multiple agreements related to the forecasted OCC and ONP sales. The agreements qualified for, and were designated as, effective hedges of changes in the prices of certain forecasted commodity sales (commodity hedges).

The following commodity swaps were outstanding during 2010 and 2009:

Notional Amount

Contract Price

Transaction

(in Short Tons

Per Short

Inception Date

Commencement Date

Termination Date

Hedged

per Month)

Ton

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

105.00

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

102.00

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

106.00

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

103.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

106.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

106.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

110.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

103.00

December 8, 2009

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

ONP

2,000

76.00

December 10, 2009

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

OCC

2,000

82.00

December 11, 2009

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

OCC

2,000

82.00

January 5, 2010

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

ONP

2,000

84.00

January 6, 2010

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

OCC

1,000

90.00

January 27, 2010

February 1, 2010

January 31, 2012

OCC

1,000

90.00

September 23, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2011

ONP

1,000

95.00

September 28, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2011

ONP

1,000

95.00

October 11, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

1,500

115.00

If the price per short ton of the hedging instrument (average price) as reported on the Official Board Market is less than the contract price per short ton, we receive the difference between the average price and the contract price (multiplied by the notional short tons) from the counter-party. If the price of the commodity exceeds the contract price per short ton, we pay the difference to the counter-party.

The fair values of our commodity swaps are obtained from third-party counter-parties and are determined using standard option valuation models with assumptions about commodity prices being based on those observed in underlying markets (Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy).

On December 8, 2010, we entered into a two-year costless collar agreement on forecasted sales of 10,000 short tons of OCC a month. The agreement involves combining a purchased put option giving us the right to sell 10,000 short tons of OCC monthly for 24 months at an established floor strike price with a written call option obligating us to deliver 10,000 short tons of OCC monthly for 24 months at an established cap strike price. The puts and calls have the same settlement dates, are net settled in cash on such dates and have the same terms to expiration. The contemporaneous combination of options resulted in no net premium for us and represents a costless collar. Under the agreement, no payment would be made or received by us, as long as the settlement price is between the floor price and cap price. However, if the settlement price is above the cap, we would be required to pay the counterparty an amount equal to the excess of the settlement price over the cap times the monthly volumes hedged. Also, if the settlement price is below the floor, the counterparty would be required to pay us the deficit of the settlement price below the floor times the monthly volumes hedged. The objective of this agreement is to reduce the variability of the cash flows of the forecasted sales of OCC between two designated strike prices.

The following costless collar hedges were outstanding at December 31, 2010:

Floor

Cap

Notional Amount

Strike Price

Transaction

(in Short Tons

Per Short

Inception Date

Commencement Date

Termination Date

Hedged

per Month)

Ton

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

80.00

180.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

86.00

210.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

81.00

190.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

85.00

195.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

87.00

195.00

The costless collar hedges are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. The fair values of the costless collars are obtained from the third-party counter-party and are determined using standard option valuation models with assumptions about commodity prices based upon forward commodity price curves in underlying markets (Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy).

The aggregated fair values of the outstanding commodity hedges at December 31, 2010 and 2009 were current assets of $1.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and current liabilities of $6.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and have been recorded in other current assets and other accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets, respectively.

The effective portions of the changes in fair values of our commodity hedges as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, net of tax, of $(2.6) million and $0.6 million have been recorded in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. The ineffective portions of the changes in fair values as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 were immaterial and have been recorded in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statements of income.

The following table summarizes the impact of our commodity hedges on our results of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:

Amount of Gain

or (Loss)

Recognized in

Income on

Amount of

Derivative

Gain

(Ineffective

or (Loss)

Location of Gain

Portion

Recognized in

(Loss) Recognized

and

OCI on

Amount of

in Income on

Amount Excluded

Derivatives

Realized

Derivative

from

(Effective

Gain or

(Ineffective Portion

Effectiveness

Derivatives in

Portion)

(Loss)

and Amount

Testing)

Cash Flow

Year Ended

Statement of

Year Ended

Excluded from

Year Ended

Hedging

December 31,

Income

December 31,

Effectiveness

December 31,

Relationships

2010

2009

2008

Classification

2010

2009

2008

Testing)

2010

2009

2008

Recycling commodity hedges

(3.2

)

(4.7

)

5.3

Revenue

(2.6

)

5.1

Other income, net

(0.1

)

(0.1

)

0.2

Fair Value Measurements

In measuring fair values of assets and liabilities, we use valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs (Level 1) and minimize the use of unobservable inputs (Level 3). Also, we use market data or assumptions that we believe market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability, including assumptions about risk when appropriate.

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis include the following:


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
	Total as of		Active		Observable		Unobservable
	December 31,		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	2010		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Assets:
Restricted cash and marketable securities	$	172.8	$	172.8	$	-	$	-
Fuel hedges - other current assets		1.6		-		1.6		-
Commodity hedges - other current assets		1.9		-		1.9		-
Interest rate swaps - other non-trade receivables		5.2		-		5.2		-

Total assets	$	181.5	$	172.8	$	8.7	$	-

Liabilities:
Fuel hedges - other accrued liabilities	$	1.9	$	-	$	1.9	$	-
Commodity hedges - other accrued liabilities		6.5		-		6.5		-

Total liabilities	$	8.4	$	-	$	8.4	$	-


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
			Active		Observable		Unobservable
	Total as of		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	December 31, 2009		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Assets:
Restricted cash and marketable securities	$	240.5	$	240.5	$	-	$	-
Fuel hedges - other current assets		3.2		-		3.2		-
Commodity hedges - other current assets		1.8		-		1.8		-
Interest rate swaps - other assets		9.9		-		9.9		-

Total assets	$	255.4	$	240.5	$	14.9	$	-

Liabilities:
Fuel hedges - other accrued liabilities	$	4.9	$	-	$	4.9	$	-
Commodity hedges - other accrued liabilities		0.8		-		0.8		-

Total liabilities	$	5.7	$	-	$	5.7	$	-

Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


16.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

General Legal Proceedings

We are subject to extensive and evolving laws and regulations and have implemented our own safeguards to respond to regulatory requirements. In the normal course of conducting our operations, we become involved in legal proceedings. Some of these actions may result in fines, penalties or judgments against us, which may impact earnings and cash flows for a particular period. Although we cannot predict the ultimate outcome of any legal matter with certainty, except as described below or in Note 10, Income Taxes, in the discussion of our outstanding tax dispute with the IRS, we do not believe that the outcome of our pending legal proceedings will have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

As used herein, legal proceedings refers to litigation and similar claims against us and our subsidiaries, excluding: (i) ordinary course accidents, general commercial liability and workers compensation claims, which are covered by insurance programs, subject to customary deductibles, and which, together with self-insured employee health care costs, are discussed in Note 7, Other Liabilities-Self-Insurance Reserves; (ii) tax-related matters, which are discussed in Note 10, Income Taxes; and (iii) environmental remediation liabilities, which are discussed in Note 8, Landfill and Environmental Costs.

We accrue for legal proceedings when losses become probable and reasonably estimable. We have recorded an aggregate accrual of approximately $113 million relating to our outstanding legal proceedings as of December 31, 2010, including those described herein and others not specifically identified herein. As of the end of each applicable reporting period, we review each of our legal proceedings and, where it is probable that a liability has been incurred, we accrue for all probable and reasonably estimable losses. Where we are able to reasonably estimate a range of losses we may incur with respect to such a matter, we record an accrual for the amount within the range that constitutes our best estimate. If we are able to reasonably estimate a range but no amount within the range appears to be a better estimate than any other, we use the amount that is the low end of such range. If we used the high ends of such ranges, our aggregate potential liability would have been approximately $121 million higher than the amount recorded as of December 31, 2010.

Countywide Matters

In September 2009, Republic Services of Ohio II, LLC (Republic-Ohio) entered into Final Findings and Orders with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that require us to implement a comprehensive operation and maintenance program to manage the remediation area at the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility (Countywide). The remediation liability for Countywide recorded as of December 31, 2010 is $68.4 million, of which $7.1 million is expected to be paid during 2011. The reasonably possible range of loss for remediation costs is $59 million to $81 million.

In a suit filed on October 8, 2008 in the Tuscarawas County Ohio Court of Common Pleas, approximately 700 individuals and businesses located in the area around Countywide sued Republic Services, Inc. and Republic-Ohio for alleged negligence and nuisance. Republic-Ohio has owned and operated Countywide since February 1, 1999. Waste Management, Inc. and Waste Management Ohio, Inc., previous owners and operators of Countywide, have been named as defendants as well. Plaintiffs allege that due to the acceptance of a specific waste stream and operational issues and conditions, the landfill has generated odors and other unsafe emissions that have impaired the use and value of their property and may have adverse health effects. A second almost identical lawsuit was filed by approximately 82 plaintiffs on October 13, 2009 in the Tuscarawas County Ohio Court of Common Pleas against Republic Services, Inc., Republic-Ohio, Waste Management, Inc., and Waste Management Ohio, Inc. The court has consolidated the two actions. We have assumed both the defense and the liability of the Waste Management entities in the consolidated action. The relief requested on behalf of each plaintiff in the consolidated action is: (1) an award of compensatory damages according to proof in an amount in excess of $25,000 for each of the three counts of the amended complaint; (2) an award of punitive damages in the amount of two times compensatory damages, pursuant to applicable statute, or in such amount as may be awarded at trial for each of the three counts of the amended complaint; (3) costs for medical screening and monitoring of each plaintiff; (4) interest on the damages according to law; (5) costs and disbursements of the lawsuit; (6) reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses; and (7) any other and further relief as the court deems just, proper and equitable. Plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint on September 9, 2010, which no longer asserts a claim for medical monitoring. As a result of various dismissals of plaintiffs, this case presently consists of approximately 600 plaintiffs. Discovery is ongoing. We will vigorously defend against the plaintiffs’ allegations in the consolidated action.

Luri Matter

On August 17, 2007, a former employee, Ronald Luri, sued Republic Services, Inc., Republic Services of Ohio Hauling LLC, Republic Services of Ohio I LLC, Jim Bowen and Ron Krall in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Ohio. Plaintiff alleges that he was unlawfully fired in retaliation for refusing to discharge or demote three employees who were all over 50 years old. On July 3, 2008, a jury verdict was awarded against us in the amount of $46.6 million, including $43.1 million in punitive damages. On September 24, 2008, the Court awarded pre-judgment interest of $0.3 million and attorney fees and litigation costs of $1.1 million. Post-judgment interest accrued at a rate of 8% for 2008 and 5% for 2009, and is accruing at a rate of 4% for 2010. Management anticipates that post-judgment interest could accrue through the middle of 2011 for a total of $7.7 million. We have filed a notice of appeal, and the case has been fully briefed in the Court of Appeals. It is reasonably possible that following all appeals a final judgment of liability for compensatory and punitive damages may be assessed against us related to this matter.

Litigation Related to Fuel and Environmental Fees

On July 8, 2009, CLN Properties, Inc. and Maevers Management Company, Inc. filed a complaint against Republic Services, Inc. and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. in the United States District Court in Arizona, in which plaintiffs complain about fuel recovery fees and environmental recovery fees. The complaint purports to be filed on behalf of a nationwide class of similarly situated plaintiffs. The complaint asserts various legal and equitable theories of recovery and alleges in essence that the fees were not properly disclosed, were unfair, and were contrary to contract. The District Court denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification on December 13, 2010. Plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration of that ruling, which the District Court also denied. Plaintiffs have not filed a timely interlocutory appeal, but could file an appeal after any judgment in this case. Based on the strength of the District Court’s opinion and the small amounts at issue with respect to the 10 remaining plaintiffs, we will no longer report on this case after this Form 10-K.

On July 23, 2009, Klingler’s European Bake Shop & Deli, Inc., filed a complaint against BFI Waste Services, LLC in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, in which plaintiff complains about fuel/environmental recovery fees and administrative fees charged. The complaint purports to be filed on behalf of a class of similarly situated plaintiffs in Alabama. This complaint asserts various legal and equitable theories of recovery and alleges in essence that the fees were not properly disclosed, were unfair, and were contrary to contract. Class-certification-related discovery is underway. Plaintiff’s deadline for moving for class certification is August 12, 2011.

The plaintiffs in both actions have not specified the amount of damages sought. Although the range of reasonably possible loss cannot be estimated, we do not believe that these matters will have a material impact on our consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows. We will continue to vigorously defend the claims in both lawsuits.

Contracting Matter

We discovered actions of non-compliance by one of our subsidiaries with the subcontracting provisions of certain government contracts in one of our markets. We reported the discovery to, and expect further discussions with, law enforcement authorities and other authorities. Such non-compliance could result in payments by us in the form of restitution, damages, or penalties, or the loss of future business in the affected market or markets. Based on the information currently available to us, including our expectation that our self-disclosure will be viewed favorably by the applicable authorities, we presently believe that the resolution of the matter, while it may have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows in the period in which it is recognized or paid, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position.

Congress Development Landfill Matters

Congress Development Co. (CDC) is a general partnership that owns and operates the Congress Landfill. The general partners in CDC are our subsidiary, Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. (Allied Transportation), and an unaffiliated entity, John Sexton Sand & Gravel Corporation (Sexton). Sexton was the operator of the landfill through early 2007, when Allied Transportation took over as the operator. The general partners likely will be jointly and severally liable for the costs associated with the following matters relating to the Congress Landfill.

In August 2010, Congress Development Company agreed with the State of Illinois to have a Final Consent Order (Final Order) entered by the Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County. Pursuant to the Final Order, we have agreed to continue to implement certain remedial activities at the Congress Landfill. The remediation liability recorded as of December 31, 2010 is $82.6 million, of which $8.4 million is expected to be paid during 2011. The reasonably possible range of loss for remediation costs is $46 million to $146 million.

In a suit originally filed on December 23, 2009 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and subsequently amended to add additional plaintiffs, approximately 2,300 plaintiffs sued our subsidiaries Allied Transportation and Allied Waste Industries, Inc., CDC and Sexton. The plaintiffs allege bodily injury, property damage and inability to have normal use and enjoyment of property arising from, among other things, odors and other damages arising from landfill gas leaking, and they base their claims on negligence, trespass, and nuisance. Following the court’s order in our favor striking the plaintiffs’ allegations requesting actual damages in excess of $50,000,000 and punitive damages in excess of $50,000,000, the amount of damages being sought is unspecified. The court entered an order dismissing Allied Waste Industries, Inc. without prejudice on October 26, 2010. We intend to vigorously defend against the plaintiffs’ allegations in this action.

Livingston Matter

On October 13, 2009, the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, State of Louisiana, issued its Post Class Certification Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in a lawsuit alleging nuisance from the activities of the CECOS hazardous waste facility located in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The court granted class certification for all those living within a six mile radius of the CECOS site between the years 1977 and 1990. We have filed a notice of appeal with respect to the class certification order and briefing is complete. The parties have held one mediation session and expect to continue that session in April 2011. If the mediation is not successful, we intend to continue to defend this lawsuit vigorously.

Lease Commitments

We and our subsidiaries lease real property, equipment and software under various operating leases with terms from one month to twenty years. Rent expense during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $51.6 million, $60.1 million and $19.3 million, respectively.

Future minimum lease obligations under non-cancelable operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	34.6
2012		25.3
2013		20.5
2014		16.6
2015		14.2
Thereafter		65.0

	$	176.2

Unconditional Purchase Commitments

Royalties

We have entered into agreements to pay royalties to prior landowners, lessors or host communities, based on waste tonnage disposed at specified landfills. These royalties are generally payable quarterly and amounts incurred, but not paid, are accrued in our consolidated balance sheets. Royalties are accrued as tonnage is disposed of in the landfills.

Disposal Agreements

We have several agreements expiring at various dates through 2029 that require us to dispose of a minimum number of tons at third-party disposal facilities. Under these put-or-pay agreements, we are required to pay for agreed-upon minimum volumes regardless of the actual number of tons placed at the facilities.

Future minimum payments under unconditional purchase commitments, consisting primarily of (i) disposal related agreements which include fixed or minimum royalty payments, host agreements, and take-or-pay and put-or-pay agreements, and (ii) other obligations including committed capital expenditures and consulting service agreements at December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	219.8
2012		93.5
2013		70.4
2014		57.0
2015		25.6
Thereafter		257.7

	$	724.0

Restricted Cash and Other Financial Guarantees

We must provide financial assurance to governmental agencies and a variety of other entities under applicable environmental regulations relating to our landfill operations for capping, closure and post-closure costs, and our performance under certain collection, landfill and transfer station contracts. We satisfy our financial assurance requirements by providing surety bonds, letters of credit, insurance policies or trust deposits. The amount of the financial assurance requirements for capping, closure and post-closure costs is determined by applicable state environmental regulations, which vary by state. The financial assurance requirements for capping, closure and post-closure costs can either be for costs associated with a portion of the landfill or the entire landfill. Generally, states will require a third-party engineering specialist to determine the estimated capping, closure and post-closure costs that are used to determine the required amount of financial assurance for a landfill. The amount of financial assurance required can, and generally will, differ from the obligation determined and recorded under GAAP. The amount of the financial assurance requirements related to contract performance varies by contract. Additionally, we are required to provide financial assurance for our self-insurance program and collateral for certain performance obligations.

We had the following financial instruments and collateral in place to secure our financial assurances at December 31:


	2010		2009

Letters of credit	$	1,077.0	$	1,673.5
Surety bonds		2,622.3		2,211.0

The letters of credit utilize $1,037.5 million and $1,634.0 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, of availability under our Credit Facilities. Surety bonds expire on various dates through 2038.

These financial instruments are issued in the normal course of business and are not debt. Because we currently have no liability for this financial assurance, it is not reflected in our consolidated balance sheets. However, we have recorded capping, closure and post-closure obligations and self-insurance reserves as they are incurred. The underlying financial assurance obligations, in excess of those already reflected in our consolidated balance sheets, would be recorded if it is probable that we would be unable to fulfill our related obligations. We do not expect this to occur.

Our restricted cash deposits include, among other things, restricted cash held for capital expenditures under certain debt facilities, and restricted cash pledged to regulatory agencies and governmental entities as financial guarantees of our performance related to our final capping, closure and post-closure obligations at our landfills at December 31. The following table summarizes our restricted cash and marketable securities as of December 31:


	2010		2009

Financing proceeds	$	39.8	$	93.1
Capping, closure and post-closure obligations		61.8		62.4
Self-insurance		63.8		65.1
Other		7.4		19.9

Total restricted cash and marketable securities	$	172.8	$	240.5

We own a 19.9% interest in a company that, among other activities, issues financial surety bonds to secure capping, closure and post-closure obligations for companies operating in the solid waste industry. We account for this investment under the cost method of accounting. There have been no identified events or changes in circumstances that may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment. This investee company and the parent company of the investee had written surety bonds for us relating to our landfill operations for capping, closure and post-closure, of which $855.0 million and $775.2 million were outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our reimbursement obligations under these bonds are secured by an indemnity agreement with the investee and letters of credit totaling $45.0 million and $67.4 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet debt or similar obligations, other than operating leases and the financial assurances discussed above, which are not classified as debt. We have no transactions or obligations with related parties that are not disclosed, consolidated into or reflected in our reported financial position or results of operations. We have not guaranteed any third-party debt.

Guarantees

We enter into contracts in the normal course of business that include indemnification clauses. Indemnifications relating to known liabilities are recorded in the consolidated financial statements based on our best estimate of required future payments. Certain of these indemnifications relate to contingent events or occurrences, such as the imposition of additional taxes due to a change in the tax law or adverse interpretation of the tax law, and indemnifications made in divestiture agreements where we indemnify the buyer for liabilities that relate to our activities prior to the divestiture and that may become known in the future. We do not believe that these contingent obligations will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We have entered into agreements with property owners to guarantee the value of property that is adjacent to certain of our landfills. These agreements have varying terms. We do not believe that these contingent obligations will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Other Matters

Our business activities are conducted in the context of a developing and changing statutory and regulatory framework. Governmental regulation of the waste management industry requires us to obtain and retain numerous governmental permits to conduct various aspects of our operations. These permits are subject to revocation, modification or denial. The costs and other capital expenditures which may be required to obtain or retain the applicable permits or comply with applicable regulations could be significant. Any revocation, modification or denial of permits could have a material adverse effect on us.

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Selected Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA


17.	SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (unaudited)

The following tables summarize our unaudited consolidated quarterly results of operations as reported for 2010 and 2009:


	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter

2010:
Revenue	$	1,957.7	$	2,066.4	$	2,061.7	$	2,020.8
Operating income		381.3		400.8		367.6		389.4
Net income		65.2		159.9		134.5		147.9
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.		65.0		159.7		134.2		147.6
Diluted earnings per common share		0.17		0.42		0.35		0.38

2009:
Revenue	$	2,060.5	$	2,066.1	$	2,073.5	$	1,999.0
Operating income (loss)		353.0		520.7		386.9		329.2
Net income (loss)		113.4		226.2		121.0		35.9
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.		113.0		225.9		120.5		35.6
Diluted earnings per common share		0.30		0.59		0.32		0.09

During 2010 and 2009, we recorded a number of gains, charges (recoveries) and expenses that impacted our net income during each of the quarters as follows:


	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter			Total

2010:
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$	132.3	$	-	$	19.4	$	9.1		$	160.8
Costs to achieve synergies		9.1		8.5		7.4		8.3			33.3
Restructuring charges		5.6		1.4		2.6		1.8			11.4
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net		0.5		1.1		25.5		(8.0	)		19.1


	First		Second			Third			Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter			Quarter			Quarter		Total

2009:
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$	-	$	-		$	31.8		$	102.3	$	134.1
Costs to achieve synergies		12.9		10.1			8.9			9.9		41.8
Restructuring charges		31.3		12.3			12.3			7.3		63.2
Remediation (recoveries) charges		-		-			(8.9	)		2.1		(6.8	)
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net	$	4.9	$	(150.1	)	$	0.9		$	7.3	$	(137.0	)

Costs to achieve synergies relate to those incremental costs incurred primarily for our synergy incentive plan as well as other integration costs. We also recorded losses on early extinguishment of debt associated with premiums paid to repurchase debt, charges for unamortized debt discounts and professional fees paid to effectuate the repurchases.

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements [Abstract]

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


18.	CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We are the primary obligor under certain of the Senior Notes issued by us. However, we have no independent assets or operations, and therefore substantially all of our subsidiaries have jointly and severally guaranteed these notes. All of the subsidiary guarantors are 100% direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of the parent, and all guarantees are full, unconditional and joint and several with respect to principal, interest and liquidated damages, if any. As such, we present condensed consolidating balance sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and condensed consolidating statements of income and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 for each of Republic Services, Inc. (Parent), guarantor subsidiaries and the other non-guarantor subsidiaries with any consolidating adjustments.

