UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 29, 2010 (October 27, 2010)

Republic Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1-14267 (Commission File Number)		65-0716904 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

18500 North Allied Way
Phoenix, Arizona (Address of principal executive offices)		85054 (Zip Code)

(480) 627-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02.		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 27, 2010, Republic Services, Inc. (“Republic”) amended and restated the Republic Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 2010 (the “Plan”). The Plan was amended to, among other things, (i) allow amounts earned under Republic’s Synergy Incentive Plan (under Republic’s Executive Incentive Plan) to be deferred in accordance with the terms of the Plan and (ii) change the minimum amount of base salary, bonus, commissions and amounts earned under long-term incentive plans that a participant may elect to defer under the Plan from $5,000 in the aggregate to 1% of such compensation.

The above summary of the Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.				Description
	10.1			Republic Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 27, 2010).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 29, 2010