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Republic Services Inc. went from sitting on the sidelines in Ohio to becoming a major presence in the waste disposal business here when it bought routes and landfills from Waste Management Inc.
The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company paid an estimated $500 million for 16 landfills, 11 transfer stations and 136 collection routes, including some in Cleveland, Akron and Columbus. The company said combined annual revenues from those properties is $160 million.
"We went from having no holdings in Ohio...