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets


	December 31, 2010
	Parent		Guarantors		Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	14.5	$	71.1	$	2.7		$	-		$	88.3
Accounts receivable, net		-		800.6		28.3			-			828.9
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		112.0		74.8		20.6			-			207.4
Deferred tax assets		111.2		-		10.3			-			121.5

Total current assets		237.7		946.5		61.9			-			1,246.1
Restricted cash and marketable securities		39.8		47.0		86.0			-			172.8
Property and equipment, net		47.2		6,280.6		370.7			-			6,698.5
Goodwill, net		-		10,655.3		-			-			10,655.3
Other intangible assets, net		21.8		429.5		-			-			451.3
Investment and net advances to affiliate		13,513.9		40.9		149.1			(13,703.9	)		-
Other assets		88.2		94.7		55.0			-			237.9

Total assets	$	13,948.6	$	18,494.5	$	722.7		$	(13,703.9	)	$	19,461.9


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	89.7	$	500.2	$	16.6		$	-		$	606.5
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt		392.2		484.5		1.8			-			878.5
Deferred revenue		-		291.6		3.5			-			295.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion		-		182.0		-			-			182.0
Accrued interest		61.4		31.7		-			-			93.1
Other accrued liabilities		222.3		200.5		198.5			-			621.3

Total current liabilities		765.6		1,690.5		220.4			-			2,676.5
Long-term debt, net of current maturities		4,090.8		1,760.0		14.3			-			5,865.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion		-		1,148.1		268.5			-			1,416.6
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities		1,053.3		-		(8.5	)		-			1,044.8
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion		-		97.7		206.8			-			304.5
Other long-term liabilities		192.4		58.6		54.5			-			305.5
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		4.0		-		-			-			4.0
Other equity		7,842.5		13,739.6		(35.7	)		(13,703.9	)		7,842.5

Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders’ equity		7,846.5		13,739.6		(35.7	)		(13,703.9	)		7,846.5
Noncontrolling interests		-		-		2.4			-			2.4

Total stockholders’ equity		7,846.5		13,739.6		(33.3	)		(13,703.9	)		7,848.9

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	13,948.6	$	18,494.5	$	722.7		$	(13,703.9	)	$	19,461.9

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets


	December 31, 2009
	Parent		Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	101.8	$	(62.6	)	$	8.8		$	-		$	48.0
Accounts receivable, net		-		391.6			473.5			-			865.1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		23.7		15.8			117.0			-			156.5
Deferred tax assets		93.1		92.0			10.2			-			195.3

Total current assets		218.6		436.8			609.5			-			1,264.9
Restricted cash and marketable securities		67.6		85.5			87.4			-			240.5
Property and equipment, net		45.6		6,270.1			342.0			-			6,657.7
Goodwill, net		-		10,667.1			-			-			10,667.1
Other intangible assets, net		28.9		471.1			-			-			500.0
Investment and net advances to affiliate		10,877.3		212.6			145.7			(11,235.6	)		-
Other assets		58.3		102.1			49.7			-			210.1

Total assets	$	11,296.3	$	18,245.3		$	1,234.3		$	(11,235.6	)	$	19,540.3


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	114.0	$	441.4		$	37.4		$	-		$	592.8
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt		-		243.0			300.0			-			543.0
Deferred revenue		-		326.7			4.4			-			331.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion		-		245.4			-			-			245.4
Accrued interest		33.5		62.3			0.4			-			96.2
Other accrued liabilities		273.5		231.1			235.6			-			740.2

Total current liabilities		421.0		1,549.9			577.8			-			2,548.7
Long-term debt, net of current maturities		2,902.2		3,502.4			15.0			-			6,419.6
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion		0.5		306.2			1,076.5			-			1,383.2
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities		280.6		765.8			(5.9	)		-			1,040.5
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion		-		129.3			172.7			-			302.0
Other long-term liabilities		127.5		102.0			49.7			-			279.2
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		4.0		-			-			-			4.0
Other equity		7,560.5		11,887.1			(651.5	)		(11,235.6	)		7,560.5

Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders’ equity		7,564.5		11,887.1			(651.5	)		(11,235.6	)		7,564.5
Noncontrolling interests		-		2.6			-			-			2.6

Total stockholders’ equity		7,564.5		11,889.7			(651.5	)		(11,235.6	)		7,567.1

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	11,296.3	$	18,245.3		$	1,234.3		$	(11,235.6	)	$	19,540.3

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income


	Year Ended December 31, 2010
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Revenue	$	-		$	7,877.1		$	298.5		$	(69.0	)	$	8,106.6
Expenses:
Cost of operations		3.1			4,607.2			223.5			(69.0	)		4,764.8
Depreciation, amortization and depletion		21.6			796.9			15.2			-			833.7
Accretion		-			38.1			42.4			-			80.5
Selling, general and administrative		198.5			645.1			14.4			-			858.0
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets and impairments, net		1.6			17.5			-			-			19.1
Restructuring charges		-			11.4			-			-			11.4

Operating (loss) income		(224.8	)		1,760.9			3.0			-			1,539.1
Interest expense		(207.7	)		(300.6	)		0.9			-			(507.4	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(4.7	)		(155.9	)		(0.2	)		-			(160.8	)
Interest income		(6.3	)		(5.1	)		12.1			-			0.7
Other (expense) income, net		(7.5	)		12.6			0.3			-			5.4
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax		437.2			21.0			3.4			(461.6	)		-
Intercompany interest income (expense)		569.6			(626.1	)		56.5			-			-

Income before income taxes		555.8			706.8			76.0			(461.6	)		877.0
Provision for income taxes		49.3			292.2			28.0			-			369.5

Net income		506.5			414.6			48.0			(461.6	)		507.5
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		-			-			(1.0	)		-			(1.0	)

Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	506.5		$	414.6		$	47.0		$	(461.6	)	$	506.5

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income


	Year Ended December 31, 2009
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Revenue		-			7,932.6			340.1			(73.6	)		8,199.1
Expenses:
Cost of operations		3.8			4,689.9			224.1			(73.6	)		4,844.2
Depreciation, amortization and depletion		14.6			834.8			20.3			-			869.7
Accretion		0.1			30.1			58.6			-			88.8
Selling, general and administrative		184.9			681.5			14.0			-			880.4
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets and impairments, net		12.0			(149.0	)		-			-			(137.0	)
Restructuring charges		-			63.2			-			-			63.2

Operating (loss) income		(215.4	)		1,782.1			23.1			-			1,589.8
Interest expense		(99.7	)		(493.8	)		(2.4	)		-			(595.9	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(7.0	)		(127.1	)		-			-			(134.1	)
Interest income		(2.4	)		(2.1	)		6.5			-			2.0
Other (expense) income, net		(0.7	)		1.9			2.0			-			3.2
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax		453.4			56.4			6.0			(515.8	)		-
Intercompany interest income (expense)		514.0			(588.3	)		74.3			-			-

Income before income taxes		642.2			629.1			109.5			(515.8	)		865.0
Provision for income taxes		147.2			183.0			38.3			-			368.5

Net income		495.0			446.1			71.2			(515.8	)		496.5
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		-			(1.5	)		-			-			(1.5	)

Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	495.0		$	444.6		$	71.2		$	(515.8	)	$	495.0

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income


	Year Ended December 31, 2008
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Revenue	$	-		$	3,590.7		$	99.9		$	(5.5	)	$	3,685.1
Expenses:
Cost of operations		7.6			2,332.5			82.1			(5.5	)		2,416.7
Depreciation, amortization and depletion		7.4			342.3			4.4			-			354.1
Accretion		-			19.7			4.2			-			23.9
Selling, general and administrative		135.2			294.8			4.7			-			434.7
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets and impairments, net		5.7			84.1			-			-			89.8
Restructuring charges		-			82.7			-			-			82.7

Operating (loss) income		(155.9	)		434.6			4.5			-			283.2
Interest expense		(93.2	)		(42.8	)		4.1			-			(131.9	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		-			-			-			-			-
Interest income		4.0			4.3			1.3			-			9.6
Other (expense) income, net		(0.6	)		(1.0	)		-			-			(1.6	)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax		258.5			3.0			(2.5	)		(259.0	)		-
Intercompany interest income (expense)		-			(7.4	)		7.4			-			-

Income before income taxes		12.8			390.7			14.8			(259.0	)		159.3
Provision for income taxes		(61.0	)		140.1			6.3			-			85.4

Net income		73.8			250.6			8.5			(259.0	)		73.9
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		-			(0.1	)		-			-			(0.1	)

Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	73.8		$	250.5		$	8.5		$	(259.0	)	$	73.8

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows


	Year Ended December 31, 2010
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net income	$	506.5		$	414.6		$	48.0		$	(461.6	)	$	507.5
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes		(437.2	)		(21.0	)		(3.4	)		461.6			-
Other adjustments		291.8			660.1			(25.7	)		-			926.2

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities		361.1			1,053.7			18.9			-			1,433.7

Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		-			(771.1	)		(23.6	)		-			(794.7	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		-			37.4			-			-			37.4
Cash used in acquisitions and development projects, net of cash acquired		-			(58.9	)		-			-			(58.9	)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested		-			60.0			-			-			60.0
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities		27.9			37.0			1.4			-			66.3
Other		-			(0.6	)		-			-			(0.6	)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate		(1,449.0	)		(300.0	)		-			1,749.0			-

Cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(1,421.1	)		(996.2	)		(22.2	)		1,749.0			(690.5	)

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt		1,193.5			-			-			-			1,193.5
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount		1,499.4			-			-			-			1,499.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt		(1,446.3	)		(1,342.4	)		(301.6	)		-			(3,090.3	)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt		-			(30.4	)		-			-			(30.4	)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships		(26.2	)		-			-			-			(26.2	)
Issuances of common stock		86.5			-			-			-			86.5
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises		3.5			-			-			-			3.5
Purchases of common stock for treasury		(43.1	)		-			-			-			(43.1	)
Cash dividends paid		(294.6	)		-			-			-			(294.6	)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests		-			-			(1.2	)		-			(1.2	)
Change in investment and net advances from parent		-			1,449.0			300.0			(1,749.0	)		-

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities		972.7			76.2			(2.8	)		(1,749.0	)		(702.9	)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(87.3	)		133.7			(6.1	)		-			40.3
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		101.8			(62.6	)		8.8			-			48.0

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	14.5		$	71.1		$	2.7		$	-		$	88.3

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows


	Year Ended December 31, 2009
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net income	$	495.0			446.1		$	71.2		$	(515.8	)	$	496.5
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes		(453.4	)		(56.4	)		(6.0	)		515.8			-
Other adjustments		72.2			779.7			48.1			-			900.0

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities		113.8			1,169.4			113.3			-			1,396.5

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(15.0	)		(790.7	)		(20.6	)		-			(826.3	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		-			31.8			-			-			31.8
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired		-			(0.1	)		-			-			(0.1	)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested		-			511.1			-			-			511.1
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities		28.4			17.4			(4.2	)		-			41.6
Other		-			(0.6	)		-			-			(0.6	)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate		(483.8	)		(8.0	)		-			491.8			-

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(470.4	)		(239.1	)		(24.8	)		491.8			(242.5	)

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt		1,378.6			-			94.0			-			1,472.6
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount		1,245.4			-			-			-			1,245.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt		(1,969.3	)		(1,420.6	)		(194.0	)		-			(3,583.9	)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt		(4.4	)		(42.9	)		-			-			(47.3	)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships		(11.9	)		(2.4	)		-			-			(14.3	)
Issuances of common stock		39.6			-			-			-			39.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises		2.5			-			-			-			2.5
Purchases of common stock for treasury		(1.0	)		-			-			-			(1.0	)
Cash dividends paid		(288.3	)		-			-			-			(288.3	)
Change in investment and net advances from parent		-			483.8			8.0			(491.8	)		-

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities		391.2			(982.1	)		(92.0	)		(491.8	)		(1,174.7	)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		34.6			(51.8	)		(3.5	)		-			(20.7	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		67.2			(10.8	)		12.3			-			68.7
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	101.8		$	(62.6	)	$	8.8		$	-		$	48.0

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows


	Year Ended December 31, 2008
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Net income	$	73.8		$	250.6		$	8.5		$	(259.0	)	$	73.9
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes		(258.5	)		(3.0	)		2.5			259.0			-
Other adjustments		(18.9	)		589.6			(132.4	)		-			438.3

Cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(203.6	)		837.2			(121.4	)		-			512.2

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(4.0	)		(379.1	)		(3.8	)		-			(386.9	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		-			8.2			-			-			8.2
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired		-			(553.8	)		-			-			(553.8	)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested		-			3.3			-			-			3.3
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities		(0.2	)		3.7			(8.8	)		-			(5.3	)
Other		-			(0.2	)		-			-			(0.2	)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate		(213.0	)		(146.5	)		-			359.5			-

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(217.2	)		(1,064.4	)		(12.6	)		359.5			(934.7	)

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt		1,453.4			-			-			-			1,453.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt		(740.6	)		-			-			-			(740.6	)
Issuances of common stock		24.6			-			-			-			24.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises		4.5			-			-			-			4.5
Payment for deferred stock units		(4.0	)		-			-			-			(4.0	)
Equity issuance costs		(1.8	)		-			-			-			(1.8	)
Purchases of common stock for treasury		(138.4	)		-			-			-			(138.4	)
Cash dividends paid		(128.3	)		-			-			-			(128.3	)
Change in investment and net advances from parent		-			213.0			146.5			(359.5	)		-

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities		469.4			213.0			146.5			(359.5	)		469.4

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		48.6			(14.2	)		12.5			-			46.9
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		18.6			3.4			(0.2	)		-			21.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	67.2		$	(10.8	)	$	12.3		$	-		$	68.7

Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS


19.	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent to December 31, 2010, we: (i) entered into certain interest rate locks with an aggregate notional amount in excess of $550.0 million to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates in anticipation of a planned issuance of senior notes in the first half of 2011 and (ii) financed the maturity of our $262.9 million 5.750% senior notes with proceeds from our Credit Facilities.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) [Abstract]

Management's Estimates and Assumptions

Management’s Estimates and Assumptions

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider liquid investments with an original maturity at the date of acquisition of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Restricted Cash

Restricted Cash and Restricted Marketable Securities

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment


		Estimated
		Useful
		Lives

Buildings and improvements		7 - 40 years
Vehicles		5 - 12 years
Landfill equipment		7 - 10 years
Other equipment		3 - 15 years
Furniture and fixtures		5 - 12 years

Capitalized Interest

Capitalized Interest

We capitalize interest on landfill cell construction and other construction projects if they meet the following criteria:

1. Total construction costs are $50,000 or greater,

2. The construction phase is one month or longer, and

3. The assets have a useful life of one year or longer.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments


	•	Level one – Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
	•	Level two – Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable; and
	•	Level three – Unobservable inputs developed using estimates and assumptions, which are developed by the reporting entity and reflect those assumptions that a market participant would use.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

Landfill and Environmental Costs

Landfill and Environmental Costs

Life Cycle Accounting

Probable Expansion Airspace

Probable Expansion Airspace


	•	We own the land associated with the expansion airspace or control it pursuant to an option agreement,
	•	We are committed to supporting the expansion project financially and with appropriate resources,
	•	There are no identified fatal flaws or impediments associated with the project, including political impediments,
	•	Progress is being made on the project,
	•	The expansion is attainable within a reasonable time frame, and
	•	We believe it is likely the expansion permit will be received.

We have identified three steps that landfills generally follow to obtain expansion permits. These steps are as follows:

1. Obtaining approval from local authorities,

2. Submitting a permit application to state authorities, and

3. Obtaining permit approval from state authorities.

Capitalized Landfill Costs

Capitalized Landfill Costs

Final Capping Closure and Post Closure Costs

Final Capping, Closure and Post-Closure Costs

Environmental Operating Costs

Environmental Operating Costs

Environmental Liabilities

Environmental Liabilities


	•	For sites with established responsibility but a high level of uncertainty with the outcome of the remedial process, we developed multiple remediation scenarios. We then probability weighted the remediation scenarios to develop a fair value estimate.
	•	For sites where the level of responsibility was less defined, we developed a fair value estimate of the settlement costs based upon market participant assessments from external legal counsel.
	•	For sites which we own and are in the earliest stages of the remedial process, we identified the most applicable standard remedial techniques and then probability weighted the use of each technique to develop a fair value estimate.
	•	For the remaining sites with low levels of uncertainty, we developed a primary remedial strategy and cost estimate to determine the fair value of the liability.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Asset Impairments

Asset Impairments


	•	A significant decrease in the market price of an asset or asset group,
	•	A significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which an asset or asset group is being used or in its physical condition,
	•	A significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset or asset group, including an adverse action or assessment by a regulator,
	•	An accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of a long-lived asset,


	•	A current period operating or cash flow loss combined with a history of operating or cash flow losses or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset or asset group,
	•	A current expectation that, more likely than not, a long-lived asset or asset group will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life, or
	•	An impairment of goodwill at a reporting unit.

Self-Insurance Reserves

Self-Insurance Reserves

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

Costs Associated with Exit Activities

Costs Associated with Exit Activities

Contingent Liabilities

Contingent Liabilities

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when all four of the following criteria are met:


	•	Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists such as a service agreement with a municipality, a hauling customer or a disposal customer,
	•	Services have been performed such as the collection and hauling of waste or the disposal of waste at a disposal facility owned or operated by us,
	•	The price of the services provided to the customer is fixed or determinable, and
	•	Collectibility is reasonably assured.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Equity-Based Compensation Plans

Equity-Based Compensation Plans

We recognize equity-based compensation expense on the estimated fair value of stock options and similar equity instruments issued as compensation to employees over the requisite service periods.

Leases

Leases

Operating Leases

Capital Leases

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

It is our policy that transactions with related parties must be on terms that, on the whole, are no less favorable than those that would be available from unaffiliated parties.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

Goodwill Impairment Test

Goodwill Impairment Test

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) [Abstract]

Activity in allowance for doubtful accounts

The following table reflects the activity in our allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:


	2010			2009			2008

Balance at beginning of year	$	55.2		$	65.7		$	14.7
Additions charged to expense		23.6			27.3			36.5
Accounts written-off		(27.9	)		(37.8	)		(12.7	)
Acquisitions		-			-			27.2

Balance at end of year	$	50.9		$	55.2		$	65.7

Estimated useful lives of our property and equipment

The estimated useful lives of our property and equipment are as follows:


		Estimated
		Useful
		Lives

Buildings and improvements		7 - 40 years
Vehicles		5 - 12 years
Landfill equipment		7 - 10 years
Other equipment		3 - 15 years
Furniture and fixtures		5 - 12 years

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Tables) [Abstract]

Aggregate purchase price and allocation of purchase price in acquisition of Allied

In summary, the purchase price paid for the Allied acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price is as follows:


	December 31,
	2009

Purchase price:
Value of Republic common stock issued in exchange for Allied common stock outstanding	$	6,112.9
Value of Republic stock options issued to replace Allied stock options		61.2
Cash paid to retire Allied’s credit facility		671.8
Debt, fair value		5,356.2
Less: cash acquired		(131.3	)
Transaction costs		58.9

Total purchase price		12,129.7

Allocated as follows:
Current assets		909.9
Landfill development costs		2,600.0
Other property and equipment		2,262.3
Other assets		188.8
Current liabilities		(1,433.3	)
Capping, closure and post-closure liabilities		(885.4	)
Environmental liabilities		(390.0	)
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities		(637.2	)
Other long-term liabilities		(231.8	)

Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed		2,383.3

Excess purchase price to be allocated	$	9,746.4

Allocated as follows:
Goodwill	$	9,199.6
Other intangible assets:
Customer relationships		420.0
Franchise agreements		60.0
Other municipal agreements		30.0
Tradenames		30.0
Favorable lease agreements		5.8
Non-compete agreements		1.0

Total allocated	$	9,746.4

Pro Forma Information of Acquisition

Pro Forma Information


	Year Ended
	December 31,
	2008
	(unaudited)

Revenue	$	9,362.2
Net income		285.7
Basic earnings per share		0.76
Diluted earnings per share		0.75

Activity associated with the liabilities incurred in connection with the restructuring charges


	Balance at										Balance at
	December 31,										December 31,
	2009		Additions		Payments			Adjustments			2010

Severance and other termination benefits	$	19.6	$	4.4	$	(17.4	)	$	(3.8	)	$	2.8
Relocation		5.2		-		(1.5	)		(2.6	)		1.1

Total	$	24.8	$	4.4	$	(18.9	)	$	(6.4	)	$	3.9


	Balance at									Balance at
	December 31,									December 31,
	2008		Additions		Payments			Adjustments		2009

Severance and other termination benefits	$	12.5	$	31.4	$	(24.3	)	$	-	$	19.6
Relocation		17.9		2.6		(15.3	)		-		5.2

Total	$	30.4	$	34.0	$	(39.6	)	$	-	$	24.8

Activity associated with the liabilities incurred in connection with the termination benefits for employees

Accrued Liabilities Related to Allied


	Balance at								Balance at
	December 31,								December 31,
	2009		Payments			Adjustments			2010

Severance and other termination benefits	$	2.4	$	(1.1	)	$	(1.0	)	$	0.3


	Balance at							Balance at
	December 31,							December 31,
	2008		Additions		Payments			2009

Severance and other termination benefits	$	22.6	$	6.7	$	(26.9	)	$	2.4

Activity associated with unfavorable contracts and lease exit liabilities

The underlying lease agreements and contracts have remaining non-cancellable terms ranging from 1 to 21 years. The following table reflects activity during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 associated with unfavorable contracts and lease exit liabilities:


	Balance at								Balance at
	December 31,		Payments /						December 31,
	2009		Amortization			Adjustments			2010

Unfavorable contracts	$	49.0	$	(10.1	)	$	(1.3	)	$	37.6
Lease exit costs		6.4		(1.4	)		-			5.0

Total	$	55.4	$	(11.5	)	$	(1.3	)	$	42.6


	Balance at							Balance at
	December 31,				Payments /			December 31,
	2008		Additions		Amortization			2009

Unfavorable contracts	$	33.3	$	22.6	$	(6.9	)	$	49.0
Lease exit costs		-		7.7		(1.3	)		6.4

Total	$	33.3	$	30.3	$	(8.2	)	$	55.4

Aggregate purchase price and allocation of purchase price in other acquisitions

Other Acquisitions


	2010			2008

Purchase price:
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$	58.9		$	13.4
Fair value of operations surrendered		44.0			-
Holdbacks		0.6			-

