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 * Vander Ark Jon (Last) (First) (Middle) 18500 N. ALLIED WAY (Street) PHOENIX AZ 85054 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. [ RSG ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP-Chief Operating Officer	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	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
Non-Qualified Stock Options (02/07/2014 Grant Date)	(1)	02/07/2021	Common Stock	5,282	33.4	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/08/2013 Grant Date)	(2) (3)	(2) (3)	Common Stock	5,467	(2) (3)	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/07/2014 Grant Date)	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	7,150	(4)	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/07/2014 Grant Date)	(5)	(5)	Common Stock	6,595	(5)	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/13/2015 Grant Date)	(6)	(6)	Common Stock	10,578	(6)	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/18/2016 Grant Date)	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	5,988	(3)	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/18/2016 Grant Date)	(7)	(7)	Common Stock	5,704	(7)	D
Restricted Stock Units (02/18/2017 Grant Date)	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	8,777	(3)	D
Restricted Stock Units (04/07/2017 Grant Date)	(8)	(8)	Common Stock	80,428	(8)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Grant vesting occurs 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.

2. Represents the deferred portion of the RSU Grant dated 02/08/2013 in accordance with Mr. Vander Ark's election under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.

3. Grant vesting occurs 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. Each Restricted Stock Unit receives quarterly dividend equivalents each time a dividend is paid on the Company's common stock and ultimately will be paid out in the form of one share of the Company's common stock (1 to 1 conversion).

4. Grant vesting occurs 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. Each Restricted Stock Unit receives quarterly dividend equivalents each time a dividend is paid on the Company's common stock and ultimately will be paid out in the form of one share of the Company's common stock (1 to 1 conversion). A portion of the RSU Grant is deferred in accordance with Mr. Vander Ark's election under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.

5. Special Grant cliff vesting occurs on 02/07/2018, four years of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. Each Restricted Stock Unit receives quarterly dividend equivalents each time a dividend is paid on the Company's common stock and ultimately will be paid out in the form of one share of the Company's common stock (1 to 1 conversion). A portion of the RSU Grant is deferred in accordance with Mr. Vander Ark's election under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.

6. Grant vesting occurs 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. Includes 6,498 RSUs related to the annual grant and 4,080 RSUs related to an additional grant in accordance with the executive's offer letter. Each Restricted Stock Unit receives quarterly dividend equivalents each time a dividend is paid on the Company's common stock and ultimately will be paid out in the form of one share of the Company's common stock (1 to 1 conversion). Portions of each RSU Grant is deferred in accordance with Mr. Vander Ark's election under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.

7. Special Grant cliff vesting occurs on 02/18/2020, four years of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. Each Restricted Stock Unit receives quarterly dividend equivalents each time a dividend is paid on the Company's common stock and ultimately will be paid out in the form of one share of the Company's common stock (1 to 1 conversion).

8. Special Grant cliff vesting occurs on 04/07/2022, five years of the Grant Date in accordance with the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. Each Restricted Stock Unit receives quarterly dividend equivalents each time a dividend is paid on the Company's common stock and ultimately will be paid out in the form of one share of the Company's common stock (1 to 1 conversion).

	/s/ Eileen B. Schuler Attorney-in-Fact	01/02/2018
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints Eileen B. Schuler as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, 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
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-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 such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement 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 attorney-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 such attorney-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 such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 20 day of December, 2017.




                                                
                                         /s/ Jon Vander Ark 
                                         Signature


                                                
                                         Jon Vander Ark
                                         Print Name



       



	SUBCRIBED and SWORN to before me, the undersigned notary public, on December
20, 2017.  

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


                                                
                                         /s/ Barbara Fagyas
                               Notary Public in and for the State of Arizona  


                                                
                                                                                
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