FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2003:

Republic Services Regional Vice President Elected to
Vice Chairman of Environmental Research and Education Foundation

Alexandria, Va. - Kevin Walbridge was elected on December 11, 2003 to Vice Chairman of the Board of the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) based in Alexandria, Virginia.  His election to Vice Chairman is for a one-year term; he served as Secretary-Treasurer in 2003 and has been a member of the board since 2002.

Mr. Walbridge joined Republic Services, Inc. in June 1997, serving as Regional Vice President - Central Region (Indianapolis, Ind.).  He is currently a member of the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) Executive Committee (Washington, D.C.), and serves on the boards of Ball State University Business School (Muncie, Ind.) and the Detachable Container Association (Keswick, Va.).  Past positions have included vice president of operations, National Serv-All (Fort Wayne, Ind.; 1996), president, Waste Management of Alameda County (Oakland, Calif.; 1993-1996), and division president, Empire Waste Management (Santa Rosa, Calif.; 1988-1993). 

Mr. Walbridge is a 1982 graduate of Ball State University, receiving degrees in Business and Natural Resources.

Republic Services, Inc. (headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) is a leading provider of collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services to commercial, industrial and residential customers in 22 states throughout the U.S.

The Environmental Research and Education Foundation is the only independent foundation in the U.S. committed to research, education and science relative to the treatment of municipal solid waste. 

For more complete information on EREF, go to its website www.erefdn.org or call 703.299.5139.