SEC Form 3 
FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 	  
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Flynn William J	

(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	
C/O ATLAS AIR, INC.	
2000 WESTCHESTER AVENUE	

(Street) 
PURCHASE	NY	10577	

(City)	(State)	(Zip)	
	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/05/2008 	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
REPUBLIC SERVICES INC [ RSG ] 		
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
X	Director		10% Owner	
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)	
	
	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)				
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X	Form filed by One Reporting Person	
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	
	
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) 	
Common Stock, $.01 par value	0	D		
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) 	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Explanation of Responses:	
Remarks:	
	
	/s/ Jo Lynn White, Attorney-in-Fact	12/09/2008	
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.	
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Timothy R. Donovan or Jo Lynn White as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, and with
full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)     prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Republic Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)     seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(3)     perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)     this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to either
of such attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)     any documents prepared and/or executed by either of such attorneys-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)     neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)     this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that either of such attorneys-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to both of the  attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 8th day of December, 2008.

                                         /s/ William J. Flynn
                                         Signature

                                         William J. Flynn
                                         Print Name

STATE OF ARIZONA

COUNTY OF MARICOPA

        On this 8th day of December, 2008, William J. Flynn personally appeared before
me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

                                         /s/ Susanne A. Webb
                                         Notary Public

                                      My Commission Expires:

                                         9/17/12