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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SLAGER DONALD W   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. [RSG] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 18500 N. ALLIED WAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/02/2015 (Street) PHOENIX, AZ 85054 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/02/2015   M(1)   123,570 A $ 23.74 404,356 (1) D   Common Stock 11/02/2015   S   123,570 D $ 43.9577 (1) 280,786 D   Common Stock 11/03/2015   G(2)   9,093 D $ 0 271,693 D   Common Stock 11/03/2015   G(3)   2,274 D $ 0 269,419 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Option

$ 23.74

11/02/2015

M

123,570

(1)

12/09/2015

Common Stock

123,570

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SLAGER DONALD W 18500 N. ALLIED WAY PHOENIX, AZ 85054	X		President and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Eileen B. Schuler Attorney-in-Fact		11/04/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On 11/02/2015, Mr. Slager exercised 123,570 options and sold such shares at the average stock price of $43.95771 in accordance with his established Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan executed on 09/30/2015, and having a Plan start date of 11/02/2015 and Plan end date of 12/09/2015. Under the non-qualified stock option grant, 123,570 options were fully vested and exercisable as of 11/02/2015, and the grant was due to expire on 12/09/2015. The previously reported stock ownership balance for Mr. Slager was adjusted by one less share due to rounding correction.
(2)	Charitable Gift to Church.
(3)	Gift to Charitable Foundation.

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