Total	$	103.5		$	13.4

Allocated as follows:
Working capital surplus		5.1			0.4
Property and equipment		40.8			5.7
Other liabilities, net		(6.1	)		(1.3	)

Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed		39.8			4.8

Excess purchase price to be allocated	$	63.7		$	8.6

Allocated as follows:
Goodwill	$	41.8		$	1.7
Other intangible assets		21.9			6.9

Total allocated	$	63.7		$	8.6

Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Property and Equipment, Net (Tables) [Abstract]

Summary of property and equipment

A summary of property and equipment as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010			2009

Other land	$	391.9		$	418.7
Non-depletable landfill land		158.0			142.7
Landfill development costs		4,575.2			4,230.9
Vehicles and equipment		4,142.1			3,792.4
Buildings and improvements		768.5			741.6
Construction-in-progress - landfill		133.2			245.1
Construction-in-progress - other		27.2			23.0

		10,196.1			9,594.4

Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization:
Landfill development costs		(1,504.6	)		(1,275.4	)
Vehicles and equipment		(1,820.6	)		(1,518.2	)
Buildings and improvements		(172.4	)		(143.1	)

		(3,497.6	)		(2,936.7	)

Property and equipment, net	$	6,698.5		$	6,657.7

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) [Abstract]

Summary of the activity and balances in goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment

Goodwill, Net

A summary of the activity and balances in our goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment is as follows:


	Balance at							Adjustments			Balance at
	December 31,							to			December 31,
	2009		Acquisitions		Divestitures			Acquisitions			2010

Eastern	$	2,818.5	$	0.1	$	(24.0	)	$	(2.7	)	$	2,791.9
Midwestern		2,118.2		32.3		(18.9	)		(2.0	)		2,129.6
Southern		2,724.7		-		-			(2.9	)		2,721.8
Western		3,005.7		9.4		-			(3.1	)		3,012.0

Total	$	10,667.1	$	41.8	$	(42.9	)	$	(10.7	)	$	10,655.3


	Balance at					Adjustments		Adjustments			Balance at
	December 31,					to		to Assets			December 31,
	2008		Divestitures			Acquisitions		Held for Sale			2009

Eastern	$	2,772.5	$	(11.2	)	$	45.0	$	12.2		$	2,818.5
Midwestern		2,083.8		-			34.7		(0.3	)		2,118.2
Southern		2,715.6		(61.8	)		48.6		22.3			2,724.7
Western		2,949.6		-			56.1		-			3,005.7

Total	$	10,521.5	$	(73.0	)	$	184.4	$	34.2		$	10,667.1

Summary of the activity and balances by intangible asset type

Other Intangible Assets, Net


	Gross Intangible Assets									Accumulated Amortization											Net
	Balance at				Adjustments			Balance at		Balance at			Additions			Adjustments		Balance at			Intangibles at
	December 31,				to			December 31,		December 31,			Charged			to		December 31,			December 31,
	2009		Acquisitions		Acquisitions			2010		2009			to Expense			Acquisitions		2010			2010

Customer relationships, franchise and other municipal agreements	$	521.1	$	16.0	$	-		$	537.1	$	(70.5	)	$	(60.2	)	$	-	$	(130.7	)	$	406.4
Trade names		30.0		-		-			30.0		(6.5	)		(6.0	)		-		(12.5	)		17.5
Non-compete agreements		7.4		5.9		(0.4	)		12.9		(6.5	)		(1.0	)		0.3		(7.2	)		5.7
Other intangible assets		62.9		-		-			62.9		(37.9	)		(3.3	)		-		(41.2	)		21.7

Total	$	621.4	$	21.9	$	(0.4	)	$	642.9	$	(121.4	)	$	(70.5	)	$	0.3	$	(191.6	)	$	451.3


	Gross Intangible Assets								Accumulated Amortization											Net
	Balance at				Adjustments		Balance at		Balance at			Additions			Adjustments		Balance at			Intangibles at
	December 31,				to		December 31,		December 31,			Charged			to		December 31,			December 31,
	2008		Additions		Acquisitions		2009		2008			to Expense			Acquisitions		2009			2009

Customer relationships, franchise and other municipal agreements	$	520.8	$	0.2	$	0.1	$	521.1	$	(10.9	)	$	(59.6	)	$	-	$	(70.5	)	$	450.6
Trade names		30.0		-		-		30.0		(0.5	)		(6.0	)		-		(6.5	)		23.5
Non-compete agreements		7.4		-		-		7.4		(5.6	)		(0.9	)		-		(6.5	)		0.9
Other intangibles assets		57.2		-		5.7		62.9		(34.3	)		(3.6	)		-		(37.9	)		25.0

Total	$	615.4	$	0.2	$	5.8	$	621.4	$	(51.3	)	$	(70.1	)	$	-	$	(121.4	)	$	500.0

Amortization expense for each of the next five years

Based on the amortizable assets recorded in the balance sheet at December 31, 2010, amortization expense for each of the next five years is estimated to be as follows:


2011	$	71.4
2012		61.9
2013		61.0
2014		54.5
2015		54.3

Other Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Other Assets (Tables) [Abstract]

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

A summary of prepaid expenses and other current assets as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Inventories	$	31.3	$	33.7
Prepaid expenses		55.9		59.3
Other non-trade receivables		45.4		57.1
Income tax receivables		69.8		-
Other current assets		5.0		6.4

Total	$	207.4	$	156.5

Other Assets

Other Assets

A summary of other assets as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Deferred financing costs	$	41.1	$	32.4
Deferred compensation plan		27.4		15.2
Notes and other receivables		34.0		45.1
Other		135.4		117.4

Total	$	237.9	$	210.1

Other Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Other Liabilities (Tables) [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other Accrued Liabilities

A summary of other accrued liabilities as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Accrued payroll and benefits	$	158.4	$	169.6
Accrued fees and taxes		111.8		114.4
Self-insurance reserves, current portion		112.7		110.9
Accrued dividends		76.7		72.4
Income taxes payable		-		70.0
Restructuring liabilities		3.9		24.8
Accrued professional fees and legal settlement reserves		53.1		59.0
Other		104.7		119.1

Total	$	621.3	$	740.2

Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other Long-Term Liabilities

A summary of other long-term liabilities as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010		2009

Deferred compensation liability	$	27.7	$	15.7
Pension and other postretirement liabilities		14.4		38.1
Contingent legal liabilities		105.8		112.0
Ceded insurance reserves		54.5		48.9
Other		103.1		64.5

Total	$	305.5	$	279.2

Activity of self-insurance reserves

The following table summarizes the activity in our self-insurance reserves for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Balance at beginning of year	$	412.9		$	408.1		$	178.0
Additions charged to expense		364.9			481.3			203.0
Payments		(368.9	)		(489.7	)		(180.9	)
Allied acquisition		-			-			206.8
Accretion expense		8.3			13.2			1.2

Balance at end of year		417.2			412.9			408.1
Less: Current portion		(112.7	)		(110.9	)		(173.6	)

Long-term portion	$	304.5		$	302.0		$	234.5

Landfill and Environmental Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Landfill and Environmental Costs (Tables) [Abstract]

Summary of landfill and environmental liabilities

Accrued Landfill and Environmental Costs

A summary of our landfill and environmental liabilities as of December 31 is as follows:


	2010			2009

Landfill final capping, closure and post-closure liabilities	$	1,046.5		$	1,074.5
Remediation		552.1			554.1

		1,598.6			1,628.6
Less: Current portion		(182.0	)		(245.4	)

Long-term portion	$	1,416.6		$	1,383.2

Activity in asset retirement obligation liabilities, which includes liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure

Final Capping, Closure and Post-Closure Costs

The following table summarizes the activity in our asset retirement obligation liabilities, which include liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure, for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Asset retirement obligation liabilities, beginning of year	$	1,074.5		$	1,040.6		$	277.7
Non-cash additions		31.4			32.5			20.5
Acquisitions and divestitures, net		(3.0	)		72.3			813.1
Asset retirement obligation adjustments		(27.9	)		(57.4	)		(32.6	)
Payments		(111.3	)		(100.9	)		(27.9	)
Accretion expense		80.5			88.8			23.9
Other adjustments		2.3			(1.4	)		(34.1	)

Asset retirement obligation liabilities, end of period		1,046.5			1,074.5			1,040.6
Less: Current portion		(93.9	)		(137.5	)		(130.6	)

Long-term portion	$	952.6		$	937.0		$	910.0

Expected future payments for final capping, closure and post-closure

The expected future payments for final capping, closure and post-closure as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	93.9
2012		105.8
2013		98.9
2014		95.6
2015		95.4
Thereafter		4,559.9

	$	5,049.5

Activity in environmental remediation liabilities

The following table summarizes the activity in our environmental remediation liabilities for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Remediation liabilities, beginning of year	$	554.1		$	389.9		$	67.5
Other adjustments		1.5			181.9			208.1
Additions charged to expense		17.9			4.9			155.9
Payments		(50.5	)		(56.2	)		(43.3	)
Accretion expense		29.1			33.6			1.7

Remediation liabilities, end of period		552.1			554.1			389.9
Less: Current portion		(88.1	)		(107.9	)		(102.8	)

Long-term portion	$	464.0		$	446.2		$	287.1

Expected undiscounted future payments for remediation costs

The expected undiscounted future payments for remediation costs as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	88.1
2012		76.1
2013		61.9
2014		42.1
2015		29.5
Thereafter		430.9

	$	728.6

Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Debt (Tables) [Abstract]

Notes payable, capital leases and long-term debt


	2010			2009

$1.0 billion Revolver due 2012, Eurodollar and Base Rate borrowings	$	50.0		$	-
$1.75 billion Revolver due 2013, Eurodollar and Base Rate borrowings		25.0			315.4
Receivables secured loans		-			300.0
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.500%, due November 2010		-			216.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%, due February 2011		261.7			252.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.375%, due April 2011		215.1			209.1
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.750%, due August 2011		392.0			396.4
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.125%, due February 2014		-			379.3
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.250%, due March 2015		-			540.2
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.125%, due May 2016		535.5			526.7
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.875%, due June 2017		663.9			654.4
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.500%, due September 2019		645.8			645.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.000%, due March 2020		849.9			-
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.250%, due November 2021		600.0			600.0
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 9.250%, due May 2021		93.4			93.1
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.086%, due March 2035		249.8			249.4
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 7.400%, due September 2035		267.6			266.8
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.200%, due March 2040		649.5			-
Tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt financings; fixed and floating interest rates ranging from 0.28% to 8.25%; maturities ranging from 2012 to 2035		1,151.8			1,223.7
Other debt unsecured and secured by real property, equipment and other assets; interest rates ranging from 5.00% to 11.90% maturing through 2042		92.6			93.6

Total debt		6,743.6			6,962.6
Less: Current portion		(878.5	)		(543.0	)

Long-term portion	$	5,865.1		$	6,419.6

Future Maturities of Debt

Future Maturities of Debt


2011	$	872.0
2012		80.2
2013		40.6
2014		16.0
2015		25.7
Thereafter		6,008.6

	$	7,043.1

Components of interest expense

The components of interest expense are as follows:


	2010			2009			2008

Interest expense on debt and capital lease obligations	$	413.2		$	453.5		$	123.9
Accretion of debt discounts		52.4			92.1			10.1
Accretion of remediation and risk reserves		48.1			58.1			0.5
Less: capitalized interest		(6.3	)		(7.8	)		(2.6	)

Total interest expense	$	507.4		$	595.9		$	131.9

Summary of reduction to interest expense due to periodic settlements of active swap agreements


	Reduction to Interest Expense
	Due to Periodic Settlements
	of Active Swap Agreements
	Year Ended December 31,
Consolidated Statement of Income Classification	2010		2009		2008

Interest expense	$	8.5	$	8.7	$	3.8

Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Income Taxes (Tables) [Abstract]

Components of the provision for income taxes

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, are as follows:


	2010		2009			2008

Current:
Federal	$	253.9	$	337.3		$	98.1
State		50.2		49.1			11.1
Federal and state deferred provision (benefit)		61.4		(24.6	)		(30.4	)
Non-current tax provision		4.0		6.7			6.6

Provision for income taxes	$	369.5	$	368.5		$	85.4

Reconciliations of statutory federal income tax rate to effective tax rate

The reconciliations of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, are as follows:


	2010			2009			2008

Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		5.4			3.4			3.5
Non-deductible expenses		2.1			2.6			3.9
Non-deductible merger related compensation		-			-			7.7
Uncertain tax position taxes and interest		0.3			0.8			4.2
Other, net		(0.7	)		0.8			(0.7	)

Effective income tax rate		42.1	%		42.6	%		53.6	%

Components of the net deferred income tax asset and liability

The components of the net deferred income tax asset and liability at December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:


	2010			2009

Deferred tax liabilities relating to:
Differences between book and tax basis of property	$	(721.7	)	$	(616.6	)
Difference between book and tax basis of intangible assets		(702.0	)		(704.3	)

Total liabilities	$	(1,423.7	)	$	(1,320.9	)

Deferred tax assets relating to:
Difference between book and tax basis of other assets	$	68.1		$	68.5
Accruals not currently deductible		312.8			309.9
Environmental reserves		346.3			298.4
Deferred taxes on uncertain tax positions		76.1			83.2
Net operating loss carryforwards, state taxes		127.5			135.3
Other		2.3			21.8

Total assets		933.1			917.1
Valuation allowance		(120.1	)		(126.5	)

Net deferred tax asset		813.0			790.6

Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(610.7	)	$	(530.3	)

Changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance

Changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:


	2010			2009			2008

Valuation allowance, beginning of year	$	126.5		$	156.4		$	27.5
Additions charged to income		8.3			5.2			0.7
Acquisitions		-			(2.5	)		139.7
Usage		(10.4	)		(9.3	)		(11.5	)
Expirations of state net operating losses		(0.3	)		(17.8	)		-
Other, net		(4.0	)		(5.5	)		-

Valuation allowance, end of year	$	120.1		$	126.5		$	156.4

Summarization of activities in gross unrecognized tax benefits

The following table summarizes the activity in our gross unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31:


	2010			2009			2008

Balance at beginning of year	$	242.2		$	611.9		$	23.2
Additions due to the Allied acquisition		-			13.3			582.9
Additions based on tax positions related to current year		2.8			3.9			10.6
Reductions for tax positions related to the current year		-			-			(5.1	)
Additions for tax positions of prior years		7.5			5.6			2.0
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(7.4	)		(24.1	)		(1.3	)
Reductions for tax positions resulting from lapse of statute of limitations		(10.4	)		(0.5	)		(0.4	)
Settlements		(11.9	)		(367.9	)		-

Balance at end of year	$	222.8		$	242.2		$	611.9

Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) [Abstract]

Weighted-average assumptions for calculating fair values of stock options granted

The weighted-average estimated fair values of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 were $5.28, $3.79 and $4.36 per option, respectively, which were calculated using the following weighted-average assumptions:


	2010	2009	2008

Expected volatility	28.6%	28.7%	27.3%
Risk-free interest rate	2.4%	1.4%	1.7%
Dividend yield	2.9%	3.1%	2.9%
Expected life (in years)	4.3	4.2	4.2
Contractual life (in years)	7	7	7
Expected forfeiture rate	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%

Summary of stock option activity

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010:


						Weighted Average
				Weighted Average		Remaining		Aggregate
	Number			Exercise		Contractual Term		Intrinsic
	of Shares			Price per Share		(Years)		Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2007		7.7		$	19.84
Granted:
Granted as replacement options for Allied’s outstanding stock options		7.6			25.77
Granted other		5.2			25.46
Exercised		(1.4	)		15.93			$	19.9

Forfeited or expired		(0.4	)		42.07

Outstanding at December 31, 2008		18.7			23.57
Granted		0.3			21.03
Exercised		(2.1	)		18.12			$	17.8

Forfeited or expired		(1.8	)		28.59

Outstanding at December 31, 2009		15.1			23.69
Granted		3.1			27.48
Exercised		(3.9	)		21.73			$	34.3

Forfeited or expired		(0.7	)		27.38

Outstanding at December 31, 2010		13.6		$	24.97		4.5	$	68.4

Exercisable at December 31, 2010		8.7		$	24.44		3.9	$	48.8

Summary of deferred stock unit and restricted stock activity

Other Stock Awards

The following table summarizes the restricted stock unit and restricted stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010


	Number of Restricted
	Stock Units and			Weighted-Average		Weighted-Average
	Shares of			Grant Date		Remaining		Aggregate
	Restricted Stock			Fair Value per		Contractual		Intrinsic
	(In Thousands)			Share		Term (Years)		Value

Unissued at December 31, 2007		399.2		$	26.84
Granted		467.1			27.21
Vested and issued		(443.8	)		29.67
Forfeited		(186.3	)		25.27

Unissued at December 31, 2008		236.2			23.50
Granted		516.0			23.92
Vested and issued		(67.0	)		23.28
Forfeited		(32.0	)		23.50

Unissued at December 31, 2009		653.2			23.85
Granted		367.9			29.14
Vested and issued		(171.8	)		22.63
Forfeited		-			-

Unissued at December 31, 2010		849.3		$	26.39		0.6	$	25.4

Vested and unissued at December 31, 2010		248.0		$	26.23

Accumulated benefit obligation and reconciliations of the changes of defined benefit pension plan


	Defined Benefit						Postretirement
	Pension Plan						Healthcare Plans						SERP
	2010			2009			2010			2009			2010			2009

Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$	371.6		$	364.7		$	-		$	-		$	4.7		$	4.7


Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	364.7		$	361.2		$	2.4		$	3.2		$	4.7		$	12.7
Service cost		0.2			0.2			-			-			-			-
Interest cost		20.5			20.2			0.1			0.2			0.3			0.5
Amendments		1.2			-			-			-			-			-
Actuarial loss (gain)		2.2			(1.8	)		0.1			(0.5	)		0.1			0.1
Benefits paid		(17.2	)		(15.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)		(10.6	)
Curtailment loss (gain)		-			-			-			(0.2	)		-			2.0

Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	371.6		$	364.7		$	2.4		$	2.4		$	4.8		$	4.7

Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	333.3		$	293.9		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Actual return on plan assets		37.8			54.5			-			-			-			-
Employer contributions		10.0			-			0.2			0.3			0.3			10.6
Benefits paid		(17.2	)		(15.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)		(10.6	)

Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	363.9		$	333.3		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-

Unfunded status	$	7.7		$	31.4		$	2.4		$	2.4		$	4.8		$	4.7

Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position consist of:
Current liabilities	$	-		$	-		$	0.2		$	0.2		$	0.3		$	0.2
Noncurrent liabilities		7.7			31.4			2.2			2.2			4.5			4.5

Net amount recognized	$	7.7		$	31.4		$	2.4		$	2.4		$	4.8		$	4.7

Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:
Discount rate		5.25	%		5.75	%		5.25	%		5.75	%		5.25	%		5.75	%
Rate of compensation increase		N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A

Amounts included in accumulated other comprehensive income not yet been recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost


							Postretirement
	Pension						Healthcare
	Benefits						Plan						SERP
	2010			2009			2010			2009			2010		2009

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)
Net actuarial (gain) loss	$	(40.2	)	$	(29.4	)	$	(0.2	)	$	(0.4	)	$	0.1	$	0.1

Components of net periodic benefit cost

The components of the net periodic benefit cost are summarized below:


	Defined Benefit									Postretirement
	Pension Plan									Healthcare Plans									SERP
	2010			2009			2008			2010			2009			2008			2010			2009			2008

Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	0.2		$	0.2		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Interest cost		20.5			20.2			1.8			0.1			0.2			-			0.3			0.5			0.1
Expected return on plan assets		(23.6	)		(21.4	)		(1.7	)		-			-			-			-			-			-
Curtailment recognition		-			-			-			-			(0.2	)		-			-			2.0			0.1

Net periodic benefit cost	$	(2.9	)	$	(1.0	)	$	0.1		$	0.1		$	-		$	-		$	0.3		$	2.5		$	0.2

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost:

Discount rate		5.75	%		5.75	%		6.50	%		5.75	%		5.75	%		6.50	%		5.75	%		5.75	%		6.50	%
Expected return on plan assets		7.25	%		7.25	%		7.50	%		N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A
Rate of compensation increase		4.00	%		4.00	%		4.00	%		N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A

Estimated future benefit payments

Estimated future benefit payments for the next ten years under the Plan, the postretirement healthcare plan and the SERP are as follows:


	Defined Benefit		Postretirement
	Pension Plan		Healthcare Plans		SERP

2011	$	40.0	$	0.2	$	0.3
2012		20.0		0.2		0.3
2013		21.3		0.2		0.3
2014		22.3		0.2		0.3
2015		23.0		0.2		0.3
2016 through 2020		125.2		1.3		5.2

Summary of target asset allocation and actual asset allocation for defined benefit pension plans

The following table summarizes our target asset allocation for 2011 and actual asset allocation at December 31, 2010 and 2009 for our defined benefit pension plan:


				2010			2009
	Target			Actual			Actual
	Asset			Asset			Asset
	Allocation			Allocation			Allocation

Debt securities		60	%		57	%		48	%
Equity securities		40			42			51
Cash		-			1			1

Total		100	%		100	%		100	%

Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy

The following table summarizes, by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the investments of the Plan at fair value as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
	Total as of		Active		Observable		Unobservable
	December 31,		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	2010		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Money market account	$	4.6	$	-	$	4.6	$	-
Registered Investment Companies		358.8		151.9		206.9		-
Limited partnerships		0.5		-		-		0.5

Total assets	$	363.9	$	151.9	$	211.5	$	0.5


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
	Total as of		Active		Observable		Unobservable
	December 31,		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	2009		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Money market account	$	1.8	$	-	$	1.8	$	-
Registered Investment Companies		330.9		215.8		115.1		-
Limited partnerships		0.6		-		-		0.6

Total assets	$	333.3	$	215.8	$	116.9	$	0.6

Changes in the fair value of Plan's investment in Level 3 assets

The following table summarizes the changes in the fair value of the Plan’s investment in Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2010:


	Limited
	Partnerships
	(Level 3)

Balance, beginning of the year	$	0.6
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, (net)		(0.1	)

Balance, end of the year	$	0.5

Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Earnings Per Share (Tables) [Abstract]

Earnings per share

Earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are calculated as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	2010		2009		2008

Basic earnings per share:
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	506,500	$	495,000	$	73,800

Weighted average common shares outstanding		382,985		379,749		196,703

Basic earnings per share	$	1.32	$	1.30	$	0.38

Diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	506,500	$	495,000	$	73,800

Weighted average common shares outstanding		382,985		379,749		196,703
Effect of dilutive securities:
Options to purchase common stock		1,895		1,172		1,646
Unvested restricted stock awards and restricted stock units		231		40		2

Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding		385,111		380,961		198,351

Diluted earnings per share	$	1.32	$	1.30	$	0.37

Antidilutive securities not included in the diluted earnings per share calculations:
Options to purchase common stock		2,825		9,836		2,179

Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Segment Reporting (Tables) [Abstract]

Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments


								Depreciation,
								Amortization,		Operating
	Gross		Intercompany			Net		Depletion and		Income			Capital
	Revenue		Revenue			Revenue		Accretion		(Loss)			Expenditures			Total Assets

2010:
Eastern	$	2,429.3	$	(353.8	)	$	2,075.5	$	205.5	$	488.4		$	175.3		$	4,437.1
Midwestern		2,167.4		(400.5	)		1,766.9		203.6		402.0			210.7			3,718.0
Southern		2,289.0		(311.7	)		1,977.3		221.5		482.8			190.4			4,869.7
Western		2,684.6		(496.0	)		2,188.6		218.2		521.2			222.3			5,518.5
Corporate entities		115.7		(17.4	)		98.3		65.4		(355.3	)		(4.0	)		918.6

Total	$	9,686.0	$	(1,579.4	)	$	8,106.6	$	914.2	$	1,539.1		$	794.7		$	19,461.9

2009:
Eastern	$	2,485.9	$	(370.9	)	$	2,115.0	$	214.3	$	483.0		$	199.1		$	4,495.1
Midwestern		2,185.4		(408.4	)		1,777.0		225.9		367.3			208.7			3,605.9
Southern		2,371.7		(325.5	)		2,046.2		233.1		522.9			168.5			4,867.6
Western		2,652.4		(482.4	)		2,170.0		234.9		582.0			180.5			5,461.2
Corporate entities		123.6		(32.7	)		90.9		50.3		(365.4	)		69.5			1,110.5

Total	$	9,819.0	$	(1,619.9	)	$	8,199.1	$	958.5	$	1,589.8		$	826.3		$	19,540.3

2008:
Eastern	$	1,144.4	$	(154.5	)	$	989.9	$	95.1	$	(2.0	)	$	95.7		$	4,608.5
Midwestern		965.0		(193.3	)		771.7		96.8		127.6			86.7			4,222.8
Southern		1,095.7		(125.5	)		970.2		94.8		184.8			120.2			4,951.4
Western		1,161.1		(218.5	)		942.6		79.7		155.1			75.6			5,705.4
Corporate entities		13.8		(3.1	)		10.7		11.6		(182.3	)		8.7			433.3

Total	$	4,380.0	$	(694.9	)	$	3,685.1	$	378.0	$	283.2		$	386.9		$	19,921.4

Revenue by service line

The following table shows our total reported revenue by service line for the respective years ended December 31. Intercompany revenue has been eliminated.


