Republic Services
What is the signature color of Republic Services' collection truck fleet?
Blue
An industry term for unwanted materials in a recycling load that can ruin otherwise recyclable material or interfere with processing?
contamination.
This vehicle picks up residential trash and typically uses a mechanical arm or a crew to load waste.
ASL. (automated side loader)
Mark needs to toss out his lithium-ion battery that came out of his electric golf club he uses to win on the green. Where should he toss it at?
Special Waste! (Lithium-ion batteries can cause fires when crushed in garbage trucks or waste facilities.)
Where is Republic Services' corporate headquarters located?
Phoenix, Arizona
This common household item might be plastic, but it generally does NOT belong loose in your curbside recycling bin.
A plastic bag.
This truck commonly services commercial dumpsters from the front, lifting the container over the cab.
Front-loader.
Aaron threw a pizza party for his amazing employees, and they have eaten all the pizzas. They need to dispose of the clean, empty, dry cardboard pizza boxes. Where do they go?
Recycle! (as long as they are clean, empty, & dry.)
In 2008, Republic Services executed a massive merger with which major waste management company?
Allied Waste
This gas is produced when organic waste breaks down without oxygen in a landfill.
Methane.
Rear Loader.
Nicole is bummed! The garden hose she used to water her tomato garden has broken. What container should she toss it in?
TRASH! (Garden hoses can tangle sorting equipment.)
What is the name of Republic Services' official nationwide recycling education and outreach program?
Recycling Simplified
Before becoming one of the most legendary trash talkers in NBA history, this Boston Celtics icon famously dropped out of college and spent a year talking trash to his coworkers while driving an actual garbage truck in French Lick, Indiana.
Larry Bird.
In this 1984 spooky comedy blockbuster, an unfortunate citizen named Louis Tully gets accidentally vacuumed into the back of a moving garbage truck after running away from a supernatural terror.
Ghostbusters
In 2021, Jason Cummings alongside Jason Barrett decided to prank Brittany and put around 200 empty cardboard boxes in her office all the way to the ceiling. Brittany has not forgotten about this. She has finally decided to throw the boxes away. Where do they go?
Recycling. Flattened and kept clean and dry!
Republic Services owns and operates the largest landfill in the United States. Where is this massive 2,200-acre facility located?
Apex, Nevada
Aluminum cans are collected, sorted, processed, and made into new products. This term describes the system in which materials are kept in use instead of becoming waste.
Circular economy.
In 1969, the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, pioneered automated residential waste pickup using a heavily modified, driver-operated truck that was affectionatly given this cinematic monster nickname.
Godzilla
Keith went to a golf outing over the weekend and ate 12 hot dogs during the day. He has a bunch of paper hot dog wrappers to throw out, but they are covered in ketchup and mustard. What should he do with them?
TRASH. They must be clean and dry in order to be recycled.