	2010					2009					2008

Collection:
Residential	$	2,173.9		26.8	%	$	2,187.0		26.7	%	$	966.0		26.2	%
Commercial		2,486.8		30.7			2,553.4		31.1			1,161.4		31.5
Industrial		1,482.9		18.3			1,541.4		18.8			711.4		19.3
Other		29.6		0.4			26.9		0.3			23.2		0.7

Total collection		6,173.2		76.2			6,308.7		76.9			2,862.0		77.7
Transfer and disposal		2,998.9					3,113.5					1,343.4
Less: Intercompany		(1,521.6	)				(1,564.1	)				(683.5	)

Transfer and disposal, net		1,477.3		18.2			1,549.4		18.9			659.9		17.9
Sale of materials		307.1		3.8			181.2		2.2			121.1		3.3
Other non-core		149.0		1.8			159.8		2.0			42.1		1.1

Other		456.1		5.6			341.0		4.2			163.2		4.4

Total revenue	$	8,106.6		100.0	%	$	8,199.1		100.0	%	$	3,685.1		100.0	%

Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Financial Instruments (Tables) [Abstract]

Summary of outstanding fuel hedges

The following fuel hedges were outstanding during 2010 and 2009:


			Notional Amount
			(in Gallons	Contract Price
Inception Date	Commencement Date	Termination Date	per Month)	per Gallon

January 26, 2007	January 5, 2009	December 28, 2009	500,000	$	2.83
January 26, 2007	January 4, 2010	December 27, 2010	500,000		2.81
November 5, 2007	January 5, 2009	December 30, 2013	60,000		3.28
March 17, 2008	January 5, 2009	December 31, 2012	50,000		3.72
March 17, 2008	January 5, 2009	December 31, 2012	50,000		3.74
September 22, 2008	January 1, 2009	December 31, 2011	150,000		4.16 - 4.17
July 10, 2009	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2010	100,000		2.84
July 10, 2009	January 1, 2011	December 31, 2011	100,000		3.05
July 10, 2009	January 1, 2012	December 31, 2012	100,000		3.20

Impact of fuel hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income

The following table summarizes the impact of our fuel hedges on our results of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:

Amount of Gain

or (Loss)

Recognized in

Income on

Amount of

Derivative

Gain

(Ineffective

or (Loss)

Location of Gain

Portion

Recognized in

(Loss) Recognized

and

OCI on

Amount of

in Income on

Amount Excluded

Derivatives

Realized Gain

Derivative

from

(Effective

(Ineffective Portion

Effectiveness

Derivatives in

Portion)

(Loss)

and Amount

Testing)

Cash Flow

Year Ended

Statement of

Year Ended

Excluded from

Year Ended

Hedging

December 31,

Income

December 31,

Effectiveness

December 31,

Relationships

2010

2009

2008

Classification

2010

2009

2008

Testing)

2010

2009

2008

Fuel hedges

0.8

6.1

(13.9

)

Cost of operations

(2.0

)

(7.3

)

5.9

Other income, net

0.2

(0.5

)

Impact of Commodity Hedges on Results of Operations and Comprehensive Income

The following commodity swaps were outstanding during 2010 and 2009:

Notional Amount

Contract Price

Transaction

(in Short Tons

Per Short

Inception Date

Commencement Date

Termination Date

Hedged

per Month)

Ton

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

105.00

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

102.00

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

106.00

May 16, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

103.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

106.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

106.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

OCC

1,000

110.00

April 28, 2008

January 1, 2009

December 31, 2010

ONP

1,000

103.00

December 8, 2009

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

ONP

2,000

76.00

December 10, 2009

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

OCC

2,000

82.00

December 11, 2009

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

OCC

2,000

82.00

January 5, 2010

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

ONP

2,000

84.00

January 6, 2010

January 1, 2010

December 31, 2011

OCC

1,000

90.00

January 27, 2010

February 1, 2010

January 31, 2012

OCC

1,000

90.00

September 23, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2011

ONP

1,000

95.00

September 28, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2011

ONP

1,000

95.00

October 11, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

1,500

115.00

Costless collar hedges outstanding

The following costless collar hedges were outstanding at December 31, 2010:

Floor

Cap

Notional Amount

Strike Price

Transaction

(in Short Tons

Per Short

Inception Date

Commencement Date

Termination Date

Hedged

per Month)

Ton

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

80.00

180.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

86.00

210.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

81.00

190.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

85.00

195.00

December 8, 2010

January 1, 2011

December 31, 2012

OCC

2,000

87.00

195.00

Summary of outstanding commodity hedges

The following table summarizes the impact of our commodity hedges on our results of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:

Amount of Gain

or (Loss)

Recognized in

Income on

Amount of

Derivative

Gain

(Ineffective

or (Loss)

Location of Gain

Portion

Recognized in

(Loss) Recognized

and

OCI on

Amount of

in Income on

Amount Excluded

Derivatives

Realized

Derivative

from

(Effective

Gain or

(Ineffective Portion

Effectiveness

Derivatives in

Portion)

(Loss)

and Amount

Testing)

Cash Flow

Year Ended

Statement of

Year Ended

Excluded from

Year Ended

Hedging

December 31,

Income

December 31,

Effectiveness

December 31,

Relationships

2010

2009

2008

Classification

2010

2009

2008

Testing)

2010

2009

2008

Recycling commodity hedges

(3.2

)

(4.7

)

5.3

Revenue

(2.6

)

5.1

Other income, net

(0.1

)

(0.1

)

0.2

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis include the following:


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
	Total as of		Active		Observable		Unobservable
	December 31,		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	2010		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Assets:
Restricted cash and marketable securities	$	172.8	$	172.8	$	-	$	-
Fuel hedges - other current assets		1.6		-		1.6		-
Commodity hedges - other current assets		1.9		-		1.9		-
Interest rate swaps - other non-trade receivables		5.2		-		5.2		-

Total assets	$	181.5	$	172.8	$	8.7	$	-

Liabilities:
Fuel hedges - other accrued liabilities	$	1.9	$	-	$	1.9	$	-
Commodity hedges - other accrued liabilities		6.5		-		6.5		-

Total liabilities	$	8.4	$	-	$	8.4	$	-


			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted		Significant
			Prices in		Other		Significant
			Active		Observable		Unobservable
	Total as of		Markets		Inputs		Inputs
	December 31, 2009		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)

Assets:
Restricted cash and marketable securities	$	240.5	$	240.5	$	-	$	-
Fuel hedges - other current assets		3.2		-		3.2		-
Commodity hedges - other current assets		1.8		-		1.8		-
Interest rate swaps - other assets		9.9		-		9.9		-

Total assets	$	255.4	$	240.5	$	14.9	$	-

Liabilities:
Fuel hedges - other accrued liabilities	$	4.9	$	-	$	4.9	$	-
Commodity hedges - other accrued liabilities		0.8		-		0.8		-

Total liabilities	$	5.7	$	-	$	5.7	$	-

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) [Abstract]

Future minimum lease obligations under non-cancelable operating leases

Future minimum lease obligations under non-cancelable operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2010 are as follows:


2011	$	34.6
2012		25.3
2013		20.5
2014		16.6
2015		14.2
Thereafter		65.0

	$	176.2

Future minimum payments under unconditional purchase commitments


2011	$	219.8
2012		93.5
2013		70.4
2014		57.0
2015		25.6
Thereafter		257.7

	$	724.0

Financial instruments and collateral in place

We had the following financial instruments and collateral in place to secure our financial assurances at December 31:


	2010		2009

Letters of credit	$	1,077.0	$	1,673.5
Surety bonds		2,622.3		2,211.0

Restricted Cash and Marketable Securities


	2010		2009

Financing proceeds	$	39.8	$	93.1
Capping, closure and post-closure obligations		61.8		62.4
Self-insurance		63.8		65.1
Other		7.4		19.9

Total restricted cash and marketable securities	$	172.8	$	240.5

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Tables) [Abstract]

Results of operations

The following tables summarize our unaudited consolidated quarterly results of operations as reported for 2010 and 2009:


	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter

2010:
Revenue	$	1,957.7	$	2,066.4	$	2,061.7	$	2,020.8
Operating income		381.3		400.8		367.6		389.4
Net income		65.2		159.9		134.5		147.9
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.		65.0		159.7		134.2		147.6
Diluted earnings per common share		0.17		0.42		0.35		0.38

2009:
Revenue	$	2,060.5	$	2,066.1	$	2,073.5	$	1,999.0
Operating income (loss)		353.0		520.7		386.9		329.2
Net income (loss)		113.4		226.2		121.0		35.9
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.		113.0		225.9		120.5		35.6
Diluted earnings per common share		0.30		0.59		0.32		0.09

Gains, charges (recoveries) and expenses that impacted operating income

During 2010 and 2009, we recorded a number of gains, charges (recoveries) and expenses that impacted our net income during each of the quarters as follows:


	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter			Total

2010:
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$	132.3	$	-	$	19.4	$	9.1		$	160.8
Costs to achieve synergies		9.1		8.5		7.4		8.3			33.3
Restructuring charges		5.6		1.4		2.6		1.8			11.4
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net		0.5		1.1		25.5		(8.0	)		19.1


	First		Second			Third			Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter			Quarter			Quarter		Total

2009:
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$	-	$	-		$	31.8		$	102.3	$	134.1
Costs to achieve synergies		12.9		10.1			8.9			9.9		41.8
Restructuring charges		31.3		12.3			12.3			7.3		63.2
Remediation (recoveries) charges		-		-			(8.9	)		2.1		(6.8	)
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net	$	4.9	$	(150.1	)	$	0.9		$	7.3	$	(137.0	)

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Tables) [Abstract]

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets


	December 31, 2010
	Parent		Guarantors		Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	14.5	$	71.1	$	2.7		$	-		$	88.3
Accounts receivable, net		-		800.6		28.3			-			828.9
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		112.0		74.8		20.6			-			207.4
Deferred tax assets		111.2		-		10.3			-			121.5

Total current assets		237.7		946.5		61.9			-			1,246.1
Restricted cash and marketable securities		39.8		47.0		86.0			-			172.8
Property and equipment, net		47.2		6,280.6		370.7			-			6,698.5
Goodwill, net		-		10,655.3		-			-			10,655.3
Other intangible assets, net		21.8		429.5		-			-			451.3
Investment and net advances to affiliate		13,513.9		40.9		149.1			(13,703.9	)		-
Other assets		88.2		94.7		55.0			-			237.9

Total assets	$	13,948.6	$	18,494.5	$	722.7		$	(13,703.9	)	$	19,461.9


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	89.7	$	500.2	$	16.6		$	-		$	606.5
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt		392.2		484.5		1.8			-			878.5
Deferred revenue		-		291.6		3.5			-			295.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion		-		182.0		-			-			182.0
Accrued interest		61.4		31.7		-			-			93.1
Other accrued liabilities		222.3		200.5		198.5			-			621.3

Total current liabilities		765.6		1,690.5		220.4			-			2,676.5
Long-term debt, net of current maturities		4,090.8		1,760.0		14.3			-			5,865.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion		-		1,148.1		268.5			-			1,416.6
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities		1,053.3		-		(8.5	)		-			1,044.8
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion		-		97.7		206.8			-			304.5
Other long-term liabilities		192.4		58.6		54.5			-			305.5
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		4.0		-		-			-			4.0
Other equity		7,842.5		13,739.6		(35.7	)		(13,703.9	)		7,842.5

Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders’ equity		7,846.5		13,739.6		(35.7	)		(13,703.9	)		7,846.5
Noncontrolling interests		-		-		2.4			-			2.4

Total stockholders’ equity		7,846.5		13,739.6		(33.3	)		(13,703.9	)		7,848.9

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	13,948.6	$	18,494.5	$	722.7		$	(13,703.9	)	$	19,461.9

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets


	December 31, 2009
	Parent		Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	101.8	$	(62.6	)	$	8.8		$	-		$	48.0
Accounts receivable, net		-		391.6			473.5			-			865.1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		23.7		15.8			117.0			-			156.5
Deferred tax assets		93.1		92.0			10.2			-			195.3

Total current assets		218.6		436.8			609.5			-			1,264.9
Restricted cash and marketable securities		67.6		85.5			87.4			-			240.5
Property and equipment, net		45.6		6,270.1			342.0			-			6,657.7
Goodwill, net		-		10,667.1			-			-			10,667.1
Other intangible assets, net		28.9		471.1			-			-			500.0
Investment and net advances to affiliate		10,877.3		212.6			145.7			(11,235.6	)		-
Other assets		58.3		102.1			49.7			-			210.1

Total assets	$	11,296.3	$	18,245.3		$	1,234.3		$	(11,235.6	)	$	19,540.3


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	114.0	$	441.4		$	37.4		$	-		$	592.8
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt		-		243.0			300.0			-			543.0
Deferred revenue		-		326.7			4.4			-			331.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion		-		245.4			-			-			245.4
Accrued interest		33.5		62.3			0.4			-			96.2
Other accrued liabilities		273.5		231.1			235.6			-			740.2

Total current liabilities		421.0		1,549.9			577.8			-			2,548.7
Long-term debt, net of current maturities		2,902.2		3,502.4			15.0			-			6,419.6
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion		0.5		306.2			1,076.5			-			1,383.2
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities		280.6		765.8			(5.9	)		-			1,040.5
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion		-		129.3			172.7			-			302.0
Other long-term liabilities		127.5		102.0			49.7			-			279.2
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		4.0		-			-			-			4.0
Other equity		7,560.5		11,887.1			(651.5	)		(11,235.6	)		7,560.5

Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders’ equity		7,564.5		11,887.1			(651.5	)		(11,235.6	)		7,564.5
Noncontrolling interests		-		2.6			-			-			2.6

Total stockholders’ equity		7,564.5		11,889.7			(651.5	)		(11,235.6	)		7,567.1

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	11,296.3	$	18,245.3		$	1,234.3		$	(11,235.6	)	$	19,540.3

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income


	Year Ended December 31, 2010
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Revenue	$	-		$	7,877.1		$	298.5		$	(69.0	)	$	8,106.6
Expenses:
Cost of operations		3.1			4,607.2			223.5			(69.0	)		4,764.8
Depreciation, amortization and depletion		21.6			796.9			15.2			-			833.7
Accretion		-			38.1			42.4			-			80.5
Selling, general and administrative		198.5			645.1			14.4			-			858.0
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets and impairments, net		1.6			17.5			-			-			19.1
Restructuring charges		-			11.4			-			-			11.4

Operating (loss) income		(224.8	)		1,760.9			3.0			-			1,539.1
Interest expense		(207.7	)		(300.6	)		0.9			-			(507.4	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(4.7	)		(155.9	)		(0.2	)		-			(160.8	)
Interest income		(6.3	)		(5.1	)		12.1			-			0.7
Other (expense) income, net		(7.5	)		12.6			0.3			-			5.4
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax		437.2			21.0			3.4			(461.6	)		-
Intercompany interest income (expense)		569.6			(626.1	)		56.5			-			-

Income before income taxes		555.8			706.8			76.0			(461.6	)		877.0
Provision for income taxes		49.3			292.2			28.0			-			369.5

Net income		506.5			414.6			48.0			(461.6	)		507.5
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		-			-			(1.0	)		-			(1.0	)

Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	506.5		$	414.6		$	47.0		$	(461.6	)	$	506.5

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income


	Year Ended December 31, 2009
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Revenue		-			7,932.6			340.1			(73.6	)		8,199.1
Expenses:
Cost of operations		3.8			4,689.9			224.1			(73.6	)		4,844.2
Depreciation, amortization and depletion		14.6			834.8			20.3			-			869.7
Accretion		0.1			30.1			58.6			-			88.8
Selling, general and administrative		184.9			681.5			14.0			-			880.4
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets and impairments, net		12.0			(149.0	)		-			-			(137.0	)
Restructuring charges		-			63.2			-			-			63.2

Operating (loss) income		(215.4	)		1,782.1			23.1			-			1,589.8
Interest expense		(99.7	)		(493.8	)		(2.4	)		-			(595.9	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(7.0	)		(127.1	)		-			-			(134.1	)
Interest income		(2.4	)		(2.1	)		6.5			-			2.0
Other (expense) income, net		(0.7	)		1.9			2.0			-			3.2
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax		453.4			56.4			6.0			(515.8	)		-
Intercompany interest income (expense)		514.0			(588.3	)		74.3			-			-

Income before income taxes		642.2			629.1			109.5			(515.8	)		865.0
Provision for income taxes		147.2			183.0			38.3			-			368.5

Net income		495.0			446.1			71.2			(515.8	)		496.5
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		-			(1.5	)		-			-			(1.5	)

Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	495.0		$	444.6		$	71.2		$	(515.8	)	$	495.0

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income


	Year Ended December 31, 2008
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Revenue	$	-		$	3,590.7		$	99.9		$	(5.5	)	$	3,685.1
Expenses:
Cost of operations		7.6			2,332.5			82.1			(5.5	)		2,416.7
Depreciation, amortization and depletion		7.4			342.3			4.4			-			354.1
Accretion		-			19.7			4.2			-			23.9
Selling, general and administrative		135.2			294.8			4.7			-			434.7
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets and impairments, net		5.7			84.1			-			-			89.8
Restructuring charges		-			82.7			-			-			82.7

Operating (loss) income		(155.9	)		434.6			4.5			-			283.2
Interest expense		(93.2	)		(42.8	)		4.1			-			(131.9	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		-			-			-			-			-
Interest income		4.0			4.3			1.3			-			9.6
Other (expense) income, net		(0.6	)		(1.0	)		-			-			(1.6	)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax		258.5			3.0			(2.5	)		(259.0	)		-
Intercompany interest income (expense)		-			(7.4	)		7.4			-			-

Income before income taxes		12.8			390.7			14.8			(259.0	)		159.3
Provision for income taxes		(61.0	)		140.1			6.3			-			85.4

Net income		73.8			250.6			8.5			(259.0	)		73.9
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		-			(0.1	)		-			-			(0.1	)

Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$	73.8		$	250.5		$	8.5		$	(259.0	)	$	73.8

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows


	Year Ended December 31, 2010
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net income	$	506.5		$	414.6		$	48.0		$	(461.6	)	$	507.5
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes		(437.2	)		(21.0	)		(3.4	)		461.6			-
Other adjustments		291.8			660.1			(25.7	)		-			926.2

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities		361.1			1,053.7			18.9			-			1,433.7

Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		-			(771.1	)		(23.6	)		-			(794.7	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		-			37.4			-			-			37.4
Cash used in acquisitions and development projects, net of cash acquired		-			(58.9	)		-			-			(58.9	)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested		-			60.0			-			-			60.0
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities		27.9			37.0			1.4			-			66.3
Other		-			(0.6	)		-			-			(0.6	)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate		(1,449.0	)		(300.0	)		-			1,749.0			-

Cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(1,421.1	)		(996.2	)		(22.2	)		1,749.0			(690.5	)

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt		1,193.5			-			-			-			1,193.5
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount		1,499.4			-			-			-			1,499.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt		(1,446.3	)		(1,342.4	)		(301.6	)		-			(3,090.3	)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt		-			(30.4	)		-			-			(30.4	)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships		(26.2	)		-			-			-			(26.2	)
Issuances of common stock		86.5			-			-			-			86.5
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises		3.5			-			-			-			3.5
Purchases of common stock for treasury		(43.1	)		-			-			-			(43.1	)
Cash dividends paid		(294.6	)		-			-			-			(294.6	)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests		-			-			(1.2	)		-			(1.2	)
Change in investment and net advances from parent		-			1,449.0			300.0			(1,749.0	)		-

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities		972.7			76.2			(2.8	)		(1,749.0	)		(702.9	)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(87.3	)		133.7			(6.1	)		-			40.3
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		101.8			(62.6	)		8.8			-			48.0

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	14.5		$	71.1		$	2.7		$	-		$	88.3

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows


	Year Ended December 31, 2009
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net income	$	495.0			446.1		$	71.2		$	(515.8	)	$	496.5
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes		(453.4	)		(56.4	)		(6.0	)		515.8			-
Other adjustments		72.2			779.7			48.1			-			900.0

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities		113.8			1,169.4			113.3			-			1,396.5

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(15.0	)		(790.7	)		(20.6	)		-			(826.3	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		-			31.8			-			-			31.8
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired		-			(0.1	)		-			-			(0.1	)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested		-			511.1			-			-			511.1
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities		28.4			17.4			(4.2	)		-			41.6
Other		-			(0.6	)		-			-			(0.6	)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate		(483.8	)		(8.0	)		-			491.8			-

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(470.4	)		(239.1	)		(24.8	)		491.8			(242.5	)

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt		1,378.6			-			94.0			-			1,472.6
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount		1,245.4			-			-			-			1,245.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt		(1,969.3	)		(1,420.6	)		(194.0	)		-			(3,583.9	)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt		(4.4	)		(42.9	)		-			-			(47.3	)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships		(11.9	)		(2.4	)		-			-			(14.3	)
Issuances of common stock		39.6			-			-			-			39.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises		2.5			-			-			-			2.5
Purchases of common stock for treasury		(1.0	)		-			-			-			(1.0	)
Cash dividends paid		(288.3	)		-			-			-			(288.3	)
Change in investment and net advances from parent		-			483.8			8.0			(491.8	)		-

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities		391.2			(982.1	)		(92.0	)		(491.8	)		(1,174.7	)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		34.6			(51.8	)		(3.5	)		-			(20.7	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		67.2			(10.8	)		12.3			-			68.7
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	101.8		$	(62.6	)	$	8.8		$	-		$	48.0

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows


	Year Ended December 31, 2008
	Parent			Guarantors			Non-Guarantors			Eliminations			Consolidated

Cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Net income	$	73.8		$	250.6		$	8.5		$	(259.0	)	$	73.9
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes		(258.5	)		(3.0	)		2.5			259.0			-
Other adjustments		(18.9	)		589.6			(132.4	)		-			438.3

Cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(203.6	)		837.2			(121.4	)		-			512.2

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(4.0	)		(379.1	)		(3.8	)		-			(386.9	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		-			8.2			-			-			8.2
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired		-			(553.8	)		-			-			(553.8	)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested		-			3.3			-			-			3.3
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities		(0.2	)		3.7			(8.8	)		-			(5.3	)
Other		-			(0.2	)		-			-			(0.2	)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate		(213.0	)		(146.5	)		-			359.5			-

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(217.2	)		(1,064.4	)		(12.6	)		359.5			(934.7	)

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt		1,453.4			-			-			-			1,453.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt		(740.6	)		-			-			-			(740.6	)
Issuances of common stock		24.6			-			-			-			24.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises		4.5			-			-			-			4.5
Payment for deferred stock units		(4.0	)		-			-			-			(4.0	)
Equity issuance costs		(1.8	)		-			-			-			(1.8	)
Purchases of common stock for treasury		(138.4	)		-			-			-			(138.4	)
Cash dividends paid		(128.3	)		-			-			-			(128.3	)
Change in investment and net advances from parent		-			213.0			146.5			(359.5	)		-

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities		469.4			213.0			146.5			(359.5	)		469.4

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		48.6			(14.2	)		12.5			-			46.9
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		18.6			3.4			(0.2	)		-			21.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	67.2		$	(10.8	)	$	12.3		$	-		$	68.7

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Current [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Activity in allowance for doubtful accounts
Balance at beginning of year	$ 55.2	$ 65.7	$ 14.7
Additions charged to expense	23.6	27.3	36.5
Accounts written-off	27.9	(37.8)	(12.7)
Acquisitions			27.2
Balance at end of year	$ 50.9	$ 55.2	$ 65.7

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 1)	Dec. 31, 2010
Building and Improvements [Member]
Estimated useful lives of our property and equipment
Estimated Useful lives, Minimum	7
Estimated Useful lives, Maximum	40
Vehicles [Member]
Estimated useful lives of our property and equipment
Estimated Useful lives, Minimum	5
Estimated Useful lives, Maximum	12
Landfill equipment [Member]
Estimated useful lives of our property and equipment
Estimated Useful lives, Minimum	7
Estimated Useful lives, Maximum	10
Other equipment [Member]
Estimated useful lives of our property and equipment
Estimated Useful lives, Minimum	3
Estimated Useful lives, Maximum	15
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Estimated useful lives of our property and equipment
Estimated Useful lives, Minimum	5
Estimated Useful lives, Maximum	12

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of adjustments	$ 23.6	$ 27.3	$ 36.5
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textuals) [Abstract]
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	94.8	89.9
Restricted cash and restricted marketable securities	172.8
Proceeds from the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt financings	$ 39.8
Condition for capitalized interest on landfill cell construction and other construction projects	Total construction costs are $50,000 or greater, The construction phase is one month or longer, and The assets have a useful life of one year or longer
Capitalized interest	$ 6.3	$ 7.8	2.6
Future estimates of revenue and expense growth rate, Minimum range	3.00%
Future estimates of revenue and expense growth rate, Maximum range	0.05
Future estimated effective tax rates	40.00%
Estimated discount rates, Minimum range	8.00%
Estimated discount rates, Maximum range	10.00%
Fair value of our reporting units exceeded the carrying value of our reporting units, minimum range	120.00%
Fair value of our reporting units exceeded the carrying value of our reporting units, maximum range	170.00%
Number of active solid waste landfills	193
Total available disposal capacity (billion in-place cubic yards)	4,700,000,000
Post-closure running period	Up to 30 years after final site closure for municipal solid waste landfills and a shorter period for construction and demolition landfills and inert landfills
Number of closed landfills	129
Decrease in capping asset retirement obligations and related assets			32.6
Inflation rate	2.5% inflation rate
Risk-free rate used for liability recognition	5.50%	7.50%
Discount rate for acquisitions	9.75%
Increase in fair value of remediation reserves		$ 181.9
Percentage of current plan participants benefits frozen as from acquisitions	97.00%
Bankruptcy of Customer [Member]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of adjustments			5.4
Allied [Member]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of adjustments			$ 14.2
Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Additional characteristics	No customer exceeded 5% of our outstanding accounts receivable balance	No customer exceeded 5% of our outstanding accounts receivable balance
Outstanding risk percentage	5.00%	5.00%	3.00%
Description of concentration risk	Outstanding accounts receivable balance	Outstanding accounts receivable balance
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Additional characteristics	No one customer has individually accounted for more than 3% of our consolidated revenue or of our reportable segment revenue in any of the past three years
Outstanding risk percentage	5.00%
Description of concentration risk	Consolidated revenue

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Details) - Allied [Member] $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)
Purchase price:
Value of Republic common stock issued in exchange for Allied common stock	$ 6,112.9
Value of Republic stock options issued to replace Allied stock options	61.2
Cash paid to retire Allied's credit facility	671.8
Debt, fair value	5,356.2
Less: cash acquired	(131.3)
Transaction costs	58.9
Total purchase price	12,129.7
Allocated as follows:
Current assets	909.9
Landfill development costs	2,600.0
Other property and equipment	2,262.3
Other assets	188.8
Current liabilities	(1,433.3)
Capping, closure and post-closure liabilities	(885.4)
Environmental liabilities	(390.0)
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	(637.2)
Other long-term liabilities	(231.8)
Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed	2,383.3
Excess purchase price to be allocated	9,746.4
Allocated as follows:
Goodwill	9,199.6
Customer relationships [Member]
Allocated as follows:
Other intangible assets	420.0
Franchise agreements [Member]
Allocated as follows:
Other intangible assets	60.0
Other municipal agreements [Member]
Allocated as follows:
Other intangible assets	30.0
Tradenames [Member]
Allocated as follows:
Other intangible assets	30.0
Favorable lease agreements [Member]
Allocated as follows:
Other intangible assets	5.8
Non-compete agreements [Member]
Allocated as follows:
Other intangible assets	$ 1.0

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Details 1) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($) $ / shares
Pro Forma Information of Acquisition
Revenue \| $	$ 9,362.2
Net income \| $	$ 285.7
Basic earnings per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.76
Diluted earnings per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.75

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	$ 24.8	$ 24.8	$ 30.4
Additions		4.4	34.0
Payments		(18.9)	(39.6)
Adjustment		(6.4)
Ending Balance		3.9	24.8
Total Unfavorable contracts and lease exit costs [Member] \| Allied [Member]
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	55.4	55.4	33.3
Additions			30.3
Payments/Amortization	(11.5)		(8.2)
Adjustment	(1.3)
Ending Balance	42.6		55.4
Severance and other termination benefits [Member]
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	19.6	19.6	12.5
Additions		4.4	31.4
Payments		(17.4)	(24.3)
Adjustment		(3.8)
Ending Balance		2.8	19.6
Severance and other termination benefits [Member] \| Allied [Member]
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	2.4	2.4	22.6
Additions			6.7
Payments		(1.1)	(26.9)
Adjustment		(1.0)
Ending Balance		0.3	2.4
Relocation [Member]
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	5.2	5.2	17.9
Additions			2.6
Payments		(1.5)	(15.3)
Adjustment		(2.6)
Ending Balance		1.1	5.2
Unfavorable contracts [Member] \| Allied [Member]
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	49.0	49.0	33.3
Additions			22.6
Payments/Amortization	(10.1)		(6.9)
Adjustment	(1.3)
Ending Balance	37.6		49.0
Lease exit costs [Member] \| Allied [Member]
Activity associated with restructuring liabilities
Beginning Balance	6.4	$ 6.4	0.0
Additions			7.7
Payments/Amortization	(1.4)		(1.3)
Ending Balance	$ 5.0		$ 6.4

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Other Acquisitions [Member]
Purchase price:
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$ 58.9		$ 13.4
Fair value of operations surrendered	44.0		0.0
Holdbacks	0.6		0.0
Total purchase price	103.5		13.4
Allocated as follows:
Working capital surplus	5.1		0.4
Property and equipment	40.8		5.7
Other long-term liabilities	(6.1)		(1.3)
Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed	39.8		4.8
Allocated as follows:
Goodwill	41.8		1.7
Amortizable intangible assets	21.9		6.9
Total allocated	$ 63.7		$ 8.6
Allied [Member]
Purchase price:
Total purchase price		$ 12,129.7
Allocated as follows:
Property and equipment		2,262.3
Other long-term liabilities		(231.8)
Net book value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed		2,383.3
Excess purchase price to be allocated		9,746.4
Allocated as follows:
Goodwill		$ 9,199.6

Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Details Textuals) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2009 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2009 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($)
Restructuring Reserve [Line Items]
Additional liabilities for unfavorable contract and lease exit costs									$ 4.4	$ 34.0
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Recognized gain (loss) on divestitures										153.5
Business Acquisitions and Divestitures and Restructuring Charges (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restructuring and integration charges	$ 1.8	$ 2.6	$ 1.4	$ 5.6	$ 7.3	$ 12.3	$ 12.3	$ 31.3	11.4	63.2	$ 82.7
Other Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash used in acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$ 58.9								58.9		$ 13.4
Eastern and Midwestern regions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Recognized gain (loss) on divestitures									$ (4.0)
Southern region [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Recognized gain (loss) on divestitures										(10.2)
Allied [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Line Items]
Underlying lease agreements and contracts non-cancellable terms minimum									1
Underlying lease agreements and contracts non-cancellable terms maximum									21
Increase in legal reserves										53.9
Unfavorable contracts [Member] \| Allied [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Line Items]
Additional liabilities for unfavorable contract and lease exit costs										22.6
Lease exit costs [Member] \| Allied [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Line Items]
Additional liabilities for unfavorable contract and lease exit costs										$ 7.7

Property and Equipment, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	$ 10,196.1	$ 9,594.4
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(3,497.6)	(2,936.7)
Property and equipment, net	6,698.5	6,657.7
Other Land [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	391.9	418.7
Non-depletable landfill land [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	158.0	142.7
Landfill development costs [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	4,575.2	4,230.9
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(1,504.6)	(1,275.4)
Vehicles and equipment [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	4,142.1	3,792.4
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(1,820.6)	(1,518.2)
Building and Improvements [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	768.5	741.6
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(172.4)	(143.1)
Construction In Progress-Landfill [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	133.2	245.1
Construction in progress other [Member]
Summary of property and equipment
Property and equipment, gross	$ 27.2	$ 23.0

Schedule of Goodwill (Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Summary of the activity and balances in goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	$ 10,667.1	$ 10,521.5
Acquisitions	41.8
Divestitures	(42.9)	(73.0)
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(10.7)	184.4
Adjustments to Assets Held for Sale		34.2
Goodwill, Ending Balance	10,655.3	10,667.1
Eastern [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances in goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	2,818.5	2,772.5
Acquisitions	0.1
Divestitures	(24.0)	(11.2)
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(2.7)	45.0
Adjustments to Assets Held for Sale		12.2
Goodwill, Ending Balance	2,791.9	2,818.5
Midwestern [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances in goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	2,118.2	2,083.8
Acquisitions	32.3
Divestitures	(18.9)
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(2.0)	34.7
Adjustments to Assets Held for Sale		(0.3)
Goodwill, Ending Balance	2,129.6	2,118.2
Southern [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances in goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	2,724.7	2,715.6
Divestitures		(61.8)
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(2.9)	48.6
Adjustments to Assets Held for Sale		22.3
Goodwill, Ending Balance	2,721.8	2,724.7
Western [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances in goodwill accounts, net, by operating segment
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	3,005.7	2,949.6
Acquisitions	9.4
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(3.1)	56.1
Goodwill, Ending Balance	$ 3,012.0	$ 3,005.7

Schedule of Finite Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class (Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Summary of the activity and balances by intangible asset type
Gross Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance	$ 621.4	$ 615.4
Acquisitions	21.9	0.2
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(0.4)	5.8
Gross Intangible Assets, Ending Balance	642.9	621.4
Accumulated Amortization, Beginning Balance	(121.4)	(51.3)
Additions Charged to Expense	(70.5)	(70.1)
Adjustments to Acquisitions	0.3
Accumulated Amortization, Ending Balance	(191.6)	(121.4)
Net Intangibles	451.3	500.0
Customer relationships franchise and other municipal agreements [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances by intangible asset type
Gross Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance	521.1	520.8
Acquisitions	16.0	0.2
Adjustments to Acquisitions		0.1
Gross Intangible Assets, Ending Balance	537.1	521.1
Accumulated Amortization, Beginning Balance	(70.5)	(10.9)
Additions Charged to Expense	(60.2)	(59.6)
Accumulated Amortization, Ending Balance	(130.7)	(70.5)
Net Intangibles	406.4	450.6
Tradenames [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances by intangible asset type
Gross Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance	30.0	30.0
Gross Intangible Assets, Ending Balance	30.0	30.0
Accumulated Amortization, Beginning Balance	(6.5)	(0.5)
Additions Charged to Expense	(6.0)	(6.0)
Accumulated Amortization, Ending Balance	(12.5)	(6.5)
Net Intangibles	17.5	23.5
Non-compete agreements [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances by intangible asset type
Gross Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance	7.4	7.4
Acquisitions	5.9
Adjustments to Acquisitions	(0.4)
Gross Intangible Assets, Ending Balance	12.9	7.4
Accumulated Amortization, Beginning Balance	(6.5)	(5.6)
Additions Charged to Expense	(1.0)	(0.9)
Adjustments to Acquisitions	0.3
Accumulated Amortization, Ending Balance	(7.2)	(6.5)
Net Intangibles	5.7	0.9
Other intangibles assets [Member]
Summary of the activity and balances by intangible asset type
Gross Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance	62.9	57.2
Adjustments to Acquisitions		5.7
Gross Intangible Assets, Ending Balance	62.9	62.9
Accumulated Amortization, Beginning Balance	(37.9)	(34.3)
Additions Charged to Expense	(3.3)	(3.6)
Accumulated Amortization, Ending Balance	(41.2)	(37.9)
Net Intangibles	$ 21.7	$ 25.0

Finite Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Amortization expense for each of the next five years
2011	$ 71.4
2012	61.9
2013	61.0
2014	54.5
2015	$ 54.3

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Textuals) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Textuals)
Adjustment for deferred taxes pertaining to prior years acquisitions		$ 9.7
Amortization period for other intangible assets (minimum)	2
Amortization period for other intangible assets (maximum)	23

Other Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Inventories	$ 31.3	$ 33.7
Prepaid expenses	55.9	59.3
Other non-trade receivables	45.4	57.1
Income tax receivable	69.8	0.0
Other current assets	5.0	6.4
Total	207.4	156.5
Other Assets
Deferred financing costs	41.1	32.4
Deferred compensation plan	27.4	15.2
Notes and other receivables	34.0	45.1
Other	135.4	117.4
Total	237.9	210.1
Other Assets (Textuals)
Fair value of fuel and commodity hedges included in Other current assets	3.5	5.0
Fair value of interest rate swaps included in Notes and other receivables	$ 5.2	$ 9.9

Other Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Other Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Activity of self-insurance reserves
Less: Current portion	$ (112.7)	$ (110.9)	$ (173.6)
Other Accrued Liabilities
Accrued payroll and benefits	158.4	169.6
Accrued fees and taxes	111.8	114.4
Self-insurance reserves, current portion	112.7	110.9	173.6
Accrued dividends	76.7	72.4
Income taxes payable	0.0	70.0
Restructuring liabilities	3.9	24.8
Accrued professional fees and legal settlement reserves	53.1	59.0
Other	104.7	119.1
Total	621.3	740.2
Other Long-Term Liabilities
Deferred compensation liability	27.7	15.7
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	14.4	38.1
Contingent legal liabilities	105.8	112.0
Ceded insurance reserves	54.5	48.9
Other	103.1	64.5
Total	305.5	279.2
Other Liabilities (Textuals)
Fair value of fuel and commodity hedges included in other accrued liabilities	$ 8.4	5.7
Fair value of self-insurance liability, discounting rate	9.75%
Liabilities for unpaid and incurred but not reported claims	$ 417.2
Self Insurance [Member]
Activity of self-insurance reserves
Self-insurance reserves, beginning balance	412.9	408.1	178.0
Additions charged to expense	364.9	481.3	203.0
Payments	(368.9)	(489.7)	(180.9)
Acquisition of Allied			206.8
Accretion expense	8.3	13.2	1.2
Self-insurance reserves, ending balance	417.2	412.9	408.1
Long-term portion	$ 304.5	$ 302.0	$ 234.5

Landfill and Environmental Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Activity in asset retirement obligation liabilities, which includes liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure
Asset retirement obligation liabilities, beginning of year	$ 1,074.5	$ 1,074.5	$ 1,040.6	$ 277.7
Non-cash additions		31.4	32.5	20.5
Acquisitions and divestitures, net		(3.0)	72.3	813.1
Asset retirement obligation adjustments		(27.9)	(57.4)	(32.6)
Payments		(111.3)	(100.9)	(27.9)
Accretion		80.5	88.8	23.9
Other adjustments		2.3	(1.4)	(34.1)
Asset retirement obligation liabilities, end of period		1,046.5	1,074.5	1,040.6
Less: Current portion					$ (93.9)	$ (137.5)	$ (130.6)
Long-term portion					952.6	937.0	910.0
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010	554.1	554.1	389.9	67.5	552.1	554.1	389.9
Summary of landfill and environmental liabilities
Landfill final capping, closure and post-closure liabilities	1,074.5	1,074.5	1,040.6	277.7	1,046.5	1,074.5	1,040.6
Remediation	554.1	554.1	389.9	67.5	552.1	554.1	389.9
Total of landfill and environmental liabilities					1,598.6	1,628.6
Less: Current portion					(182.0)	(245.4)
Long-term portion					1,416.6	1,383.2
Activity in environmental remediation liabilities
Remediation liabilities, beginning of year	$ 554.1	554.1	389.9	67.5
Other adjustments		1.5	181.9	208.1
Additions charged to expense		17.9	4.9	155.9
Payments		(50.5)	(56.2)	(43.3)
Accretion expense		29.1	33.6	1.7
Remediation liabilities, end of period		552.1	554.1	389.9
Less: Current portion					(88.1)	(107.9)	(102.8)
Long-term portion					464.0	446.2	$ 287.1
Expected future payments for final capping, closure and post-closure
2011		93.9
2012		105.8
2013		98.9
2014		95.6
2015		95.4
Thereafter		4,559.9
Total		5,049.5
Expected undiscounted future payments for remediation costs
2011		88.1
2012		76.1
2013		61.9
2014		42.1
2015		29.5
Thereafter		430.9
Total		728.6
Landfill and Environmental Costs (Textuals)
Closure and post-closure reserve fair value, increase					$ 72.3
Closure and post-closure obligations, risk free rate					9.75%
Net Increase (Decrease) in amortization expense		10.2	$ 5.1	$ 0.6
Number of active solid waste landfills					193
Total available disposal capacity (billion in-place cubic yards)					4,700,000,000
Number of closed landfills					129
Fair value of assets that are legally restricted for final capping, closure and post-closure obligations					$ 59.1	$ 62.4
Aggregate potential remediation liability	If we used the reasonably possible high ends of our ranges, our aggregate potential remediation liability at December 30, 2010 would be approximately $155 million higher than the amounts recorded.
Countywide Landfill [Member]
Activity in asset retirement obligation liabilities, which includes liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010	$ 68.4	68.4			68.4
Remainder Remediation liability till 2010	7.1	7.1
Range of loss for remediation costs (minimum)		59.0
Range of loss for remediation costs (maximum)		81.0
Summary of landfill and environmental liabilities
Remediation	68.4	68.4			68.4
Activity in environmental remediation liabilities
Remediation liabilities, end of period	$ 68.4	68.4
West Contra Costa County Landfill [Member]
Activity in asset retirement obligation liabilities, which includes liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010		46.5			46.5
Remainder Remediation liability till 2010		2.5
Range of loss for remediation costs (minimum)		36.0
Range of loss for remediation costs (maximum)		63.0
Summary of landfill and environmental liabilities
Remediation		46.5			46.5
Activity in environmental remediation liabilities
Remediation liabilities, end of period		46.5
Sunrise Landfill [Member]
Activity in asset retirement obligation liabilities, which includes liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010		37.5			37.5
Remainder Remediation liability till 2010		23.0
Range of loss for remediation costs (minimum)		29.0
Range of loss for remediation costs (maximum)		44.0
Sanctions related to the Consent Decree		1.0
Summary of landfill and environmental liabilities
Remediation		37.5			37.5
Activity in environmental remediation liabilities
Remediation liabilities, end of period		37.5
Congress Development Landfill [Member]
Activity in asset retirement obligation liabilities, which includes liabilities for final capping, closure and post-closure
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010		82.6			82.6
Remainder Remediation liability till 2010		8.4
Range of loss for remediation costs (minimum)		46.0
Range of loss for remediation costs (maximum)		146.0
Summary of landfill and environmental liabilities
Remediation		82.6			$ 82.6
Activity in environmental remediation liabilities
Remediation liabilities, end of period		$ 82.6

Debt (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Debt
Total debt	$ 6,743,600,000			$ 6,962,600,000			$ 6,743,600,000	$ 6,962,600,000
Less: Current portion	(878,500,000)			(543,000,000)			(878,500,000)	(543,000,000)
Long-term portion	5,865,100,000			6,419,600,000			5,865,100,000	6,419,600,000
Debt amount refinanced							677,400,000
Extinguishment of debt amount								99,300,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	9,100,000	$ 19,400,000	$ 132,300,000	(102,300,000)	$ (31,800,000)		160,800,000	134,100,000
Value of fixed rate senior notes	5,400,000,000			$ 5,000,000,000			5,400,000,000	5,000,000,000
Interest expense over the life of the issued debt	300,000						300,000
Treasury or interest rate lock cash flow hedges	0	0				$ 0	0
Summary of reduction to interest expense due to periodic settlements of active swap agreements
Interest expense							507,400,000	$ 595,900,000	$ 131,900,000
Notional value of swap agreements	500,000,000						500,000,000
Future maturities of debt
2011	872,000,000						872,000,000
2012	80,200,000						80,200,000
2013	40,600,000						40,600,000
2014	16,000,000						16,000,000
2015	25,700,000						25,700,000
Thereafter	6,008,600,000						6,008,600,000
Total	$ 7,043,100,000						$ 7,043,100,000
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	1.56%			1.62%			1.56%	1.62%
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt
Fair value of our fixed rate senior notes	$ 6,000,000,000			$ 5,700,000,000			$ 6,000,000,000	$ 5,700,000,000
Tax Exempt [Member]
Debt
Extinguishment of debt amount							97,800,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt							28,500,000
Fixed and variable rate tax-exempt financings	1,151,800,000			1,223,700,000			1,151,800,000	1,223,700,000
Unamortized adjustment to fair value rate tax exempt	21,900,000			49,000,000			21,900,000	49,000,000
$1.0 billion Revolver due 2012 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	50,000,000			0			50,000,000	0
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	1,000,000,000						1,000,000,000
Letters of credit utilizing availability under our Credit Facilities	1,037,500,000			1,634,000,000			1,037,500,000	1,634,000,000
$1.75 billion Revolver due 2013, Eurodollar and Base Rate borrowings [Member]
Debt
Amount drawn on $1.75 billion Revolver due 2013	25,000,000			315,400,000			25,000,000	315,400,000
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	1,750,000,000						1,750,000,000
Receivables secured loans [Member]
Debt
Receivables secured loans	0			300,000,000			0	300,000,000
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	300,000,000						300,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt							(200,000)
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.500%, due November 2010 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 0			216,500,000			$ 0	216,500,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.50%						6.50%
Issuance of senior note	$ 221,600,000						$ 221,600,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%, due February 2011 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 261,700,000			252,500,000			$ 261,700,000	252,500,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	5.75%						5.75%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 1,200,000			10,300,000			$ 1,200,000	10,300,000
Future maturities of debt
Total	262,900,000						262,900,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.375%, due April 2011 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 215,100,000			209,100,000			$ 215,100,000	209,100,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.375%						6.375%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 1,800,000			7,900,000			$ 1,800,000	7,900,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.750%, due August 2011 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 392,000,000			396,400,000			$ 392,000,000	396,400,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.75%						6.75%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 200,000			500,000			$ 200,000	500,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.125%, due February 2014 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 0			379,300,000			$ 0	379,300,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.125%						6.125%
Redemption of debt							$ 433,700,000
Principal outstanding	$ 425,000,000						425,000,000
Premium on redemption of debt						102.042%
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.250%, due March 2015 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 0			540,200,000			$ 0	540,200,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	7.25%						7.25%
Redemption of debt							$ 621,800,000
Principal outstanding	$ 600,000,000						600,000,000
Premium on redemption of debt						103.625%
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.125%, due May 2016 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 535,500,000			526,700,000			$ 535,500,000	526,700,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	7.125%						7.125%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 64,500,000			73,300,000			$ 64,500,000	73,300,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.875%, due June 2017 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 663,900,000			654,400,000			$ 663,900,000	654,400,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.875%						6.875%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 86,100,000			95,600,000			$ 86,100,000	95,600,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.500%, due September 2019 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 645,800,000			645,500,000			$ 645,800,000	645,500,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	5.50%						5.50%
Loss on extinguishment of debt								(31,800,000)
Issuance of senior notes							$ 650,000,000	650,000,000
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 4,200,000			4,500,000			4,200,000	$ 4,500,000
Maturity period of notes								43723
Frequency of Periodic Payment								semi-annually on May 15 and September 15, beginning May 15, 2010
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.000%, due March 2020 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 849,900,000			0			$ 849,900,000	$ 0
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	5.00%						5.00%
Issuance of senior notes							$ 850,000,000
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 100,000						100,000
Net of accumulated other comprehensive income	2,000,000						2,000,000
Tax effect of Accumulated OCI related to derivatives							1,500,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.250%, due November 2021 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 600,000,000			600,000,000			$ 600,000,000	600,000,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	5.25%						5.25%
Issuance of senior notes								$ 600,000,000
Maturity period of notes								44515
Frequency of Periodic Payment								semi-annually on May 15 and November 15, beginning May 15, 2010
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 9.250%, due May 2021 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 93,400,000			93,100,000			$ 93,400,000	$ 93,100,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	9.25%						9.25%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 6,100,000			6,400,000			$ 6,100,000	6,400,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.086%, due March 2035 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 249,800,000			249,400,000			$ 249,800,000	249,400,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.086%						6.086%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 25,800,000			26,300,000			$ 25,800,000	26,300,000
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 7.400%, due September 2035 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 267,600,000			266,800,000			$ 267,600,000	266,800,000
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	7.40%						7.40%
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 92,400,000			93,200,000			$ 92,400,000	93,200,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.200%, due March 2040 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 649,500,000			0			$ 649,500,000	0
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	6.20%						6.20%
Issuance of senior notes							$ 650,000,000
Unamortized Discount of Senior Notes	$ 500,000						500,000
Net of accumulated other comprehensive income	1,700,000						1,700,000
Tax effect of Accumulated OCI related to derivatives							1,200,000
Tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt financings; fixed and floating interest rates ranging from 0.27% to 8.25%; maturities ranging from 2012 to 2037 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	1,151,800,000			1,223,700,000			1,151,800,000	1,223,700,000
Interest rate, minimum						0.0028
Interest rate, maximum						0.0825
Other debt unsecured and secured by real property, equipment and other assets; interest rates ranging from 5.99% to 11.90% maturing through 2042 [Member]
Debt
Total debt	$ 92,600,000			93,600,000			92,600,000	93,600,000
Interest rate, minimum						0.0500
Interest rate, maximum						0.1190
Senior Notes and Debenture [Member]
Debt
Loss on extinguishment of debt							$ (132,100,000)
Net of unamortized discounts and adjustments to fair value		292,700,000		428,500,000		$ 292,700,000		428,500,000
Eurodollar Rate Borrowings Under Revolver [Member]
Debt
Total debt		75,000,000		300,000,000		75,000,000		300,000,000
Base Rate Borrowings [Member]
Debt
Total debt		$ 0		$ 15,400,000		$ 0		15,400,000
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.375%,due 2014 [Member]
Debt
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	7.375%						7.375%
Loss on extinguishment of debt								(46,000,000)
Redemption of debt								$ 400,000,000
Premium on redemption of debt								103.688%
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.875%, due 2013 [Member]
Debt
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	7.875%						7.875%
Redemption of debt								$ 450,000,000
Premium on redemption of debt								102.625%
Senior Convertible Debentures, 4.250%, due 2034 [Member]
Debt
Interest rate for borrowings under Credit Facilities	4.25%						4.25%
Loss on extinguishment of debt								$ (51,900,000)
Redemption of debt								230,000,000
Interest Rate Swap One [Member]
Summary of reduction to interest expense due to periodic settlements of active swap agreements
Notional value of swap agreements	$ 210,000,000						$ 210,000,000
Interest at fixed rates		6.75%				6.75%
Reduction to interest expense due to periodic settlements of active swap agreements [Member]
Summary of reduction to interest expense due to periodic settlements of active swap agreements
Interest expense							$ 8,500,000	$ 8,700,000	$ 3,800,000

Debt (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Components of interest expense
Interest expense on debt and capital lease obligations	$ 413.2	$ 453.5	$ 123.9
Accretion of debt discounts	52.4	92.1	10.1
Accretion of remediation and risk reserves	48.1	58.1	0.5
Less: capitalized interest	(6.3)	(7.8)	(2.6)
Total interest expense	$ 507.4	$ 595.9	$ 131.9

Debt (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
Debt (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Debt (Textuals)
Balance availability under Letters of Credit Facilities	$ 1,637.5			$ 800.6		$ 1,637.5	$ 800.6
Senior notes and debentures totaled		$ 5,638.0		5,029.9			5,029.9
Interest rate swap agreements	5.2			9.9		$ 5.2	9.9
Credit rating of tax-exempt financings						AA or better
Debt amount refinanced						$ 677.4
Restricted cash	170.0					170.0
Proceeds from the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and other tax-exempt financings						39.8
Capital lease liabilities	91.8			91.9		91.8	91.9
Noncash discounts premiums and other fair value related adjustments	299.5					299.5
Payment made to counter parties						2.5
Interest paid						417.8	471.6	$ 93.7
Interest expense						507.4	595.9	131.9
Payment upon termination of Interest rate contract	7.0					7.0
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt	(9.1)	$ (19.4)	$ (132.3)	102.3	$ 31.8	(160.8)	(134.1)
Total debt	6,743.6			6,962.6		6,743.6	6,962.6
Reduction to interest expense due to periodic settlements of active swap agreements [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Interest expense						8.5	8.7	$ 3.8
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%, due February 2011 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	261.7			252.5		261.7	252.5
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.375%, due April 2011 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	215.1			209.1		215.1	209.1
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.750%, due August 2011 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	392.0			396.4		392.0	396.4
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 7.125%, due May 2016 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	535.5			526.7		535.5	526.7
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.875%, due June 2017 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	663.9			654.4		663.9	654.4
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 9.250%, due May 2021 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	93.4			93.1		93.4	93.1
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 6.086%, due March 2035 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	249.8			249.4		249.8	249.4
Debentures, fixed interest rate of 7.400%, due September 2035 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Total debt	267.6			266.8		267.6	266.8
Senior notes maturity in 2010 and 2011 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt							4.4
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.500%, due September 2019 [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Net proceeds from notes, cash on hand or incremental borrowings under credit facility as tender for outstanding senior notes							325.5
Amount outstanding under credit facility							250.0
Estimated tax payments on divestiture of assets							105.0
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt							31.8
Total debt	$ 645.8			$ 645.5		$ 645.8	$ 645.5
U.S Treasury Notes [Member]
Debt (Textuals)
Period of treasury lock agreement						10

Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Current:
Federal	$ 253.9	$ 337.3	$ 98.1
State	50.2	49.1	11.1
Federal and state deferred provision (benefit)	61.3	(24.6)	(30.4)
Non-current tax provision	4.0	6.7	6.6
Provision for income taxes	$ 369.5	$ 368.5	$ 85.4

Income Taxes (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details 1)	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Reconciliations of statutory federal income tax rate to effective tax rate
Federal statutory rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	5.40%	3.40%	3.50%
Non-deductible expenses	2.10%	2.60%	3.90%
Non-deductible merger related compensation			7.70%
Uncertain tax position taxes and interest	0.30%	0.80%	4.20%
Other, net	(0.70%)	0.80%	(0.70%)
Effective income tax rate	42.10%	42.60%	53.60%

Income Taxes (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2007
Deferred tax liabilities relating to:
Differences between book and tax basis of property	$ (721.7)	$ (616.6)
Difference between book and tax basis of intangible assets	(702.0)	(704.3)
Total liabilities	(1,423.7)	(1,320.9)
Deferred tax assets relating to:
Difference between book and tax basis of other assets	68.1	68.5
Accruals not currently deductible	312.8	309.9
Environmental reserves	346.3	298.4
Deferred taxes on uncertain tax positions	76.1	83.2
Net operating loss carryforwards, state taxes	127.5	135.3
Other	2.3	21.8
Total assets	933.1	917.1
Valuation allowance	(120.1)	(126.5)	$ (156.4)	$ (27.5)
Net deferred tax asset	813.0	790.6
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ (610.7)	$ (530.3)

Income Taxes (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance
Valuation allowance, beginning of year	$ 126.5	$ 156.4	$ 27.5
Other, net	(4.0)	(5.5)
Valuation allowance, ending of year	120.1	126.5	156.4
Valuation Allowance of Deferred Tax Assets [Member]
Changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance
Additions charged to income	8.3	5.2	0.7
Acquisitions	0.0	(2.5)	139.7
Usage	(10.4)	(9.3)	$ (11.5)
Expirations of State Net Operating Losses [Member]
Changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance
Usage	$ (0.3)	$ (17.8)

Income Taxes (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Summarization of activities in gross unrecognized tax benefits
Balance at beginning of year	$ 242.2	$ 611.9	$ 23.2
Additions due to the acquisition of Allied		13.3	582.9
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	2.8	3.9	10.6
Reductions for tax positions related to the current year			(5.1)
Additions for tax positions of prior years	7.5	5.6	2.0
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(7.4)	(24.1)	(1.3)
Reductions for tax positions resulting from lapse of statute of limitations	(10.4)	(0.5)	(0.4)
Settlements	(11.9)	(367.9)
Balance at end of year	$ 222.8	$ 242.2	$ 611.9

Income Taxes (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2007
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Gross reduction in unrecognized tax benefits					$ 299.6
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets relating to state net operating loss carryforwards				$ 120.1	126.5	$ 156.4		$ 27.5
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Net operating loss carryforwards, state taxes				127.5	$ 135.3
State net operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates					various times between 2011 and 2023
Tax charge related to non-deductible goodwill expense as a result of various divestitures				13.1	$ 13.5
Tax charge related to non-deductible compensation payouts as a result of the merger with Allied					12.3
Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense (Benefit)					32.0
Unrecognized tax benefits related to tax position taken by Allied				206.5	222.8
Unrecognized tax benefits if recognized that Would Impact effective tax rate				209.1	217.6
Accrued liability for penalties				1.2	1.5	88.1
Accrued liability for interest related to uncertain tax positions and penalties				99.9	92.3	180.0
Unrecognized expense for penalties accrued					0.2
Interest on income taxes accrued				19.2	24.5	5.2
Settlement amount of liability					125.0
Income taxes paid (net of refunds received)		$ 418.0	$ 444.0			$ 128.0
Payment on settlement of liability	$ 111.0
Potential cash taxes related to an exchange of partnership interests that the IRS issued a formal disallowance					156.0
Accrued interest related to an exchange of partnership interests that the IRS issued a formal disallowance				71.0	59.0
IRS asserted penalty, percentage of the additional income tax due							20.00%
Income tax examination penalties and interest asserted by taxing authority				49.0
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Gross reduction in unrecognized tax benefits				1.9	62.6
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Gross reduction in unrecognized tax benefits				10.0	$ 5.8
Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets relating to state net operating loss carryforwards				$ 10.0

Employee Benefit Plans (Details)	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details)	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Weighted-average assumptions for calculating fair values of stock options granted
Contractual life (in years)	4.5	5.0
Options Granted In Period [Member]
Weighted-average assumptions for calculating fair values of stock options granted
Expected volatility	28.60%	28.70%	27.30%
Risk-free interest rate	2.40%	1.40%	1.70%
Dividend yield	2.90%	3.10%	2.90%
Expected life (in years)	4.3	4.2	4.2
Contractual life (in years)	7	7	7
Expected forfeiture rate	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 1) shares in Millions	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details 1) shares in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2007 USD ($)
Summary of stock option activity
Number of Shares, Outstanding \| shares	15.1	18.7	7.7
Number of Shares, Granted \| shares	3.1	0.3
Number of Shares, Granted as replacement options for Allied's outstanding stock options \| shares			7.6
Number of Shares, Granted other \| shares			5.2
Number of Shares, Exercised \| shares	(3.9)	(2.1)	(1.4)
Number of Share, Forfeited or expired \| shares	(0.7)	(1.8)	(0.4)
Number of Shares, Outstanding \| shares	13.6	15.1	18.7
Number of Shares, Exercisable \| shares	8.7
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Outstanding	$ 23.69	$ 23.57	$ 19.84
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Granted	27.48	21.03
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Granted as replacement options for Allied's outstanding stock options			25.77
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Granted other			25.46
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Exercised	21.73	18.12		$ 15.93
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Forfeited or expired	27.38	28.59	$ 42.07
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Outstanding	24.97	$ 23.69	23.57
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Exercisable	$ 24.44
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm	4.5	5.0
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years), Exercisable	3.9
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercised	$ 34,300,000	$ 17,800,000	19,900,000
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	68,400,000	75,000,000
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	$ 48,800,000	$ 3,900,000	$ 21,500,000

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 2)	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details 2)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2007 USD ($)
Summary of deferred stock unit and restricted stock activity
Number of Deferred Stock Units and Restricted Stock, Unissued \| shares	653,200	236,200	399,200
Number of Deferred Stock Units and Restricted Stock, Granted \| shares	367,900	516,000	467,100
Number of Deferred Stock Units and Restricted Stock, Vested and Issued \| shares	(171,800)	(67,000)	(443,800)
Number of Deferred Stock Units and Restricted Stock, Forfeited \| shares	0	(32,000)	(186,300)
Number of Deferred Stock Units and Restricted Stock, Unissued \| shares	849,300	653,200	236,200
Number of Deferred Stock Units and Restricted Stock, Vested and Unissued \| shares	248,000
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Unissued \| $	26.39	23.85	23.50	26.84
Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Granted \| $	$ 29.14	$ 23.92	$ 27.21
Weighted - Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Vested and Issued \| $	22.63	23.28	29.67
Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Forfeited \| $	0.00	$ 23.50	$ 25.27
Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Vested and Unissued \| $	$ 26.23
Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years), Unissued	0.6
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Unissued \| $	$ 25,400,000

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Accumulated benefit obligation and reconciliations of the changes of defined benefit pension plan [Line Items]
Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$ 371.6	$ 364.7
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	364.7	361.2
Service cost	0.2	0.2
Interest cost	20.5	20.2	$ 1.8
Amendments	1.2
Actuarial loss (gain)	2.2	(1.8)
Benefits paid	(17.2)	(15.1)
Curtailment loss (gain)	0.0
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	371.6	364.7	361.2
Postretirement Healthcare Plans [Member]
Accumulated benefit obligation and reconciliations of the changes of defined benefit pension plan [Line Items]
Accumulated Benefit Obligation	0.0	0.0
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	2.4	3.2
Service cost	0.0
Interest cost	0.1	0.2
Actuarial loss (gain)	0.1	(0.5)
Benefits paid	(0.2)	(0.3)
Curtailment loss (gain)	0.0	(0.2)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	2.4	2.4	3.2
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Accumulated benefit obligation and reconciliations of the changes of defined benefit pension plan [Line Items]
Accumulated Benefit Obligation	4.7	4.7
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	4.7	12.7
Service cost	0.0
Interest cost	0.3	0.5	0.1
Actuarial loss (gain)	0.1	0.1
Benefits paid	(0.3)	(10.6)
Curtailment loss (gain)	0.0	2.0	(0.1)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$ 4.8	$ 4.7	$ 12.7

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$ 0.0
Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position consist of:
Current liabilities		$ 0.0
Noncurrent liabilities	14.4	38.1
Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	333.3	293.9
Actual return on plan assets	37.8	54.5
Employer contributions	10.0
Benefits paid	(17.2)	(15.1)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	363.9	333.3
Unfunded status	7.7	31.4
Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position consist of:
Current liabilities	0.0
Noncurrent liabilities	7.7	31.4
Net amount recognized	$ 7.7	$ 31.4
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:
Discount rate	5.25%	5.75%
Rate of compensation increase	0.00%
Postretirement Healthcare Plans [Member]
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$ 0.0
Employer contributions	0.2	$ 0.3
Benefits paid	(0.2)	(0.3)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	0.0	0.0
Unfunded status	2.4	2.4
Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position consist of:
Current liabilities	0.2	0.2
Noncurrent liabilities	2.2	2.2
Net amount recognized	$ 2.4	$ 2.4
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:
Discount rate	5.25%	5.75%
Rate of compensation increase	0.00%
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$ 0.0
Employer contributions	0.3	$ 10.6
Benefits paid	(0.3)	(10.6)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	0.0	0.0
Unfunded status	4.8	4.7
Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position consist of:
Current liabilities	0.3	0.2
Noncurrent liabilities	4.5	4.5
Net amount recognized	$ 4.8	$ 4.7
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:
Discount rate	5.25%	5.75%
Rate of compensation increase	0.00%

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income):
Net actuarial (gain) loss	$ (40.2)	$ (29.4)
Postretirement Healthcare Plans [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income):
Net actuarial (gain) loss	(0.2)	(0.4)
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income):
Net actuarial (gain) loss	$ 0.1	$ 0.1

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 5) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details 5) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$ 0.2	$ 0.2
Interest cost	20.5	20.2	$ 1.8
Expected return on plan assets	(23.6)	(21.4)	(1.7)
Curtailment recognition	0.0
Net periodic benefit cost	$ (2.9)	$ (1.0)	$ 0.1
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost:
Discount rate	5.75%	5.75%	6.50%
Expected return on plan assets	7.25%	7.25%	7.50%
Rate of compensation increase	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Postretirement Healthcare Plans [Member]
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$ 0.0
Interest cost	0.1	$ 0.2
Curtailment recognition	0.0	$ (0.2)
Net periodic benefit cost	$ 0.1
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost:
Discount rate	5.75%	5.75%	6.50%
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$ 0.0
Interest cost	0.3	$ 0.5	$ 0.1
Expected return on plan assets	0.0
Curtailment recognition	0.0	2.0	(0.1)
Net periodic benefit cost	$ 0.3	$ 2.5	$ 0.2
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost:
Discount rate	5.75%	5.75%	6.50%

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 6) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Estimated future benefit payments
2011	$ 40.0
2012	20.0
2013	21.3
2014	22.3
2015	23.0
2016 through 2020	125.2
Postretirement Healthcare Plans [Member]
Estimated future benefit payments
2011	0.2
2012	0.2
2013	0.2
2014	0.2
2015	0.2
2016 through 2020	1.3
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Estimated future benefit payments
2011	0.3
2012	0.3
2013	0.3
2014	0.3
2015	0.3
2016 through 2020	$ 5.2

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 7)	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details 7)	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Summary of target asset allocation and actual asset allocation for defined benefit pension plans
Target Asset Allocation, Debt Securities	60.00%
Target Asset Allocation, Equity Securities	40.00%
Target Asset Allocation, Cash	0.00%
Target Asset Allocation, percentage of assets, Total	100.00%
Actual Asset Location, Debt Securities	57.00%	48.00%
Actual Asset Location, Equity Securities	42.00%	51.00%
Actual Asset Location, Cash	1.00%	1.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations, Total	100.00%	100.00%

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 9) - Limited Partnerships [Member] $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Changes in the fair value of Plan's investment in Level 3 assets
Balance, beginning of year	$ 0.6
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net	(0.1)
Balance, end of the year	$ 0.5

Employee Benefit Plans (Details Textuals)	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details Textuals)	Sep. 30, 2010 shares	Sep. 30, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2012 shares	May 14, 2010 shares	Feb. 19, 2010 shares
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Weighted-average estimated fair values of stock options granted \| $			$ 5.28	$ 3.79	$ 4.36
Purchase price paid for the acquisition credited to additional-paid-in-capital \| $					61,200,000
Compensation expense for stock options \| $			12,800,000	$ 7,800,000	14,000,000
Total unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding stock options \| $			10,100,000
Weighted average period, in years				1.9
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair value of stock options vested \| $			48,800,000	$ 3,900,000	21,500,000
Excess tax benefits \| $			$ 3,500,000	$ 2,500,000	$ 4,500,000
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares			367,900	516,000	467,100
Restricted stock awarded \| shares			171,800	67,000	443,800
Restricted stock units awarded vested \| shares			26,914	15,904		38,670	110,669	3,454
Number of installments for vesting period				Additionally, 64,579 shares awarded vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the anniversary date of the original grant.
Cash payments made for vesting \| $			$ 4,000,000
Employee benefit plans, Basis of benefit		participant’s highest five years of earnings out of the last ten years of service
Number of multi-employer pension plans under collective bargaining agreements in which company contributes			28
Approximate percentage of our total current employees that are participants in multi-employer pension plans			22.00%
Annual rate of interest credits			6.00%
Provisions for SERP participants who retired prior to the acquisition			Participants will continue to receive their benefits in accordance with the original plan which allow for a maximum of ten years of retirement benefits equal to 60% of each participant’s respective average base salary during the three consecutive full calendar years of employment immediately preceding their date of retirement
Increase in post retirement obligation due to one percentage increase in interest costs \| $			$ 0	$ 100,000
Decrease in post retirement obligation due to one percentage decrease in interest costs \| $			$ 0	$ 100,000
Percentage of quoted market price on the last day of each calendar quarter at which employee stock purchase plan allows participants to purchase the Company's common stock			0.95
Stock issuances under stock purchase plan \| shares			123,523	49,918	84,918
Reserve for stock issuance \| shares			1,300,000
Total employee contributions \| $			$ 900,000
Approximate synergies required under synergy incentive plan to provide compensation \| $			$ 150,000,000
Options to purchase common stock [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Compensation expense \| $					$ 6,500,000
Republic Services 401(k) Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Defined contribution plan terms			We provide for an employer matching contribution equal to 100% of the first 3% of eligible compensation and 50% of the next 2% of eligible compensation contributed by each employee, which is funded in cash.
Total expense recorded for matching 401(k) contributions \| $			$ 32,800,000	$ 30,500,000	$ 16,800,000
Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Average long-term rate of return			7.25%	7.25%	7.50%
BFI Post Retirement Healthcare Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Employee benefit plans, Basis of benefit			Eligibility for this plan is limited to certain employees who had ten or more years of service and were age 55 or older as of December 31, 1998, and certain employees in California who were hired on or before December 31, 2005 and who retire on or after age 55 with at least thirty years of service
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Assumed post retirement medical obligations \| $			$ 1,800,000
Postretirement Healthcare Plans [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Medical liabilities included in the post retirement healthcare amounts \| $			$ 1,400,000	$ 1,400,000
Cash Balance Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Employee benefit plans, condition regarding retirement			Participants’ cash balance accounts are increased until retirement by certain benefit and interest credits under the terms of their bargaining agreements. Participants may elect early retirement with the attainment of age 55 and completion of 10 years of credited service at reduced benefits. Participants with 35 years of service may retire at age 62 without any reduction in benefits.
Restricted Stock [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares			3,454	15,904
Compensation expense \| $			$ 11,700,000	$ 7,200,000	$ 10,000,000
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Options to purchase common stock [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Compensation expense \| $					$ 5,300,000
Deferred stock units [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares				320,354	36,000
Stock Incentive Plan 2007 [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Reserve for stock issuance \| shares			3,900,000
Stock Incentive Plan 2006 [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Reserve for stock issuance \| shares				15,300,000
Multiemployer Plan [Member] \| Defined Benefit Pension Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Pension Expense \| $			$ 46,900,000	$ 43,000,000	$ 21,800,000
Executive Officer [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock units awarded \| shares					426,670
Executive Officer [Member] \| Stock Incentive Plan 2007 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares			236,170
Executives and Other Officers and Directors [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares				195,611
Executives And Other Officers And Directors Vested In May 14, 2010 [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares				110,669
Executives and Other Officers and Directors Vested In January 31, 2010 [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares				38,670
Shares awarded vest in four equal installments beginning on the anniversary date of the original grant [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares			210,437	26,914
Non-employee directors [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares			92,894
Restricted stock awarded \| shares			88,732
Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Restricted stock awarded to executives and other officers and directors \| shares	195,611
Director [Member] \| Stock Incentive Plan 2007 [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Term of options granted, other than non-employees			Seven to ten years from the date of grant, and vest in increments of 25% per year over a four year period beginning on the first anniversary date of the grant
Term of options granted, non-employees			Ten years and are fully vested at the grant date

Stockholders Equity (Details) shares in Millions	12 Months Ended
Stockholders Equity (Details) shares in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($) shares
Stockholders Equity (Textuals) [Abstract]
Current quarterly dividend per share \| $ / shares	0.20
Cash dividends declared	$ 298,800,000	$ 288,700,000	$ 168,900,000
Quarterly dividend payable	76,700,000	72,400,000
Repurchase of common stock	43,100,000	1,000,000	138,400,000
Total shares repurchased during period	43,100,000	$ 1,000,000	138,400,000
Stock Repurchase Program 2000 [Member]
Stockholders Equity (Textuals) [Abstract]
Maximum amount authorized to repurchase common stock by Board of Director			2,600,000,000
Repurchase of common stock			$ 2,300,000,000
Amount shares repurchased during period \| shares			4.6
Purchase of common stock, shares \| shares			82.6
Total shares repurchased during period			$ 138,400,000
Stock Repurchase Program 2010 [Member]
Stockholders Equity (Textuals) [Abstract]
Maximum amount authorized to repurchase common stock by Board of Director	400,000,000
Repurchase of common stock	$ 41,100,000
Purchase of common stock, shares \| shares	1.4
Average cost per share of common stock	$ 28.46

Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Basic earnings per share attributable to Republic Services, Inc. stockholders:
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$ 147.6	$ 134.2	$ 159.7	$ 65.0	$ 35.6	$ 120.5	$ 225.9	$ 113.0	$ 506.5	$ 495.0	$ 73.8
Weighted average common shares outstanding									383.0	379.7	196.7
Basic earnings per share									$ 1.32	$ 1.30	$ 0.38

Earnings Per Share (Details 1) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Republic Services, Inc. stockholders:
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$ 147.6	$ 134.2	$ 159.7	$ 65.0	$ 35.6	$ 120.5	$ 225.9	$ 113.0	$ 506.5	$ 495.0	$ 73.8
Weighted average common shares outstanding									383,000	379,700	196,700
Effect of dilutive securities:
Options to purchase common stock									1,895	1,172	1,646
Unvested restricted stock awards									231	40	2
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding									385,100	381,000	198,400
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.38	$ 0.35	$ 0.42	$ 0.17	$ 0.09	$ 0.32	$ 0.59	$ 0.30	$ 1.32	$ 1.30	$ 0.37
Options to purchase common stock [Member]
Effect of dilutive securities:
Options to purchase common stock											2,179
Antidilutive securities not included in the diluted earnings per share calculations:
Antidilutive securities									2,825	9,836

Segment Reporting (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments
Gross Revenue									$ 9,686.0	$ 9,819.0	$ 4,380.0
Intercompany Revenue									(1,579.4)	(1,619.9)	(694.9)
Net Revenue	$ 2,020.8	$ 2,061.7	$ 2,066.4	$ 1,957.7	$ 1,999.0	$ 2,073.5	$ 2,066.1	$ 2,060.5	8,106.6	8,199.1	3,685.1
Depreciation, Amortization, Depletion and Accretion									914.2	958.5	378.0
Operating Income (Loss)									1,539.1	1,589.8	283.2
Capital Expenditures									794.7	826.3	386.9
Total Assets									19,461.9	19,540.3	19,921.4
Eastern [Member]
Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments
Gross Revenue									2,429.3	2,485.9	1,144.4
Intercompany Revenue									(353.8)	(370.9)	(154.5)
Net Revenue									2,075.5	2,115.0	989.9
Depreciation, Amortization, Depletion and Accretion									205.5	214.3	95.1
Operating Income (Loss)									488.4	483.0	(2.0)
Capital Expenditures									175.3	199.1	95.7
Total Assets									4,437.1	4,495.1	4,608.5
Midwestern [Member]
Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments
Gross Revenue									2,167.4	2,185.4	965.0
Intercompany Revenue									(400.5)	(408.4)	(193.3)
Net Revenue									1,766.9	1,777.0	771.7
Depreciation, Amortization, Depletion and Accretion									203.6	225.9	96.8
Operating Income (Loss)									402.0	367.3	127.6
Capital Expenditures									210.7	208.7	86.7
Total Assets									3,718.0	3,605.9	4,222.8
Southern [Member]
Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments
Gross Revenue									2,289.0	2,371.1	1,095.7
Intercompany Revenue									(311.7)	(325.5)	(125.5)
Net Revenue									1,977.3	2,046.2	970.2
Depreciation, Amortization, Depletion and Accretion									221.5	233.1	94.8
Operating Income (Loss)									482.8	522.9	184.8
Capital Expenditures									190.4	168.5	120.2
Total Assets									4,869.7	4,867.6	4,951.4
Western [Member]
Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments
Gross Revenue									2,684.6	2,652.4	1,161.1
Intercompany Revenue									(496.0)	(482.4)	(218.5)
Net Revenue									2,100.6	2,170.0	942.6
Depreciation, Amortization, Depletion and Accretion									218.2	234.9	79.7
Operating Income (Loss)									521.2	582.0	155.1
Capital Expenditures									222.3	180.5	75.6
Total Assets									5,518.5	5,461.2	5,705.4
Corporate entities [Member]
Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments
Gross Revenue									115.7	123.6	13.8
Intercompany Revenue									(17.4)	(32.7)	(3.1)
Net Revenue									98.3	90.9	10.7
Depreciation, Amortization, Depletion and Accretion									65.4	50.3	11.6
Operating Income (Loss)									(355.3)	(365.4)	(182.3)
Capital Expenditures									(4.0)	69.5	8.7
Total Assets									$ 918.6	$ 1,110.5	$ 433.3

Segment Reporting (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Revenue by service line
Total collection									$ 6,173.2	$ 6,308.7	$ 2,862.0
Total collection (in percentage)									76.20%	76.90%	77.70%
Transfer and disposal									$ 2,998.9	$ 3,113.5	$ 1,343.4
Less: Intercompany									(1,521.6)	(1,564.1)	(683.5)
Transfer and disposal, net									$ 1,477.3	$ 1,549.4	$ 659.9
Transfer and disposal, net (in percentage)									18.20%	18.90%	17.90%
Sale of materials									$ 307.1	$ 181.2	$ 121.1
Sale of material (in percentage)									3.80%	2.20%	3.30%
Other non-core									$ 149.0	$ 159.8	$ 42.1
Other non-core (in percentage)									1.80%	2.00%	1.10%
Other									$ 456.1	$ 341.0	$ 163.2
Other (in percentage)									5.60%	4.20%	4.40%
Total revenue	$ 2,020.8	$ 2,061.7	$ 2,066.4	$ 1,957.7	$ 1,999.0	$ 2,073.5	$ 2,066.1	$ 2,060.5	$ 8,106.6	$ 8,199.1	$ 3,685.1
Total revenue (in percentage)									100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Residential [Member]
Revenue by service line
Total collection									$ 2,173.9	$ 2,187.0	$ 966.0
Total collection (in percentage)									26.80%	26.70%	26.20%
Commercial [Member]
Revenue by service line
Total collection									$ 2,486.8	$ 2,553.4	$ 1,161.4
Total collection (in percentage)									30.70%	31.10%	31.50%
Industrial [Member]
Revenue by service line
Total collection									$ 1,482.9	$ 1,541.4	$ 711.4
Total collection (in percentage)									18.30%	18.80%	19.30%
Other [Member]
Revenue by service line
Total collection									$ 29.6	$ 26.9	$ 23.2
Total collection (in percentage)									0.40%	0.30%	0.70%

Segment Reporting (Details Textuals) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Details Textuals) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($)
Segment Reporting (Textuals) [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments			4
Net decreases/increases in amortization expense related to related to changes in estimates and assumptions concerning the cost and timing of future final capping, closure and post-closure activities			$ 10.2	$ 5.1	$ 0.6
Insurance proceeds to remediation costs	$ 2.1	$ (8.9)
Expenses related to disposition of assets with former corporate office			15.1	7.1	89.8
Charge for environmental conditions included in Operating loss					99.9
Eastern [Member]
Segment Reporting (Textuals) [Abstract]
Loss from disposition of assets included in Operating income			15.0	4.0
Insurance proceeds to remediation costs				12.0
Charge related to anticipated loss of permitted airspace					75.9
Midwestern [Member]
Segment Reporting (Textuals) [Abstract]
Loss from disposition of assets included in Operating income			$ 9.3	27.1
Southern [Member]
Segment Reporting (Textuals) [Abstract]
Loss from disposition of assets included in Operating income				29.8
Western [Member]
Segment Reporting (Textuals) [Abstract]
Loss from disposition of assets included in Operating income				88.1	55.9
Insurance proceeds to remediation costs				5.2
Operating income for environmental conditions at Sunrise landfill					34.0
Operating income for environmental conditions at Closed disposal facility					$ 21.9
Corporate entities [Member]
Segment Reporting (Textuals) [Abstract]
Loss from disposition of assets included in Operating income				8.2
Impairment loss related to long lived assets				14.4
Expenses related to disposition of assets with former corporate office				$ 3.7

Financial Instruments (Details)	12 Months Ended
Financial Instruments (Details)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009
Commodity Hedges Contract One [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	May 16, 2008	May 16, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	105.00	105.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Two [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	May 16, 2008	May 16, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	102.00	102.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Three [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	May 16, 2008	May 16, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	106.00	106.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Four [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	May 16, 2008	May 16, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	103.00	103.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Five [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Apr. 28, 2008	Apr. 28, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	106.00	106.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Six [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Apr. 28, 2008	Apr. 28, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	106.00	106.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Seven [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Apr. 28, 2008	Apr. 28, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	110.00	110.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Eight [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Apr. 28, 2008	Apr. 28, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	103.00	103.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Nine [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 08, 2009	Dec. 08, 2009
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000	2,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	76.00	76.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Ten [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 10, 2009	Dec. 10, 2009
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000	2,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	82.00	82.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Eleven [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 11, 2009	Dec. 11, 2009
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000	2,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	82.00	82.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Twelve [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jan. 05, 2010	Jan. 05, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000	2,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	84.00	84.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Thirteen [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jan. 06, 2010	Jan. 06, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	90.00	90.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Fourteen [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jan. 27, 2010	Jan. 27, 2010
Commencement Date	Feb. 01, 2010	Feb. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Jan. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	90.00	90.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Fifteen [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Sep. 23, 2010	Sep. 23, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	95.00	95.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Sixteen [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Sep. 28, 2010	Sep. 28, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Transaction Hedged	ONP	ONP
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,000	1,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	95.00	95.00
Commodity Hedges Contract Seventeen [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Oct. 11, 2010	Oct. 11, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Transaction Hedged	OCC	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	1,500	1,500
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	115.00	115.00
Fuel Hedges Contract One [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jan. 26, 2007	Jan. 26, 2007
Commencement Date	Jan. 05, 2009	Jan. 05, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 28, 2009	Dec. 28, 2009
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	500,000	500,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	2.83	2.83
Fuel Hedges Contract Two [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jan. 26, 2007	Jan. 26, 2007
Commencement Date	Jan. 04, 2010	Jan. 04, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 27, 2010	Dec. 27, 2010
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	500,000	500,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	2.81	2.81
Fuel Hedges Contract Three [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Nov. 05, 2007	Nov. 05, 2007
Commencement Date	Jan. 05, 2009	Jan. 05, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 30, 2013	Dec. 30, 2013
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	60,000	60,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	3.28	3.28
Fuel Hedges Contract Four [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Mar. 17, 2008	Mar. 17, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 05, 2009	Jan. 05, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	50,000	50,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	3.72	3.72
Fuel Hedges Contract Five [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Mar. 17, 2008	Mar. 17, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 05, 2009	Jan. 05, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	50,000	50,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	3.74	3.74
Fuel Hedges Contract Six [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Sep. 22, 2008	Sep. 22, 2008
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2009	Jan. 01, 2009
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	150,000	150,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton		4.16
Fuel Hedges Contract Seven [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jul. 10, 2009	Jul. 10, 2009
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2010	Jan. 01, 2010
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	100,000	100,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	2.84	2.84
Fuel Hedges Contract Eight [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jul. 10, 2009	Jul. 10, 2009
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	100,000	100,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	3.05	3.05
Fuel Hedges Contract Nine [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Jul. 10, 2009	Jul. 10, 2009
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2012	Jan. 01, 2012
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	100,000	100,000
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	3.20	3.20
Collar Hedges Contract One [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 08, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Transaction Hedged	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000
Floor Strike Price Per Short Ton	80
Cap Strike Price Per Short Ton	180.00
Collar Hedges Contract Two [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 08, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Transaction Hedged	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000
Floor Strike Price Per Short Ton	86
Cap Strike Price Per Short Ton	210.00
Collar Hedges Contract Three [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 08, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Transaction Hedged	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000
Floor Strike Price Per Short Ton	81
Cap Strike Price Per Short Ton	190.00
Collar Hedges Contract Four [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 08, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Transaction Hedged	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000
Floor Strike Price Per Short Ton	85
Cap Strike Price Per Short Ton	195.00
Collar Hedges Contract Five [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Inception Date	Dec. 08, 2010
Commencement Date	Jan. 01, 2011
Termination Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Transaction Hedged	OCC
Notional Amount (in Gallons per Month)	2,000
Floor Strike Price Per Short Ton	87
Cap Strike Price Per Short Ton	195.00
Minimum [Member] \| Fuel Hedges Contract Six [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	4.16
Maximum [Member] \| Fuel Hedges Contract Six [Member]
Summary of outstanding hedges
Contract Price Per Gallon / Short Ton	4.17	4.17

Financial Instruments (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Financial Instruments (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Fuel hedges [Member]
Impact of hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)	$ 0.8	$ 6.1	$ (13.9)
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss)	(0.2)	(7.3)	5.9
Commodity Hedges [Member]
Impact of hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)	(3.2)	(4.7)	5.3
Cost of operations [Member] \| Fuel hedges [Member]
Impact of hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss)	(2.0)	(7.3)	5.9
Other income, net [Member] \| Fuel hedges [Member]
Impact of hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)	0.0	0.2	(0.5)
Other income, net [Member] \| Commodity Hedges [Member]
Impact of hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)	(0.1)	(0.1)	$ 0.2
Revenue [Member] \| Commodity Hedges [Member]
Impact of hedges on results of operations and comprehensive income
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss)	$ (2.6)	$ 5.1

Financial Instruments (Details Textuals) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Financial Instruments (Details Textuals) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($)	Dec. 08, 2010
Fuel hedges [Member]
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]
Effective portions of changes in fair values recorded in stockholders equity as components of accumulated other comprehensive income	$ 0.2	$ 1.0
Realized (losses) gains fuel hedges included in cost of operations in consolidated statements of income	(0.2)	(7.3)	$ 5.9
Aggregated fair values of outstanding hedges, current assets	1.6	3.2
Commodity Hedges [Member]
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]
Effective portions of changes in fair values recorded in stockholders equity as components of accumulated other comprehensive income	(2.6)	0.6
Aggregated fair values of outstanding hedges, current assets	$ 1.9	$ 1.8
Collar Hedges Contract [Member]
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]
Forecasted sales of costless collar agreement				10,000
Right to sell option				10,000
Right to deliver option				10,000

Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Future minimum lease obligations under non-cancelable operating leases
2011	$ 34.6
2012	25.3
2013	20.5
2014	16.6
2015	14.2
Thereafter	65.0
Total	$ 176.2

Commitments and Contingencies (Details 1) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Future minimum payments under unconditional purchase commitments
2011	$ 219.8
2012	93.5
2013	70.4
2014	57.0
2015	25.6
Thereafter	257.7
Total	$ 724.0

Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Letter of Credit [Member]
Financial instruments and collateral in place
Securities collateral	$ 1,077.0	$ 1,673.5
Surety Bonds [Member]
Financial instruments and collateral in place
Securities collateral	$ 2,622.3	$ 2,211.0

Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Restricted Cash and Marketable Securities
Financing proceeds	$ 39.8	$ 93.1
Capping, closure and post-closure obligations	61.8	62.4
Self-insurance	63.8	65.1
Other	7.4	19.9
Total restricted cash and marketable securities	$ 172.8	$ 240.5

Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textuals)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textuals)	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($)	Feb. 10, 2010	Dec. 23, 2009	Oct. 13, 2009	Oct. 08, 2008	Sep. 24, 2008 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2008 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2007 USD ($)	Aug. 17, 2007
Commitments and Contingencies (Textuals) [Abstract]
Actions consolidated in an order issued by court					2
Amount of compensatory damages as relief requested					In excess of $25,000
Counts of amended complaint		3
Number of employees unlawfully fired		3
Plaintiff alleges unlawfully fired in retaliation												Plaintiff alleges that he was unlawfully fired in retaliation for refusing to discharge or demote three employees who were all over 50 years old.
Total damage										$ 46,600,000
Pre-judgment interest									$ 300,000
Attorney fees and litigation costs									$ 1,100,000
Rate of post-judgment interest		0.04	0.05	0.08
Amount of post-judgment interest in middle of 2011		$ 7,700,000
Operating lease terms		from one month to twenty years
Rent expense		$ 51,600,000	$ 60,100,000	$ 19,300,000
Percentage of ownership interest in company		19.90%
Outstanding amount for landfill operations		$ 855,000,000	775,200,000
Reimbursement obligations on surety bonds		45,000,000	67,400,000
Losses accrued related to legal proceedings		113,000,000
Loss contingency class action lawsuit plaintiff criteria for Livingston matter							The court granted class certification for all those living within a six mile radius of the CECOS site between the years 1977 and 1990.
Additional plaintiffs approximately filed suit in the Circuit Court						2,300
Loss contingency additional potential liability		121,000,000
Number of plaintiffs filed cases in the Tuscarawas County Ohio Court of Common Pleas							82	700
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010		552,100,000	554,100,000	$ 389,900,000							$ 67,500,000
Punitive damages										43.1
Letter of Credit [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textuals) [Abstract]
Letter of credit		1,037,500,000	$ 1,634,000,000
Countywide Landfill [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textuals) [Abstract]
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010	$ 68,400,000	68,400,000
Remainder Remediation liability till 2010	$ 7,100,000	7,100,000
Redemption loss range Minimum		59,000,000
Redemption loss range Maximum		$ 81,000,000
Damages sought		The relief requested on behalf of each plaintiff in the consolidated action is: (1) an award of compensatory damages according to proof in an amount in excess of $25,000 for each of the three counts of the amended complaint; (2) an award of punitive damages in the amount of two times compensatory damages, pursuant to applicable statute, or in such amount as may be awarded at trial for each of the three counts of the amended complaint; (3) costs for medical screening and monitoring of each plaintiff; (4) interest on the damages according to law; (5) costs and disbursements of the lawsuit; (6) reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses; and (7) any other and further relief as the court deems just, proper and equitable. Plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint on September 9, 2010, which no longer asserts a claim for medical monitoring.
Congress Development Landfill [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textuals) [Abstract]
Maximum possible remediation costs		$ 146,000,000
Remediation liability till September 30, 2010		82,600,000
Remainder Remediation liability till 2010		$ 8,400,000
Punitive damages						In excess of $50,000,000
Damages sought		In excess of $50,000,000
Minimum possible remediation costs		$ 46,000,000

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Results of operations
Revenue	$ 2,020.8	$ 2,061.7	$ 2,066.4	$ 1,957.7	$ 1,999.0	$ 2,073.5	$ 2,066.1	$ 2,060.5	$ 8,106.6	$ 8,199.1	$ 3,685.1
Operating income	389.4	367.6	400.8	381.3	329.2	386.9	520.7	353.0	1,539.1	1,589.8	283.2
Net income	147.9	134.5	159.9	65.2	35.9	121.0	226.2	113.4	507.5	496.5	73.9
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$ 147.6	$ 134.2	$ 159.7	$ 65.0	$ 35.6	$ 120.5	$ 225.9	$ 113.0	$ 506.5	$ 495.0	$ 73.8
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.38	$ 0.35	$ 0.42	$ 0.17	$ 0.09	$ 0.32	$ 0.59	$ 0.30	$ 1.32	$ 1.30	$ 0.37
Gains, charges (recoveries) and expenses that impacted operating income
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 9.1	$ 19.4		$ 132.3	$ (102.3)	$ (31.8)			$ 160.8	$ 134.1
Costs to achieve synergies	8.3	7.4	$ 8.5	9.1	9.9	8.9	$ 10.1	$ 12.9	33.3	41.8
Restructuring charges	1.8	2.6	1.4	5.6	7.3	12.3	12.3	31.3	11.4	63.2	$ 82.7
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net	$ (8.0)	$ 25.5	$ 1.1	$ 0.5	7.3	0.9	$ (150.1)	$ 4.9	$ 19.1	$ (137.0)	$ 89.8
Remediation (recoveries) charges					$ 2.1	$ (8.9)

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2007
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 88.3	$ 48.0	$ 68.7	$ 21.8
Accounts receivable, net	828.9	865.1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	207.4	156.5
Deferred tax assets	121.5	195.3
Total current assets	1,246.1	1,264.9
Restricted cash and marketable securities	172.8	240.5
Property and equipment, net	6,698.5	6,657.7
Goodwill, net	10,655.3	10,667.1	10,521.5
Other intangible assets, net	451.3	500.0
Investment and net advances to affiliate	0.0	0.0
Other assets	237.9	210.1
Total assets	19,461.9	19,540.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	606.5	592.8
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	878.5	543.0
Deferred revenue	295.1	331.1
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion	182.0	245.4
Accrued interest	93.1	96.2
Other accrued liabilities	621.3	740.2
Total current liabilities	2,676.5	2,548.7
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	5,865.1	6,419.6
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion	1,416.6	1,383.2
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	1,044.8	1,040.5
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion	304.5	302.0
Other long-term liabilities	$ 305.5	$ 279.2
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	$ 4.0	$ 4.0
Other equity	7,842.5	7,560.5
Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders' equity	7,846.5	7,564.5
Noncontrolling interests	2.4	2.6
Total stockholders' equity	7,848.9	7,567.1	7,282.5	1,303.8
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	19,461.9	19,540.3
Parent Company [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	14.5	101.8	67.2	18.6
Accounts receivable, net	0.0	0.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	112.0	23.7
Deferred tax assets	111.2	93.1
Total current assets	237.7	218.6
Restricted cash and marketable securities	39.8	67.6
Property and equipment, net	47.2	45.6
Goodwill, net	0.0	0.0
Other intangible assets, net	21.8	28.9
Investment and net advances to affiliate	13,513.9	10,877.3
Other assets	88.2	58.3
Total assets	13,948.6	11,296.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	89.7	114.0
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	392.2	0.0
Deferred revenue	0.0	0.0
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion	0.0	0.0
Accrued interest	61.4	33.5
Other accrued liabilities	222.3	273.5
Total current liabilities	765.6	421.0
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	4,090.8	2,902.2
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion	0.0	0.5
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	1,053.3	280.6
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion	0.0	0.0
Other long-term liabilities	$ 192.4	$ 127.5
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	$ 4.0	$ 4.0
Other equity	7,842.5	7,560.5
Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders' equity	7,846.5	7,564.5
Noncontrolling interests	0.0	0.0
Total stockholders' equity	7,846.5	7,564.5
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	13,948.6	11,296.3
Guarantors [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	71.1	(62.6)	(10.8)	3.4
Accounts receivable, net	800.6	391.6
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	74.8	15.8
Deferred tax assets	0.0	92.0
Total current assets	946.5	436.8
Restricted cash and marketable securities	47.0	85.5
Property and equipment, net	6,280.6	6,270.1
Goodwill, net	10,655.3	10,667.1
Other intangible assets, net	429.5	471.1
Investment and net advances to affiliate	40.9	212.6
Other assets	94.7	102.1
Total assets	18,494.5	18,245.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	500.2	441.4
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	484.5	243.0
Deferred revenue	291.6	326.7
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion	182.0	245.4
Accrued interest	31.7	62.3
Other accrued liabilities	200.5	231.1
Total current liabilities	1,690.5	1,549.9
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	1,760.0	3,502.4
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion	1,148.1	306.2
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	0.0	765.8
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion	97.7	129.3
Other long-term liabilities	$ 58.6	$ 102.0
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Other equity	13,739.6	11,887.1
Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders' equity	13,739.6	11,887.1
Noncontrolling interests	0.0	2.6
Total stockholders' equity	13,739.6	11,889.7
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	18,494.5	18,245.3
Non-Guarantors [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	2.7	8.8	$ 12.3	$ (0.2)
Accounts receivable, net	28.3	473.5
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	20.6	117.0
Deferred tax assets	10.3	10.2
Total current assets	61.9	609.5
Restricted cash and marketable securities	86.0	87.4
Property and equipment, net	370.7	342.0
Goodwill, net	0.0	0.0
Other intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Investment and net advances to affiliate	149.1	145.7
Other assets	55.0	49.7
Total assets	722.7	1,234.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	16.6	37.4
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	1.8	300.0
Deferred revenue	3.5	4.4
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion	0.0	0.0
Accrued interest	0.0	0.4
Other accrued liabilities	198.5	235.6
Total current liabilities	220.4	577.8
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	14.3	15.0
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion	268.5	1,076.5
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	(8.5)	(5.9)
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion	206.8	172.7
Other long-term liabilities	$ 54.5	$ 49.7
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Other equity	(35.7)	(651.5)
Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders' equity	(35.7)	(651.5)
Noncontrolling interests	2.4	0.0
Total stockholders' equity	(33.3)	(651.5)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	722.7	1,234.3
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable, net	0.0	0.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0.0	0.0
Deferred tax assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	0.0	0.0
Restricted cash and marketable securities	0.0	0.0
Property and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill, net	0.0	0.0
Other intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Investment and net advances to affiliate	(13,703.9)	(11,235.6)
Other assets	0.0	0.0
Total assets	(13,703.9)	(11,235.6)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	0.0	0.0
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Deferred revenue	0.0	0.0
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, current portion	0.0	0.0
Accrued interest	0.0	0.0
Other accrued liabilities	0.0	0.0
Total current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	0.0	0.0
Accrued landfill and environmental costs, net of current portion	0.0	0.0
Deferred income taxes and other long-term tax liabilities	0.0	0.0
Self-insurance reserves, net of current portion	0.0	0.0
Other long-term liabilities	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Other equity	(13,703.9)	(11,235.6)
Total Republic Services, Inc. stockholders' equity	(13,703.9)	(11,235.6)
Noncontrolling interests	0.0	0.0
Total stockholders' equity	(13,703.9)	(11,235.6)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ (13,703.9)	$ (11,235.6)

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Revenue	$ 2,020.8	$ 2,061.7	$ 2,066.4	$ 1,957.7	$ 1,999.0	$ 2,073.5	$ 2,066.1	$ 2,060.5	$ 8,106.6	$ 8,199.1	$ 3,685.1
Expenses:
Cost of operations									4,764.8	4,844.2	2,416.7
Depreciation, amortization and depletion									833.7	869.7	354.1
Accretion									80.5	88.8	23.9
Selling, general and administrative									858.0	880.4	434.7
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net	(8.0)	25.5	1.1	0.5	7.3	0.9	(150.1)	4.9	19.1	(137.0)	89.8
Restructuring charges	1.8	2.6	1.4	5.6	7.3	12.3	12.3	31.3	11.4	63.2	82.7
Operating income	389.4	367.6	400.8	381.3	329.2	386.9	520.7	353.0	1,539.1	1,589.8	283.2
Interest expense									(507.4)	(595.9)	(131.9)
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt	(9.1)	(19.4)		(132.3)	102.3	31.8			(160.8)	(134.1)
Interest income									0.7	2.0	9.6
Other (expense) income, net		5.4							5.4	3.2	(1.6)
Income before income taxes									877.0	865.0	159.3
Provision for income taxes									369.5	368.5	85.4
Net income	147.9	134.5	159.9	65.2	35.9	121.0	226.2	113.4	507.5	496.5	73.9
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests									(1.0)	(1.5)	(0.1)
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.	$ 147.6	$ 134.2	$ 159.7	$ 65.0	$ 35.6	$ 120.5	$ 225.9	$ 113.0	506.5	495.0	73.8
Parent Company [Member]
Expenses:
Cost of operations									3.1	3.8	7.6
Depreciation, amortization and depletion									21.6	14.6	7.4
Accretion										0.1
Selling, general and administrative									198.5	184.9	135.2
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net									1.6	12.0	(5.7)
Operating income									(224.8)	215.4	(155.9)
Interest expense									(207.7)	(99.7)	(93.2)
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt									(4.7)	(7.0)
Interest income									(6.3)	(2.4)	4.0
Other (expense) income, net									(7.5)	0.7	(0.6)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax									437.2	453.4	258.5
Intercompany interest income (expense)									569.6	514.0
Income before income taxes									555.8	642.2	12.8
Provision for income taxes									49.3	147.2	(61.0)
Net income									506.5	495.0	73.8
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.									506.5	495.0	73.8
Guarantors [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Revenue									7,877.1	7,932.6	3,590.7
Expenses:
Cost of operations									4,607.2	4,689.9	2,332.5
Depreciation, amortization and depletion									796.9	834.8	342.3
Accretion									38.1	30.1	19.7
Selling, general and administrative									645.1	681.5	294.8
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets and impairments, net									17.5	(149.0)	84.1
Restructuring charges									11.4	63.2	82.7
Operating income									1,760.9	1,782.1	434.6
Interest expense									(300.6)	(493.8)	(42.8)
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt									(155.9)	(127.1)
Interest income									(5.1)	(2.1)	4.3
Other (expense) income, net									12.6	1.9	(1.0)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax									21.0	56.4	3.0
Intercompany interest income (expense)									(626.1)	(588.3)	(7.4)
Income before income taxes									706.8	629.1	390.7
Provision for income taxes									292.2	183.0	140.1
Net income									414.6	446.1	250.6
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests										(1.5)	0.1
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.									414.6	444.6	250.5
Non-Guarantors [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Revenue									298.5	340.1	99.9
Expenses:
Cost of operations									223.5	224.1	82.1
Depreciation, amortization and depletion									15.2	20.3	4.4
Accretion									42.4	58.6	4.2
Selling, general and administrative									14.4	14.0	4.7
Operating income									3.0	23.1	4.5
Interest expense									0.9	2.4	4.1
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt									(0.2)
Interest income									12.1	6.5	1.3
Other (expense) income, net									0.3	2.0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax									3.4	6.0	(2.5)
Intercompany interest income (expense)									56.5	74.3	7.4
Income before income taxes									76.0	109.5	14.8
Provision for income taxes									28.0	38.3	6.3
Net income									48.0	71.2	8.5
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests									(1.0)
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.									47.0	71.2	8.5
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Revenue									(69.0)	(73.6)	(5.5)
Expenses:
Cost of operations									(69.0)	(73.6)	(5.5)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax									(461.6)	(515.8)	(259.0)
Income before income taxes									(461.6)	(515.8)	(259.0)
Net income									(461.6)	(515.8)	(259.0)
Net income attributable to Republic Services, Inc.									$ (461.6)	$ (515.8)	$ (259.0)

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008
Cash provided by operating activities:
Net income	$ 147.9	$ 134.5	$ 159.9	$ 65.2	$ 35.9	$ 121.0	$ 226.2	$ 113.4	$ 507.5	$ 496.5	$ 73.9
Other adjustments									926.2	900.0	438.3
Cash provided by operating activities									1,433.7	1,396.5	512.2
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment									(794.7)	(826.3)	(386.9)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment									37.4	31.8	8.2
Cash used in acquisitions and development projects, net of cash acquired									(58.9)	(0.1)	(553.8)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested									60.0	511.1	3.3
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities									66.3	41.6	(5.3)
Other									(0.6)	(0.6)	(0.2)
Cash used in investing activities									(690.5)	(242.5)	(934.7)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt									1,193.5	1,472.6	1,453.4
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount									1,499.4	1,245.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt									(3,090.3)	(3,583.9)	(740.6)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt									(30.4)	(47.3)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships									(26.2)	(14.3)
Issuances of common stock									86.5	39.6	24.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises									3.5	2.5	4.5
Payment for deferred stock units											(4.0)
Equity issuance cost											(1.8)
Purchases of common stock for treasury									(43.1)	(1.0)	(138.4)
Cash dividends paid									(294.6)	(288.3)	(128.3)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests									(1.2)
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities									(702.9)	(1,174.7)	469.4
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents									40.3	(20.7)	46.9
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period				48.0				68.7	48.0	68.7	21.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	88.3				48.0				88.3	48.0	68.7
Parent Company [Member]
Cash provided by operating activities:
Net income									506.5	495.0	73.8
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes									(437.2)	(453.4)	(258.5)
Other adjustments									291.8	72.2	(18.9)
Cash provided by operating activities									361.1	113.8	(203.6)
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment										(15.0)	(4.0)
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities									27.9	28.4	(0.2)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate									(1,449.0)	483.8	213.0
Cash used in investing activities									(1,421.1)	(470.4)	(217.2)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt									1,193.5	1,378.6	1,453.4
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of discount									1,499.4	1,245.4
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt									(1,446.3)	(1,969.3)	(740.6)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt										(4.4)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships									(26.2)	(11.9)
Issuances of common stock									86.5	39.6	24.6
Excess income tax benefit from stock option exercises									3.5	2.5	4.5
Payment for deferred stock units											(4.0)
Equity issuance cost											(1.8)
Purchases of common stock for treasury									(43.1)	(1.0)	(138.4)
Cash dividends paid									(294.6)	(288.3)	(128.3)
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities									972.7	391.2	469.4
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents									(87.3)	34.6	48.6
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period				101.8				67.2	101.8	67.2	18.6
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	14.5				101.8				14.5	101.8	67.2
Guarantors [Member]
Cash provided by operating activities:
Net income									414.6	446.1	250.6
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes									(21.0)	(56.4)	(3.0)
Other adjustments									660.1	779.7	589.6
Cash provided by operating activities									1,053.7	1,169.4	837.2
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment									(771.1)	(790.7)	(379.1)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment									37.4	31.8	8.2
Cash used in acquisitions and development projects, net of cash acquired									(58.9)	(0.1)	(553.8)
Cash proceeds from divestitures, net of cash divested									60.0	511.1	3.3
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities									37.0	17.4	3.7
Other									(0.6)	(0.6)	(0.2)
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate									(300.0)	(8.0)	146.5
Cash used in investing activities									(996.2)	(239.1)	(1,064.4)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt									(1,342.4)	(1,420.6)
Premiums paid on extinguishment of debt									(30.4)	(42.9)
Fees paid to issue and retire senior notes and certain hedging relationships										(2.4)
Change in investment and net advances from parent									1,449.0	483.8	213.0
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities									76.2	(982.1)	213.0
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents									133.7	(51.8)	(14.2)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period				(62.6)				(10.8)	(62.6)	(10.8)	3.4
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	71.1				(62.6)				71.1	(62.6)	(10.8)
Non-Guarantors [Member]
Cash provided by operating activities:
Net income									48.0	71.2	8.5
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes									(3.4)	(6.0)	2.5
Other adjustments									(25.7)	48.1	(132.4)
Cash provided by operating activities									18.9	113.3	(121.4)
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment									(23.6)	(20.6)	(3.8)
Change in restricted cash and marketable securities									1.4	(4.2)	(8.8)
Cash used in investing activities									(22.2)	(24.8)	(12.6)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and long-term debt										94.0
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt									(301.6)	(194.0)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests									(1.2)
Change in investment and net advances from parent									300.0	8.0	146.5
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities									(2.8)	(92.0)	146.5
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents									(6.1)	(3.5)	12.5
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period				8.8				$ 12.3	8.8	12.3	(0.2)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	2.7				8.8				2.7	8.8	12.3
Eliminations [Member]
Cash provided by operating activities:
Net income									(461.6)	(515.8)	(259.0)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of taxes									461.6	515.8	259.0
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities:
Change in investment and net advances to affiliate									1,749.0	491.8	(359.5)
Cash used in investing activities									1,749.0	491.8	359.5
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
Change in investment and net advances from parent									(1,749.0)	(491.8)	(359.5)
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities									(1,749.0)	(491.8)	$ (359.5)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period				$ 0.0					0.0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 0.0				$ 0.0				$ 0.0	$ 0.0

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Details Textuals)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 USD ($)
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Textuals)
Percentage owner in subsidiary guarantors	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%	$ 7,043.1
Subsequent Events (Textuals)
Interest rate, aggregate notional amount	$ 500.0
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%, due February 2011 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, fixed interest rate	5.75%
Senior notes, fixed interest rate of 5.750%	$ 262.9

Label	Element	Value
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	$ 110,100,000

Employee Benefit Plans (Details 8) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	$ 0.0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	151.9
Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	211.5
Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.5
Money Market Account [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	4.6
Money Market Account [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.0
Money Market Account [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	4.6
Money Market Account [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.0
Registered Investment Companies [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	358.8
Registered Investment Companies [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	151.9
Registered Investment Companies [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	206.9
Registered Investment Companies [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.0
Limited Partnerships [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.5
Limited Partnerships [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.0
Limited Partnerships [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	0.0
Limited Partnerships [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Summary of investments of Plan at fair value, by level, within the fair value hierarchy
Fair Value Measurements Using	$ 0.5

Financial Instruments (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and marketable securities	$ 172.8		$ 240.5
Total assets	181.5		255.4
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total liabilities	8.4		5.7
Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total liabilities	0.0		0.0
Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total liabilities	8.4		5.7
Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total liabilities	0.0		0.0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and marketable securities	172.8		240.5
Total assets	172.8		240.5
Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and marketable securities	0.0		0.0
Total assets	8.7		14.9
Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and marketable securities	0.0		0.0
Total assets	0.0		0.0
Fuel hedges [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	1.6		3.2
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	1.9		4.9
Aggregated fair values of outstanding hedges, current liabilities	1.9		4.9
Fuel hedges [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	0.0		0.0
Fuel hedges [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	1.9		4.9
Fuel hedges [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	0.0		0.0
Fuel hedges [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	0.0		0.0
Fuel hedges [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	1.6		3.2
Fuel hedges [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	0.0		0.0
Commodity Hedges [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	1.9		1.8
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	6.5		0.8
Aggregated fair values of outstanding hedges, current liabilities		$ 6.5	0.8
Commodity Hedges [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	0.0		0.0
Commodity Hedges [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	6.5		0.8
Commodity Hedges [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - liabilities	0.0		0.0
Commodity Hedges [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	0.0		0.0
Commodity Hedges [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	1.9		1.8
Commodity Hedges [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	0.0		0.0
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	5.2		9.9
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	0.0		0.0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	5.2		9.9
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value - assets	$ 0.0		$ 0.0